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Title: Max`s rebuild
Post by: maxwatt on August 06, 2012, 01:23:11 AM
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_1219-1.jpg)

One year ago my bike looked like this. One highside, a frankenbike rebuild and another crash had turned my bike to almost a total. Bent forks, bent clippons and levers, a front fender that started to melt against the exhaust and much more. 

(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_1302.jpg)
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_1217.jpg)

I have finally got it back on the road, but it is not completely done yet. I have done   the     basic suspension upgrades like sonic 0.8 up front and r6 rear, and some minor tweeks like pegs and mirrors, a belly pan, thicker fork brace and painted most of the parts. I still got to fiks the dented tank and paint it. And some other minor things.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2434.jpg)

  The biggest change  so far  was when i installed a ktm duke headlight. I had to paint it and clean the reflectors  from a foggy layer of some sort.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2439.jpg)

It mounted real nice with the mounts for the round e-type headlight.  I just drilled two holes on the sides and used the stock bolt and nut.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2435.jpg)
On the bottom i used the original ktm bracket that bolts to the lower tripple, and made two simple exstensions that i can slide in and out to get the right angle, and bolted them to the lower tripple of the gs.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2437.jpg)
The ktm light uses hb3 halogen bulbs, and is really BRIGHT compared to the stock h4 bulbs. And they dont require any ballast or rewiring. I just cut off the old contactor and did some soldering.

Title: Re: Max`s rebuild
Post by: codajastal on August 06, 2012, 01:38:47 AM
Awesome Job :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: Max`s rebuild
Post by: cbrfxr67 on August 06, 2012, 08:13:21 AM
Niceness!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Max`s rebuild
Post by: iclrag on August 06, 2012, 02:12:43 PM
I like how the underbody looks! very nice
Title: Re: Max`s rebuild
Post by: maxwatt on August 07, 2012, 05:56:22 AM
Thanks :D
It look good in those pics, but the bellypan doesnt look as good from every angle..
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2443.jpg)
But i love the way the headlight-mask creeps around the guages. And i love my new mirrors. I got them from a german e-bayer... for way more than i planned to spend.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2410.jpg)
Here you can see where my seat bendt backwards when my rear subframe broke off >:(
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2405.jpg)
As you can see i still got to weld it... and something seems a little off/out of line, but i hope its just the seat that is bent out of shape.
(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/DSC_2404.jpg)
I wish i could do something like a tailswap, and i was made a sweeeet offer on a relatively complete tail from a kawasaki like this. But i also consider other options like a r1 or an older ninja tail.(http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h394/maxwatt/kawasaki_zx10r_2006.jpg)
But that will not happen this year. Now its just riding, riding and more riding.
Title: Re: Max`s rebuild
Post by: 7thgear on August 10, 2012, 10:26:44 AM
Thats a cool looking bike mate!