Jacobs Prolonged Project

[Calpantera]

Yea, grey primer was used for each paint job I believe.

And the integrated taillight would work, but its more on the spendy side and its illegal. I dont really care about things being illegal, I will use them anyways, but I do care about money spent haha.

Ya me too, I just pulled the trigger on the stock one with the blacked out area like yours for $25 bucks shipped off of ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/98-99-00-01-YAMAHA-YZFR1-YZF-R1-TAILLIGHT-TAIL-LIGHT-BRAKELIGHT-BRAKE-LIGHT-OEM-/170933486900?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item27c

I can always go with brighter or LED bulbs in that housing later I figure

[jacob92icu]

I was going to buy that one but I was skeptical because of the rest of the stock r1 crap that it comes with on the back of the taillight. You should be able to take it off though. Good buy. Did I mention I really like it!?

[jacob92icu]

Primered the fender and the grab bar today. Just using Rustoleum sandable black primer.

[mustangGT90210]

Did you remove the wheel to take the fender off? I've always done fender removal with the wheel on, but it's a pain. Only because I've never removed the front wheel before

[jacob92icu]

Yup just unscrewed it and pulled it out. Will probably have to remove wheel to put it back on for convenience reasons. Taking of the front wheel is simple, putting it back in is where things get to be a hassle. Then you need some one to hold up the front while you try and align the speedometer, spacer, both fork holes, and the hole in the rim.

[BockinBboy]

...Yeah, off is a cinch.. I put a little scratch on the rim trying to get the front back on by myself 

- Bboy

[mustangGT90210]

Maybe I'll just stick to my way for now. Or not paint the fender until I get a new wheel soon

[jacob92icu]

Just got done with the base coat on my fender and grab bar. Cant wait to see what it looks like after sanding it and applying 2k clear coat with sand and wax.



I think When I put the fender back on the bike when its all painted, to avoid scratches, I will take the wheel partially off like I did before when I fixed my speedometer. Still was quite the PITA trying to put everything back in place.

[IAmSpartacus]

Putting the wheel back on shouldn't be too difficult- just put it up on the center stand, then rock it back and put paint cans under each side of the cradle frame. Should give you the clearance and stability necessary to fiddle with aligning everything up front. Of course if you have proper jack stands, that's even better!

I honestly think trying to put the fender on WITH the wheel in place is more of a PITA than the process of removing the wheel, lol. Has to be one of the stupidest front fender designs ever...

[jacob92icu]

I just got my 2 sets of gsxr pegss. Gunna grind em down at school then put them on next weekend. Did you get a full set sparticus?

[IAmSpartacus]

Yep. Rider and passenger pegs. Looks nice, though there is a slight amount of play in them.

And just an FYI- I remounted my wheels today without any help, so it can be done with the paint cans. I put the rear wheel on first so I could rock the bike back on its center stand and shove a few blocks of wood on top of the paint cans which gave me plenty of room to slide the front wheel up under the fender. Took some fidgeting, but was able to line up the wheels, spacers, calipers and speedo mount to the frame by myself. Just thought I'd let you know in case you wanted to go that route... 

[yamahonkawazuki]

Started sanding my passenger grab bar and found out something interesting. Apparently my bike was pink, white, yellow, ugly maroon, and now the blue I am going to paint it haha.

would be funny for gits and shiggles. to just clearcoat the bike o many colours.

[jacob92icu]

So did you drill larger holes to fit the gsxr posts that hold the peg on? And for the passengers, did you pit a kotter pin or something to stop it from falling?

and yea yamaha, was thinking about that for my old bike, actually didn't look to bad when i sanded it lol.

[jacob92icu]

Finally got my new pegs on. Heres the before and after.





And also decided to go with matching front and rear blinkers.



So I might have changed my mind on paint. All black with silver or white Suzuki decals on tank and tail plastics would be cheaper and easier. What do you guys think?

[IAmSpartacus]

Your before and after pic seems to just be before...

As for paint, if you go all black (you mean frame too?) definitely go with silver or gray decals- would look much more sleek. If your frame is silver, all the better. 

Also, sorry I didn't respond about the mounting methods of my pegs, I somehow missed that post...

[jacob92icu]

You can't see the picture with the GSXR pegs installed? Strange... And its okay I figured it out myself! Haha. And yes, I do have a silver frame. I might just have to paint my rims either silver or black. Black rims would be kind of interesting with silver frame and black plastics/tank with silver decals. 

[IAmSpartacus]

Ah, ok, now I can see the after pic. Looks good!

How did it work out using the pins that came with the pegs? I just used the stock pins as I was worried about it shifting in the hole due to not being the right length. Of course with the stock pin though, there is a bit of play in the peg as it is a bigger diameter hole. Overall, I'm thinking your solution might be slightly better...

[jacob92icu]

Thanks! And yea, I just drilled new holes for all the new pins. They work very well. And that's why I did not want to use the stock pins, because they are smaller than the hole in the pegs (not to mention mine were rusted and bent). How did you stop the partner pegs from falling all the way?

[IAmSpartacus]

Large cotter pins.

I may drill my brackets out and use the bigger pins. I'm not having any problems with my current setup, so I'm not in any hurry, but I'm sure I'll get bored soon and need something to do in the garage... 

[jacob92icu]

Indeed. I had an idea to drill the right size hole for the stock pins and use the two good ones I had left over as a stopper for the passenger pegs but I got anxious and just wanted to ride haha.