Zx6r Track Bike Build

[Souleh]

Aye well im just a silly computer geek by trade but love to fiddle and tinker with stuff and learnt alot from my old bikes, learnt alot over the years from the net and self learning too but still alot thats above my head for sure!

Sucks going back doesnt it!! Im still knocking in a 34hr week to my placement company and getting paid for the effort so money hasnt completely dried up but noticing the pinch from losing hours. Very tough on the head to keep up with uni and work, nevermind the mrs and life. This spannering is good for relaxing away from it all

 

[CR]

Nothing better than doing something your interested in and giving it a go yourself, best way to learn I'd say.

Nice one to get kept on, we got replaced by more students so no need to be kept on tbh.

Back to working in retail a few hours to keep the cash flow but cannot wait to get final year out of the way and see how the jobs are fairing, although they sat us down in Uni and basically said there is no jobs and to look at a masters or more studies which wasn't my plan, I need to be out working or doing something.

Keeping up with the work and still maintaining some sort of life is working out ok so far lol but 12 weeks left basically so were halfway there. Although this exam next week is a must pass or it's bye bye graduation at the waterfront in June/July.

 

[Lee A]

Sports studies mate, hate it now as the chances of a job are nil lol Can't wait to finish and probably go a different direction lol

 

[M@tt B]

Dude love it, looks well should sound well too

Final year does suck, exam tomorrow, one monday and one thursday. The joys

 

[Souleh]

Muaha mr breaker bar made light work of the bolt.



Also went down to see Jonny @ Bike bits NI again for some parts, must start a tab soon..



First things first, exhaust hooked up with springs and radiator back on. Cylinder 2 is touching the rad, should I be worried??



Will get a better pic.

Mmm much nicer



Time to get this lot fitted



Figured while I had the fluid all drained that I might aswell clean up the calipers. Only 2k miles but they were a bit sticky from sitting around



Messy job ..!!

Pistons and seals



Good scrub later using a cloth and some brake fluid and my hands feel like *****. But they look alot better. I know im a bit OCD but hey..



Bleed the buggers through using my peasant approved syringe and fishtank line method



et voila, ready to rock.



Stick on the grips



and time to relax

To be continued..!

 

[Terry]

Looks good

Have you got room to space the rad away from the manifold? Or is it worth / possible to have a small heat shield?

 

[Souleh]

Looks good

Have you got room to space the rad away from the manifold? Or is it worth / possible to have a small heat shield?

Theres a wee bracket holds the bottom of the rad to the block and it needs changed out just for something longer so will either fabricate something up or find a large spacer to push them apart a bit further.

For the first run I used handy mr spanner

 

[Terry]

Lol @ the spanner

Reminds me of something we would've done back in the day of improvising

 

[paddyh747]

Cant believe the old one went up in flames mate loved it. Wanting another bike again.

 

[Souleh]

Yeh it was a sad way for it to go but I cant say I didnt get my monies worth, rode it every day to work and out at the weekends for a blast for a year and a half

The spanner has been replaced with some nice spacers and theses a good inch gap but will see if I can spacer it further depending on how the fairings fit.

Got it all together today for a quick test and had no mis-firing but need to get a real run on it, titanium is "blueing" up nicely though

 

[Chris Mac]

This is a great thread, cant wait to see this out Pete!

I didnt know about the old one bursting into flames, abit scary

 

[Souleh]

A bit indeed, hope to never see it happen again...

Chain and sprockets fitted, much cleaner looking and much better gear ratios!





Bikes in primer, aim is to look something like this

 

[RMS_CLK]

That would look superb!!!

 

[FL1P 89]

Great work pete saw it on nib, exhaust looks the rod! Some tasty extras. Keep up the good work!

 

[Souleh]

Few bits added today



Rip the top yoke off first

Ah ofcourse, these...



Lovely jubbly.





Paint wise.. Green is done and just needs masked and rest done in black before the lacquer - hopefully some stage this week

Also - New visor to hide behind



To be continued..

 

[C4L]

awesome thread man, lovely bike

 

[Souleh]

Smallish update..

After putting the clip-ons on I had removed the anchor point for the brake resevoir so had to make my own, so...

Bendy bendy and drilled......



Painted it with a sparkly silver to tie in with the top yoke



Need a longer resevoir hose to allow it to sit upright..

Painting wise.. Green is on and black is going on.. got the tail and belly done but both need clear done





Its a bit pikey but the fairings arent in great condition to begin with so just doing the best I can while saving a bit of wonga

To be continued

(Oh and I hate red dockets for failed deliveries!)

 

[Souleh]

(A whole roll of masking tape and 2 hours of lining up and covering up... !!)

Also got this smaller brake res while up at module grabbing the exhaust bracket. ta !!



No longer fouls the fairings but will need a bit more loving to be kept topped up.

Last part arrived



Just a few stickers to go on

Bit of a change so far



to

 

[RMS_CLK]

Nice work mate, tidy wee damper that!!!

 

[Souleh]

Wee bikes been going ok so far but im really excited for tomorrows track day

Now got my USB remappable fuelling module, should make alot more from the full race system

 

[Souleh]

Ran out of talent, oops. Ah well, not crashing = not trying hard enough!!





Kirkistown hairpin.



Thats why you bring cable ties and duct tape to a track. No real damage, just fibreglass and paint

 

[mr_s81]

Lovely wee bike lad. She'll go real well after you get it sorted with the power commander.

As for the crash - the only way to find your limits is to go beyond them!! Besides much better finding limits at the track and sliding on gravel/grass than on the road and sliding into something rather more solid!!