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Maybe if i had some flatside carbs it wouldnt of happened

i think i prefer the look of the cut down fairing to the normal fairing, but only with the front mounted rad.
looks a bit like a fazer........

muppett have you ditched the headlight on your bike?

no headlight, no clocks and very minimal wiring, good thing is i have no guilt over butchering it as it was a track bike when i bought it so no frame numbers etc so will never see the open road again.

you didn't waste any time with the seat/subframe mate.....

i love doing project but have no patience i will be flat out now then spend the winter bored out of my brain wishing i had a project

muppet wrote:i love doing project but have no patience i will be flat out now then spend the winter bored out of my brain wishing i had a project

hahaha, are you running without an airbox?
i fancy having a play and smoothing the airbox down as much as possible, so i would need a spare incase i rock it up....

i've got a spare airbox, i bought it for the trumpets. you can have it for whatever it costs to post to you.
tip; it's the space above the trumpets thats more important than the area to the sides.

Anyone know if there is any weight to be saved by fitting firblade wheels ?

There will be on the fireblade that you nic the wheels of lol
On the blade forums they have it in there heads that the storm wheels are lighter:)
And on here it's the other way around
You could always try a swap with a blade owner
To be honest to save weight have your wheels bead blasted to remove the paint as that's got to weigh 300g a wheel


Can't ride but it don't stop me trying

i think micky in canada weighed them and there wasn't much in it, certainly not worth changing them for weight lose. they look a lot better tho.
your better of keeping an eye on ebay for a pair of dymags or similar.......

muppet wrote:Anyone know if there is any weight to be saved by fitting firblade wheels ?

late gixxer thou, (K7/K8) wheels weigh feck all. half hour mucking about with spindles/spacers should be time well spent.

You going to Turbo Charge it too, that would certainly see you well under 10s's

No turbo for me may put a 25 bhp wet nitrous on a bit later, and in answer to bsm im running an airbox with no filter, still using a lightly modded snorkle with extra air inlet on top of airbox as the petrol tank is just a dummy shell so i have a lot of space above the airbox. may work may not

Seat now fitted, waiting on exhaust system, then should be ready for next season on the straight and narrow, thanks to all members for advice and BSM for rear end

i think yr best mod is the sidestand..........
seriously got work buddy, the seat and rear subframe look good fella.......