R1 swingarm bracing

[yorkylancs]

Hi all,aintbeen on for a bit,turned to the darkside and bought some 4 wheel transport for the winter,been busy with that.Anyhow its winter project time again,the old gal is showing 57 thou miles now,but still pulls like a good un! aint gonna touch the engine,but need some info on swingarmbracing,i want a suitable donor to chop the bracing off,R1 maybe,any suggestions,owt that fits.cheers.

[sirch345]

That's spooky YL. I was only wondering what you were doing (bike wise) after looking at some pic's of your bike in the kitchen only this week. It's good to hear from you again.

I take it you are referring to fitting a swingarm brace to your Firestorm.

The best option seems to be to use a Fireblade swinging arm brace from a CBR900 s/arm. Here's a pic of one Scubadog had on his bike at one time. He had to use the rear brake caliper up side down and have a new mount welded to the underside of the arm to take the new caliper anchor, but iirc you can still use the original caliper anchor if you make sure there is clearance when working out exactly where the brace sits at that point (next to the caliper) at welding time.



Chris.

[yorkylancs]

Yeah mate been a while,bikes in the kitchen again! Its that time of year again,gonna get it finished this time though.Still needs respray,and have just took all the lights off,goin for daytime mot only,with a vapor clock and number board at front.Fireblade bracing looks good,could do with beefing up round the cast shock hole though.Struggling to post pics these days this vista thingy has confused me!Best wishes for chrimbo to yez all.Yorky.

[sirch345]

Yeah mate been a while,bikes in the kitchen again! Its that time of year again,gonna get it finished this time though.Still needs respray,and have just took all the lights off,goin for daytime mot only,with a vapor clock and number board at front.Fireblade bracing looks good,could do with beefing up round the cast shock hole though.Struggling to post pics these days this vista thingy has confused me!Best wishes for chrimbo to yez all.Yorky.

I bet the missus is impressed with the bike back in the kitchen again!
Those vapor units look good IMHO. If you want to you can always email me any pic's you want posting on here, just pm me.

Chris.

PS. Best wishes for Xmas to you also, cheers. I think Tim is right, you're the first one to mention it on here. Well the first I've seen too.

[yorkylancs]

Its the wifes fault,she loves it,besides i bet you dont have a workshop like mine,keeps her sweet.Cheers Chris,thanks for the help,will crack it eventually,nothing to post pic wise yet, oh by the way merry christmas( Ha Ha,youve been done twice!)...

[mik_str]

http://superhawkforum.com/forums/showth ... 00RR+brace

http://superhawkforum.com/forums/showth ... 00RR+brace

http://superhawkforum.com/forums/showth ... 00RR+brace

Hope this helps

[yorkylancs]

Thanks for the info,will come up with summat,this is a shot of it last spring,it wasnt finished could not resist the urge to ride it,had a good summer on it,but keen to get it done proper.Gonna lose the headlamp assembly,and brace the puny swingarm.. [img][IMG]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh26 ... /015-1.jpg[/img] Keep you posted.

[yorkylancs]

Try again!

[sirch345]

Its the wifes fault,she loves it,besides i bet you dont have a workshop like mine,keeps her sweet.Cheers Chris,thanks for the help,will crack it eventually,nothing to post pic wise yet, oh by the way merry christmas( Ha Ha,youve been done twice!)...

no I don't have a workshop like yours that's very true, mines damp and cold this time of the year. But I shouldn't complain, at least I have a workshop. I'm sure there is plenty who'd like to have what I have.

Chris.

[yorkylancs]

gone for the flat renthal bar look,with renthal risers,still needs a bracket making up for the vapor clock though.No lights now i am just gonna put a small nose cone on the front,or number board.Gonna tackle the subframe next week and alter the can mounts..[img]ttp://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh264/yorkylancs/streetely016.jpg[/img]

[yorkylancs]

A side viw minus the r6 seat unit,the subframe is gonna be chopped some more,just want the cans to hang there,without the straps[img][IMG]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh26 ... ely015.jpg[/img]

[Beamish]

Thought I would help out
Hows it going mate?

[yorkylancs]

[yorkylancs]

Cheers beamish,darn computers,thanks for that,5 cans of carlsburg export and it all gets hard work!

[sirch345]

Yorkylancs,
The red bars look good, especially with the top yoke, bar brace and all the switches and lever mountings also in black, a good contrast IMHO

Chris.