Project resurrection
Project resurrection
G'day fellas,
Been lurking for about 6 months. Decided I should put up a few pics of a vtr that was given to me as a wreck in boxes. It was in poor condition, forks needed a rebuild as did the rear shock, chain and sprockets were rusted solid. All fairings were smashed..
Soo anyway, I stripped her down completely to just motor and bear frame. Painted a few things sent the rear shock off to be overhauled and stripped down the forks. Painted the fork lowers black and reassembled the forks with all new bushings and seals. Drilled out the top clamps and fitted some renthal super bike bars. Got it back to a point where it could roll around and relocated the oil cooler.
Front mounted a sv1000 radiator, fitted some venhill braided brake and clutch lines. Wired in a koso digital speedo this arvo and will take her down to registration tomoz.
Plan is to ride it to work for the rest of the summer and when it starts getting cold I'll do a custom subframe and rear end and also fit a vfr800 25litre tank.
She isn't the prettiest but a hell of a lot better than it was and for free I can't complain.
Been lurking for about 6 months. Decided I should put up a few pics of a vtr that was given to me as a wreck in boxes. It was in poor condition, forks needed a rebuild as did the rear shock, chain and sprockets were rusted solid. All fairings were smashed..
Soo anyway, I stripped her down completely to just motor and bear frame. Painted a few things sent the rear shock off to be overhauled and stripped down the forks. Painted the fork lowers black and reassembled the forks with all new bushings and seals. Drilled out the top clamps and fitted some renthal super bike bars. Got it back to a point where it could roll around and relocated the oil cooler.
Front mounted a sv1000 radiator, fitted some venhill braided brake and clutch lines. Wired in a koso digital speedo this arvo and will take her down to registration tomoz.
Plan is to ride it to work for the rest of the summer and when it starts getting cold I'll do a custom subframe and rear end and also fit a vfr800 25litre tank.
She isn't the prettiest but a hell of a lot better than it was and for free I can't complain.
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Re: Scored a wreck
More pics
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Re: Scored a wreck
very nice
how hard was it to fit/wire the clocks into the loom.


how hard was it to fit/wire the clocks into the loom.
the older i get,the faster i was 

- agentpineapple
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Re: Scored a wreck
that looks great, see if you can get some frosts/eastwood satin black radiator paint over there, or a similar product, and paint the sv rad to blend in with the rest, i'd also keep the current tank, as the vfr tank doesn't fit that well and looks to big. the blue against the painted frame looks good, I did something similar years ago, I have a picture knocking around somewhere.
keep up the good work buddy....


keep up the good work buddy....



HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!
Re: Scored a wreck
I am impressed good job
Re: Scored a wreck
It took me all of about an hour to wire it up and solder it. Was simple as.fabiostar wrote:very nice![]()
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how hard was it to fit/wire the clocks into the loom.
Re: Scored a wreck
when it comes to wiring. i use the word simple a lot here lol.. hate the stuff but cheersantman85 wrote:It took me all of about an hour to wire it up and solder it. Was simple as.fabiostar wrote:very nice![]()
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how hard was it to fit/wire the clocks into the loom.

the older i get,the faster i was 

- StormyRob
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Re: Scored a wreck
Have to say I quite like this one.
If you don't try you never know if you can do it.
Re: Scored a wreck
Looking good & some nice ideas to pinch to boot.
Had a quick look for the paint on ebay.co.uk.
There are similar products available, but not Rust-oleum
Also been looking at the dash, is it a Koso DB03-R Multi Function Motorcycle Digital Dash ?
Seen one here.
http://www.bikermart.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=360-362
Had a quick look for the paint on ebay.co.uk.
There are similar products available, but not Rust-oleum

Also been looking at the dash, is it a Koso DB03-R Multi Function Motorcycle Digital Dash ?
Seen one here.
http://www.bikermart.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=360-362
Re: Scored a wreck
Varastorm wrote:Looking good & some nice ideas to pinch to boot.
Had a quick look for the paint on ebay.co.uk.
There are similar products available, but not Rust-oleum
Also been looking at the dash, is it a Koso DB03-R Multi Function Motorcycle Digital Dash ?
Seen one here.
http://www.bikermart.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=360-362
That's the one
- KermitLeFrog
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Re: Scored a wreck
I normally don't like "streetfighter" storms but that looks good. Impressed with the dash, less than 150 notes. Seems cheap to me for what it does. Good value.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I squandered" (George Best, RIP)
Re: Scored a wreck
Didn't look very hard did you...Varastorm wrote:Looking good & some nice ideas to pinch to boot.
Had a quick look for the paint on ebay.co.uk.
There are similar products available, but not Rust-oleum
Also been looking at the dash, is it a Koso DB03-R Multi Function Motorcycle Digital Dash ?
Seen one here.
http://www.bikermart.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=360-362

https://www.rawlinspaints.com/search?co ... rch=Search
Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...
Re: Scored a wreck
Nope, none there either, unless it goes by another title.
Anyone know if it's like a sandpaper texture? Touch it with a polishing duster & your there for hours trying to get the lint off?
It was only a quick ebay search though.No results were found for your search "truck bed coating"
Anyone know if it's like a sandpaper texture? Touch it with a polishing duster & your there for hours trying to get the lint off?
Re: Scored a wreck
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Rust- ... ed+coating
If you will insist on just using e-bay...i wanted something yesterday found it on e-bay...went to amazon... it was cheaper...
If you will insist on just using e-bay...i wanted something yesterday found it on e-bay...went to amazon... it was cheaper...
Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...