Well I started with an auction CBR1000rr with an estimated 8xxx miles on it.



The good news is it had a few aftermarket parts. Exhaust (Akrapovic), carbon fiber front/rear fenders, steering dampener and a few others. I begain collecting parts I knew I would need, and also ordered some Auctmarts plastic..



When I got the bike home I found the engine was some how damaged during the crash, further inspection found the pistons in cylinders three and four had hit and bent the intake valves.



Anyways, I got the new head on and shimmed. The bike started up and sounded good at an idle, but had a VERY bad rod knock.. :'(





So, out comes the engine. I pulled it last night and wasn't sure how bad the damage was going to be.



Found number three rod had spun but all others looked good. Block looks good and cylinders look O.K.



Now it looks like I'll be selling the 05 to fund the 06 TOTAL rebuild. The only good that will come from this other than a engine with new bearings is, I might go with some aftermarket pistons and cams while I'm there.

 

this looks like fun. i wanna rebuild a bike! just not my own, i want one i can ride while i work on the other. have fun!

 

did the 05 have a salvage title too? cause I can't see all this work to have a one year newer bike that has a salvage title

 

Nope, the 05 is near perfect. I didnt plan on selling the 05, but that is the only why to make it all work. By the time I'm done with the 06, I'll have a hard time recovering my investment. And the 06 lighter, and has a bit more hp and rpm range over the 05.

 

The 05...

 

how much you want for it?

 

I'm going to try and get 5500.