Picked up my first bike...
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Picked up my first bike...
I picked up my first bike yesterday and I'm pretty stoked. It's a 96 F3 with 20K miles. The only mod is a two brothers pipe. I'm very well-versed in cars, so I'm not a mechanical newbie. That being said, I know only what I've read with bikes. My plan for the bike this winter is:
- GSXR R/R swap
- strip it down to nothing and paint/powder coat the frame black (flat or satin)
- swap the tail with an R1 tail
- swap the front fairings with F4i fairings
- change the clutch (not necessarily needed, but doing it for the riding season)
- paint the plastics pearl white
- change out the cam chain tensioner
Am I missing any of the no-brainer issues?
- GSXR R/R swap
- strip it down to nothing and paint/powder coat the frame black (flat or satin)
- swap the tail with an R1 tail
- swap the front fairings with F4i fairings
- change the clutch (not necessarily needed, but doing it for the riding season)
- paint the plastics pearl white
- change out the cam chain tensioner
Am I missing any of the no-brainer issues?
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Fork's arent hard to rebuild, took me about 3hrs. total; with the second fork taking half as much time as the first. Just get the proper sized PVC pipe for a make shift press for the bushings.
I would also suggest either bleeding or swaping in SS brake lines.