New member here but I must say very impressive bike. And add to that the work was done on your own! Thats freaking awesome! May I ask where you got the tail lights from?

 

First off welcome to the forum and thanks.
They were off ebay, if you search streetfighter lights you should find some. its quite amazing what people can do to bikes especially in the streetfighter scene in there gardens with bascic tools.

 

I've started installing the R1 tail today as FINALLY have all the parts threw except the rear saddle and equipment to make the linkpipe.







I need some new exhaust hangers as well as these ones are to big for the cans, if it stops raining today i'll try and finish it and get the side fairings back on and get a photo to upload tonight.

 

You should keep an eye out for some stock r1 cans. Those things would look gnarly tucked up under there.

Lookin great dude.

 

Yer i was looking at standad cans but there £150 second hand on ebay so they gotta wait a while as i've blown this months spair cash on the tail, undertray, taillight and tire for the F4 rim im gunna put on the bike once ive got the f4 swingarm in and equipment for makeing the linkpipe.

just got out there for a few more mins.

 

I hear ya, cash tends to be the limiting factor in these projects.

Admittedly, I'm also pretty biased here... I'm really not a fan of the shorty pipes... I think they look kind of silly and I don't like the ricey sound. (that's not a putdown, I just can't think of how else to put it into words! haha) I love how the stock cans flow with the tail, and I'm taking a lot of this feeling from what Valkyie did to his F3 with the r1 tail. It also sounds like an absolute animal... maybe a little loud for my taste. haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaVGGTLB0kg

Also, that is pretty original having the dual shorties under the tail like that. Don't recall ever seeing that, so it's def original.

Hope you're making plans for some serious re-jetting.

 

BTW, what was the verdict on the f4 swinger?

Was it pretty much a straight bolt-up?

 

Re-Jetting is a deffinate ... for now, but im going to look into options for using bigger flatside carbs after as i plan on boring the bike to a 699cc in a few months.

The F4 swinger looks like a direct fit but i cant get the fooking security bolt off the f4 at the moment im trying to hunt down someone with the tool so i dont have to buy one but the only guy thats got the kind of tool i need is a ferrari mechanic so it wont fit a honda bolt

 

Keep us posted on the swingarm progress and take lots and LOTS of pics. I'm quite intrigued.

Oh and if you kept a tally of the parts you had to get to make the swap happen... yea, that would be pretty nice.

I'm just looking at ebay and seeing some real deals on a lot of the parts one might need to make this swap.

Rim with cush drive, sprocket
Wheel spacers
Rear caliper/MC assembly
Rear Rotor
Rear Shock Assembly (potentially optional??)
Axle, nut, washers
Rear swinger with chain tensioners
New Bearings

A couple of things I'm wondering in this process:

Is the bolt/spacer/washer for attaching the swinger to the frame reusable from the F3 equipment?

Does the F3 brake line bolt up to the f4i caliper?

 

I will start a few guides on the things i've done incuding the swingarm and fairing swaps once i got most the work finalised.

The only bits i aint got at the moment is a wavy break disk and new bearings.