Sick bike are those the original gauges?

 

Damn I haven't updated this in forever! Uploading pics now so I can show all the changes! Fairings, swingarms, paint, and now a tail swap!

 

Yeah, they are the stock F4i gauges. Just custom mounted on a bracket bolted to the 954rr triple tree.

 

You have it done? Suhweet. Can't wait to see 'er

 

Not done yet! Got the tail in the mail today. Started doing some marking and teardown of the bike to see where I will need to cut... Its one of those things where you measure twice, then again, and then 5 more times before you even plug in the cutting tool lol

Planning on doing some glass work to make this tail look like it belongs there. Which means chopping the new 1000rr tail and the old F4i tail.

 

Alright... time to update this thread.

So the bike got backed over by a truck in the parking lot. Got it back again and started the rebuild... again!

20150323_212746 by Skee907, on Flickr

New forks, handlebars, levers, casing, rearsets, etc.

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Ordered some fairings for it. She had been naked for way too long.

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They were unfinished, so I could choose how I wanted the fairings painted.

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Prepped, test mounted, and painted them using a satin white primer. Decided that I really liked that color better than the gloss white.

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I am still having issues with the 954rr fork swap causing my clip ons to contact the ram air ducts.

 

Then came the swingarm swap time.

Got an 03-05 600rr swingarm, and took 3 tries but ended up using the 05 600rr shock and making it work, since the wrong 1000 shock came a few times.

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Have to move the reservoir to the outside of the frame to clear the 600rr shock reservoir. Still makes a little contact but I spun the lid and have no problems now.

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Custom making spacers. The F4i axle is smaller. The spacing is fine from side to side but the diameter is larger for the 600rr swingarm and rear caliper. So using a lathe just created a perfect fit spacer to hold the caliper on the F4i axle.

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Voila!!!

Rides awesome, fixed the saggy *** that the F4i is known for. Added maybe an inch of wheelbase. New chain, sprockets, and all the maintenance while it was all off.

Then the torch was passed as I bought me a new 2007 Yamaha R6.

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The wife got the F4i, and her first point of business was to paint it black again.

So back in the booth it went.

(For the record, I LOVED the white. She didn't it was too hard to keep clean.)

20150708_193147 by Skee907, on Flickr

Again, just used a good primer, and this time a satin clear coat. No paint.

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