Asphalt Cowboy

[Ginger Bear]

All heading in the right direction Chris.

Those calipers look nice and clean!

[Pigford]

Chris - the discs I got for me Harris are made in the UK (well Wales actually) and cost £169...... They are well made from solid cast steel.

I got them off eBay.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/suzukigsx1300 ... rom=&_ipg=

They may be worth a call

[tlc]

Thanks Mark I had seen them. Was advised by a well known racer that genuine is the only way to go. Even EBC are dubious apparently and when compared to OEM there's no price difference.

And I didn't want those god awful wavy things

[tlc]

Some progress has been made over the last few weeks. Or I suppose 2 steps forwards and 2 steps sideways. Been busy on ebay but some of the purchases have been of dubious quality. Much better is the small items I have secured from this site. Thanks to those who have helped

Iain Marshall donated a rear subframe section last November and I have been putting off sorting this out for rather too long. Last weekend I cleaned up the subframe, took 8 hours with the dremmel. Today I cleaned up my cut off frame.

I cut back the welds and used my internal bush splitter to remove the tubes. Hopefully you can see from the rather blurred pictures here.







I had already decided to use a US spec rear mudguard and number plate arrangement as it has a reflector above the plate. That should make things nice and tidy once finished.
The next consideration is the tailpiece. The biggest problem with the stock setup is a very poor clearance between the seat and the tail so, while I have to weld the subframe, I will try to arrange everything to close up the shut lines.
You will see from my mock up I have arranged things but there are problems. The bolt heads for the tailpiece mounting foul the seat so I will try to come up with a much more flush fitting arrangement there.

Anyway, here are some taster pics to see the latest..............

[paul doran]

beginning to look the good Chris

[PJ]

CHRIS.........Mate, it's a special - you don't need a rear mudguard!!!

Let it go matey!!!

[Pigford]

CHRIS.........Mate, it's a special - you don't need a rear mudguard!!!

Let it go matey!!!

[tlc]

Peej. I post here for information.

Not suggestions

[tlc]

After an expensive but enjoyable summer I have now picked up with this again. I spent a Sunday cleaning up the subframe I got from Iain Marshall (thanks a million Iain) and welded it into place. Whilst at Stafford I picked up a Zephyr 11 swingarm and was spotted with it by Morten. We had a long conversation on the merits of various swingarms and I explained I was not really happy with the SRAD one I had spent ages getting to fit. Yam XJR was the only way to go he said so..............
Soon after I picked up a complete XJR swingarm for £100 and with my abilities in this department severely limited I took the frame to a local bike shop for the necessary mods. Morten had very kindly supplied me with some spacer tube so today I spent 3 hours getting in the way whilst watching Dave Wood work his magic on the necessary mods.
The spacer tube was cut to 233mm and the spindle tube split down the middle before being machined and then TIG welded back into one piece at again 233mm. With the caps, which I wanted to keep, this made the necessary 235mm. All bolted up well. A band saw was used to take 6mm off each side of the swingarm and a tidy up on his mill/lathe meant we were well on the way.
A final fit confirmed another 0.5mm off each side of the swingarm and it was in. £100 job done. I just wish I had his little combi mill/lathe to do it all myself because it looked like good fun.

Anyways, a few pics.





I then got it all home and just had to fit things up to see how it looked. I just love the way the more laid down shocks look. Incidentally the XJR shock mounts are 25mm further back than stock. Cool!





This has all given me renewed interest, not that I ever lost it, but with the summers events I was somewhat distracted by what must have been the best year ever in the company of zedders from all over Europe.

[Ginger Bear]

Great to see this 'back on the go' again Chris.

[Z1parR]

Peej. I post here for information.

Not suggestions

[Pigford]

That rear-end looks the dogz What sort of finish are you going for with that s/arm Chris

[Is Vic There]

Looking good, wish I could buy XJR arms for 100 quid down here!

[tlc]

It`s a long way off Pig but the idea is for gloss black frame, satin black arm, and satin black outer engine case.

All powder coated you`ll be pleased to hear.

This is what I want to acheive but it will be a budget version.



I am severley jealous of LondonZ1`s project which were mine a money no object I would have used similar items.

The winter collection of parts has begun. I managed to win a genuine J2 seat cover for £12 which will mean a non cut down seat but I forgot to bid on a Rex front wheel complete today which would have got me at least rolling before I try and mod the CBR6 front wheel to fit the Rex forks.

[tlc]

Looking good, wish I could buy XJR arms for 100 quid down here!

We are here to help matey.