The Great R6 (re)Build

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

That's the way to go. If you find somebody parting out and they have the one piece you need, you can get a good deal. (like I did with my wheels) Otherwise, see if you can maneuver a dealer- like the one you bought the bike at- into giving you a fair price.

Yeah, I got my Anny wheels for $550 shipped from Canada. They're fucking mint condition.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah but when you break the mounting tabs on some cheap ebay plastics... who gives a fuck when you only paid $50 for the piece.

You won't care about the fairing, but you WILL care about the smashed headlights that cost 250 bucks to get a replacement for. Track plastics are more fiscally sensible, hands down.

Originally Posted by dubbs

I was looking for my bike.. And there are many model years for this bike.. Trash, rashed, and cracked fairings were going for 150.. And thats just for the lowers..

Wow that's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by DLIT

Yeah, I got my Anny wheels for $550 shipped from Canada. They're fucking mint condition.

Nice dude. I've found a set of the plain black ones that came off a blue r6 that are complete with all the rotors and such for $490... I'm seriously considering them.

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

You won't care about the fairing, but you WILL care about the smashed headlights that cost 250 bucks to get a replacement for. Track plastics are more fiscally sensible, hands down.

Wow that's ridiculous.

Nice dude. I've found a set of the plain black ones that came off a blue r6 that are complete with all the rotors and such for $490... I'm seriously considering them.

WTF are you waiting for? They damaged or something? If they're straight, scoop 'em up. Having a street set and a track set is tits.

[Trip]

ebay worked for me

under $300 for mint condition wheels, pwned

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by DLIT

WTF are you waiting for? They damaged or something? If they're straight, scoop 'em up. Having a street set and a track set is tits.

Yeah they're mint. You want to buy them for me then?

Originally Posted by Trip

ebay worked for me

under $300 for mint condition wheels, pwned

Luck bastard.. that's a sick deal.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Yeah they're mint. You want to buy them for me then?

Luck bastard.. that's a sick deal.

yeah it was complete luck. I got the rear complete for like $100 shipped and the front without rotors for $150 shipped. Got the rotors brand new for like $30 from someone parting their stock parts on WERA board because they went to wave rotors immediately making their race bike.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Trip

yeah it was complete luck. I got the rear complete for like $100 shipped and the front without rotors for $150 shipped. Got the rotors brand new for like $30 from someone parting their stock parts on WERA board because they went to wave rotors immediately making their race bike.

Damn! Did you at least use lube?

[Phenix_Rider]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Nice dude. I've found a set of the plain black ones that came off a blue r6 that are complete with all the rotors and such for $490... I'm seriously considering them.

Do it.

Originally Posted by Trip

ebay worked for me
under $300 for mint condition wheels, pwned

Nice!

Originally Posted by ceo012384

Luck bastard.. that's a sick deal.

Too true

[ceo012384]

Sunday I finished taking everything apart and getting all the fluids out. Since I was still waiting on a couple parts and wanted to get back into the city not too late, I stopped there.


I drained the coolant completely and pulled the radiator off:



I can tell the area where the leak is coming from, but I can't tell exactly where the leak is. I still think if I can get it done cheap that I'll get it welded/plugged/whatever and keep it as a spare. I'm not sure if it's clear in this pic, but it looks like the whole thing is tweaked pretty good... i.e. the head-on profile is not as much a rectangle anymore but slightly a paralellogram:



Pulled the can off... looks like it got squished against the swingarm pretty good and made some scratches... I'm hoping the new exhaust will cover them and/or they can be cleaned up a bit:



Pulled the headers off as well, and pulled the exup cables out of the servo motor. Does anyone know if there is an easy way to pull the servo motor without the bike throwing a code? I.e. is there some kind of terminator that you could connect to the wires that go to the servo motor? Here's a pic:



Radiator and exhaust systems:



Pulled the gas tank off:





Pulled the gas cap and fuel pump and cleaned the tank:



Then decided to drain the oil in preparation for doing the case covers and since it needed changing anyways. Also threw a new filter and hose clamp on there.

Jesus christ! I brought half of the turn 6 runoff gravel home with me...:



MMmmmmmm dirty track day oil:



Then I pulled the old frame sliders and installed the bases for the Woodcraft sliders. The bases will help me to line up where I'm going to have to make cutouts in the bodywork for the sliders.

Also organized the garage a bit.

Here's how she sits as of now, completely devoid of all fluids, plastics, radiator, exhaust, rearsets, etc etc...:






This coming weekend I think I should be able to get a lot of things done: install the case covers, rearsets, exhaust, pcIII, bmc filter, etc etc... then mount up the bodywork and drill holes and all that good stuff, which I want to do real slow and careful. Then I need to get moving on taking the bike to the dyno to get a custom map and taking the race plastics to a painter.

Also all the plastics and lights/parts and gas tank and other street stuff I bought from a guy will be showing up Friday so I can get the gas tank together and install the tank sliders and such, and figure out what parts I'm missing, selling, keeping, etc.