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04-23-2009, 04:27 PM
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| Newbie  Joined: Mar 2009 From: Bainbridge Island, WA I Ride: VTR1000, Custom CBR thingy | My custom CBR -Kind of long- By popular demand. Well, demand anyway. I started out with a 1987 CBR1000f basket case, that I acquired through a crappy deal. I wanted a custom bike so I decided to make it into one. You can see more pictures on my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmoto/s...7609639350990/  I took off all the body part and the subframe. Then I raised the back of the tank up, and started reshaping it with hand formed steel sheet. shaping the tank was pretty easy. Getting the miles of welds ground smooth and water tight wasn't so easy. I put a skim coat of everlgass on the outside and tank sealer on the inside. Very little of the original tank remains.   I mocked up a new subframe out of .5" steel angle, and then replicated it out of aluminum tube. I outsourced the final welding on that.  The frame on these bikes were never meant to be seen, so I decided to build frame covers that would look like an aluminum frame. I mocked them up with poster board, then replicated them in aluminum, grinding all the welds smooth. This was the first time I had welded aluminum. I used the same basic method to build the radiator covers, headlight housing, under engine muffler, tail, seat pans, fork covers, and hand guards.  At some point i decided my headlight and gauges were crap, and bought a used GSXR 750 headlight on ebay. I cut off the sides and built a new headlight housing to hold it. I integrated a Veypor data computer into the new housing. I also got a pair of pro-tek rearsets for some Yamaha, and made them work. The seat i upolstered myself. I had a professional shop do it, but the shiny leather and piping, (yes piping) looked like something from the 60s. I redid it with heavy Ultrasuede on my moms sewing machine.    Next I striped it all down and sent a few parts out to paint. I just wanted a pearl orange, but It had to be custom mixed and applied. It's sort of a metallic candy tangerine. While the paint was being done, I built a swingarm brace, put leds in the hand guards and tail, built the side mufflers, and did a lot of aluminum sanding. After all that I reassemble it all, and finally I built the fenders. Then of course I took It half way apart again to clean the carbs out, again.  I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot.Feel free to ask questions or PM me.    |
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04-23-2009, 04:40 PM
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| MotoGP Contender  Joined: Nov 2007 From: Silverdale, Wa I Ride: Buell XB9SX City-X | almost looks like a KTM with attitude. Nice job, probably the best rear fender I have ever seen. Nice to see a custom bike that gets ridden too. |
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04-23-2009, 04:45 PM
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| MotoGP Contender   Joined: Jul 2008 From: Hillsboro, Oregon I Ride: like the wind bullseye | 
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04-23-2009, 04:45 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Jun 2008 From: Portland Oregon I Ride: 01 Speed Triple/Suzuki RF900 95 | Nice work man. It truly is a "Custom CBR thingy" How long did the project take you? Are those pipes as loud as they look? Had it on the street much? Do you get hassled by the leo? I am sure it draws a fair amount of regular attention. Thanks for sharing. |
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04-23-2009, 05:09 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Mar 2009 From: Bainbridge Island, WA I Ride: VTR1000, Custom CBR thingy | Thanks I have more pics at my old photobucket account. You can come by and see it anytime. It actually does a lot of sitting in the garage. After all that work one of the valve stem seals leaks. It's not too bad of a job to fix it, but I'm just tired of working on the thing, and have been putting it off. I know, I know it's a waste. Good call on the headlight. I was actually using the RC8 and Superduke as inspiration. Yeah those pipes are loud. It took me about 2 years, working a few hours every weekend or so. |
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04-23-2009, 05:13 PM
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| MotoGP Contender Joined: Jul 2008 From: Hillsboro, Oregon I Ride: like the wind bullseye |
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04-23-2009, 05:16 PM
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| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Nov 2007 From: Edmonds I Ride: 06 Honda VFR800A 86 Honda VFR750F & 83 Honda VT500 Ascot | That is one Badass ride. Nice work. Must be nice and provide a lot of personal pride to be able to fab something like that. |
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04-23-2009, 05:22 PM
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| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Oct 2008 From: Puyallup,(South Hill) I Ride: 2005 Suzuki SV650S | Friggin' awesome build! I see some of the KTM influence in there... BTW -- did you increase the tank capacity when you rebuilt it? |
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04-23-2009, 05:29 PM
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| MotoGP Champion  Joined: Feb 2006 From: Dri-Shities, WA I Ride: 1972 Schwinn Sting-Ray | First off looks killer. One question, how is your muffler supposed to muffle? I don't get what the tubes are supposed to accomplish in the underneath box? |
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04-23-2009, 05:45 PM
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| MotoGP Champion  Joined: Oct 2007 From: Pullman/Spokane, Wa I Ride: 2007 BMW F800S, 1999 ATK 605 ESDS/SM | Thanks a bunch! Man if you made one off's like that with modern bikes you could make a pretty good living. That's as professional job as i've ever seen. |
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04-23-2009, 06:47 PM
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| Newbie Joined: Mar 2009 From: Bainbridge Island, WA I Ride: VTR1000, Custom CBR thingy | I doubt I increased the tank capacity any. It's a lot narrower at the back now, and there's more room underneath. I got the idea for the muffler when I heard about an art sculpture that was basically a bunch of pipes stuck in the ground. Supposedly you cant hear anything happening on the other side of the sculpture. I didn't really think It would make the exhaust quiet. Exhaust gasses are a lot higher pressure than most sounds. It's definitely quieter than an open header though. If there were still a market for luxury's I could probably make some money at it. As it stands I can't even find a job turning wrenches. How much? I probably couldn't get much for it till I fix that valve seal, and even then in today's market? I don't want to think about it. |
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04-23-2009, 09:15 PM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Nov 2007 From: Bellingham, WA I Ride: side-saddle |
I would much rather have your craftsmanship than some of the stuff you see on "biker build-off", etc. FANTASTIC work. I can't wait to see what you do next. | |
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04-23-2009, 09:49 PM
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| MotoGP Contender  Joined: Oct 2007 From: Bremerton, Wa I Ride: Scooter on Steroids (since my GTR got wrecked) |
amazing !!! any chance you will be bringing it down to TWT one of these weeks? | |||
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04-23-2009, 10:07 PM
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| Training Wheels Joined: Nov 2008 From: Burien, WA I Ride: 07 GSX-R |
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04-23-2009, 10:20 PM
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| MotoGP Contender Joined: Jul 2008 From: Hillsboro, Oregon I Ride: like the wind bullseye | I have to say, I love the gauge set up though. I like how the temp and fuels in the triple clamps whats that off of?  blinkers on the hand guards are sick too  |
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