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06-29-2011, 08:30 PM
| #121 |
| Evil Genius   Joined: Mar 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: Ninja 250 project, DRZ 400 project | Action shot! Photo credit goes to PNW Rider joeberentsen. Note that I am also wearing a $100 Teknic suit that I picked up over the winter at Paulson's. Local shops rock.  Darren Beatty has more photos of the race that I will be purchasing shortly. Especially the ones where I am still temporarily in front of John Wood #934. |
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07-09-2011, 09:29 AM
| #122 |
| Newbie  Joined: Jul 2011 From: portland I Ride: GSX-R 1100-CBR 600 F4i | Awesome presentation, I would personally would have gone with JB weld on the gauge cluster... but thats just me I love the project and cant wait to see the finishing touches... again awesome I haven't seen that many zip ties holding a vehicle together since the last time I saw a mexican rolling a pimped out 88 honda civic hatch with every aftermarket Kmart performance sticker, hub cap spinners, multi colored body kit and a 3 ft spoiler  |
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07-09-2011, 09:41 PM
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| Evil Genius Joined: Mar 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: Ninja 250 project, DRZ 400 project | 
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07-09-2011, 09:48 PM
| #125 |
| Evil Genius Joined: Mar 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: Ninja 250 project, DRZ 400 project | So I realized that aerodynamics are an issue, especially when my weight isn't doing me any favors compared to all these damn skinny people. So, I busted out the original upper fairing I had sitting on the side of the house, and went to town. Evaluating how bad it is -  Note the color-matched zipties (again) -  Somebody tried to... epoxy? the fiberglass on the left side -  Mounting it up -  Cutting down the front plate so it will fit over the headlight hole (easy to bend the cardboard to fit the front plate) and clamping it for superglue since I don't want water getting in and damaging the "number plate".  This bike never came with a windscreen, so I checked with the WMRRA Referee (also my mentor, aka pscook) and verified that I could chop up a spare R6 windscreen I had lying around. There are no bodywork restrictions on the old-gen's, which gives me some ideas for what I might do next year. Again, an angle grinder with cutting blade melts plastic very efficiently.  Putting it all together -  Another angle -  I'll get a full-on side shot tomorrow. It looks more like a Ninja 250 now, so jezterr can stop labeling all his photo albums "911 Vintage". Or not. |
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07-09-2011, 09:58 PM
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| Evil Genius Joined: Mar 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: Ninja 250 project, DRZ 400 project |
For a $250 initial investment on 30k mile bike that's obviously been abused, I think I've got it fixed up pretty well. My total costs right now are just over $1,000 and unless I blow up the motor, I think (hope) it's mechanically a very sound bike. | |
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07-10-2011, 11:04 AM
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| Superbiker  Joined: Oct 2010 From: Everett, WA I Ride: 05 GSX-R750, 08 675, 72 XL250 |
Best of luck with the rest of the season. I'm hoping the motor comes through to the end! | |
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01-02-2012, 10:46 AM
| #130 |
| Evil Genius Joined: Mar 2007 From: Olympia I Ride: Ninja 250 project, DRZ 400 project | Thanks to Phil Cook for all his mentor-ly input, and everybody with WMRRA for being awesome! Last pictures before I tear into it for the off-season -   |
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