My 94 Streetfighter Project

Oh yeah, it looks really shabby Griz, shame on you


Love the mudguard mate, looks fab

fastbikefinder wrote:Oh yeah, it looks really shabby Griz, shame on you


Love the mudguard mate, looks fab

LOL I hang my head in shame... It'll be getting a good going over soon though!

The mudguard& is nice isn't it but it'll look alot better when I'm done!

griz wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Oh yeah, it looks really shabby Griz, shame on you


Love the mudguard mate, looks fab

LOL I hang my head in shame... It'll be getting a good going over soon though!

The mudguard& is nice isn't it but it'll look alot better when I'm done!

Without a shadow of doubt.
Sorry, I aint been watchin for a Minute or 2 n missed a loads!
Ya really crackin on well m8

Fringe wrote:

griz wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Oh yeah, it looks really shabby Griz, shame on you


Love the mudguard mate, looks fab

LOL I hang my head in shame... It'll be getting a good going over soon though!

The mudguard& is nice isn't it but it'll look alot better when I'm done!

Without a shadow of doubt.
Sorry, I aint been watchin for a Minute or 2 n missed a loads!
Ya really crackin on well m8

Cheers bud! Yep I'm doin my best

OK I had to rest up yesterday as I was hangin.

Today I finished sanding down the tank & seat & sprayed the tank black & it's come out quite good, although I may have to lightly wet & dry a couple of bits & give it another blow over as I'm not 100% happy with it.

I used Halfords matt black but to me it's more of a satin black & has a fair sheen to it, which is fine as I didn't want to much of a matt finish.

I've also been working on the seat/subframe to strengthen it up a little as I was 100% confident with the easy weld type ally welding sticks I used to secure the frame work, I've jumped up & down on it & can't seem to make it budge or develop a crack anywhere but the last thing I want it it to break on me whilst out riding it!

I've also been sorting out the front mudguard & have made all the brackets & filled the holes that I didn't use for mounting, I just need to give it a rub down & clean up & paint it tomorrow along with the seat too.

That tank looks lovely m8.

Ooh thats nice! ps got my wheels, thanks mate!!!

Ya did good mate, she's coming along well now.

Fringe wrote:That tank looks lovely m8.

Cheers bud, love your new avatar! cool!!!

megawatt wrote:Ooh thats nice! ps got my wheels, thanks mate!!!

Thanks Megawatt! thats great about the wheels, I look forward to seeing how you get on

cabbie wrote:Ya did good mate, she's coming along well now.

Cheers Cabbie! yep it's gather pace


OK although I spent the whole day working on the bike & it feels like I've got done a hell of a lot!

I sorted the seat framework out & made it safe & sturdy so I can now sleep easy on that one!

I also sanded down the front mudguard & primed it & painted it black & I'm happy with that. I also cut the under tray out of the seat unit & had a quick go at fibreglassing some lengths on the inside to screw it back up again but the fibreglass went well out of shape during the curing process so I'll make it again tomorrow & compress it to stop it from taking it's own shape!

Also at long last the road legal baffle arrived so I cleaned it up & sprayed it black to match with the can & fitted it & also drilled out the rivet holes to put the can together again & riveted the can together.

I also managed to get a better finish on the dials holder as trying to ploish by hand using some compound was really hard work, so I re sanded it & then gave it a few coats of lacquer & it's come up real nice now, so now I can go ahead & start putting all the dials in & sort the wiring out!

This sure will be an amazing bike my mate.

your doing an amazing job))) ive been watching this thread with great interest. as i just bought a fighter that sombody else made when its done il have to come and see it. well edone with all your work you should be very proud

griz wrote:

Super work mate, looks pro.

Do you want some stainless rivets? I've got about 2 kilos worth.

I like that Stubby Griz, and everything else!

Thanks for your nice comments guys!

I've been suffering again today so I did some of the smaller jobs that needed doing.

I made some more brackets to fit the headlights & painted it all black, I also fitted the front mudguard too, I've had a few problems sorting out the fixing points for the undertray but I hope to get it sorted tomorrow & get it painted & it should be looking a lot more like the finished article!

Here it is now

Hi all, I'm still at it & making some progress & hope to be done by the end of the week!

I sorted some fixing points for the undertray I cut out of the seat


& sprayed the seat & undertray, it didn't look so good when I finished spraying it but after a good long dry it now looks fine! so I'm happy about that


I also stuck on the sticker for the undertray (it looks orange in the pic but it's actually dark red) & I'm off to the local stickers shop tomorrow to get a few more done


I've also been sorting the wiring out for the dials & thought I alt to check they were all working properly before I went ahead just to find out that the gear indicator that I ordered in red ia actually bleedin BLUE!!! what a pain in the arse!!!

Its all lookin gr8 from here,
Shame about the gear indicator, what ya gonna do, get it replaced?
My Crayons are jumpin out of the box in anticipation

Fringe wrote:Its all lookin gr8 from here,
Shame about the gear indicator, what ya gonna do, get it replaced?
My Crayons are jumpin out of the box in anticipation

Thanks mate!

Yeah I'll return it & get another in red, it peed me right off this morning though....

Better get sharpening them crayrons, it won't be long now!

A few more bits done today!

I cleaned up & sprayed the fuel cap & horn




& also got the seat fitted along with sorting all the electrics



& I also went to the sign printers to get the rest of my stickers made, this is the colour they will be, all being well, that colour & some plain black ones too

AWESOME
Gloss black on Matt Black looks sooo cool, Checkout the flames on my Lid!

Fringe wrote:AWESOME
Gloss black on Matt Black looks sooo cool, Checkout the flames on my Lid!

Yep thats a cool look for sure!


I'm kinda finishing up on the bike now, I clean the caked up sprocket cover but it had discoloured a bit over the years so I gave it a quick lick of paint.



I also got my stickers I had made up for the bike back from the printers, they should look great when fitted!

Dribble dribble

I cant wait to see this!

Hehehe it's in the garage all ready to for some pics tomorrow, I would share some now but I've a little touching up to do!

I painted for the best part every nut & bolt black & when putting everything back together they picked up a few chips here & there so I need to touch them up or the desired effect will be lost!

I just put on all the stickers & I'm loving the ones on the frame I'm not so sure about the ones on the tank yet though

I can't believe it.I've got to go out.What time is the grand unveiling?

The suspence is killing me

Yeah come on where are you Griz?

I know your often about past midnight so I'll be back later!

OK guys the bike is kinda done but I won't be posting any pics up of it completed as today I had a visit from Alsieboy who interviewed me & took a shed load of pics....

So....... if you wanna see it you are gonna have to take a look at the next issue of the forums mag!

In the pics it looks totally finished but I still need to wire up the gear changer indicator & before I can do that I need to replace it with a red one as the blue one they accidentally sent me just won't do! I also had one of the wires break off the water temp indicator when I was doing the final wiring & I've also got some problems with the rear brake light + just to top it off one on the exhaust engine studs broke off so I'm gonna have to strip it down to remove it (shouldn't be a real problem though) & one more small problem is that I'm not happy with the position of the new stubby can I fitted, in my opinion I think it sits out to far but alsieboy said he liked it, so I'm undecided right now.

In total I've got about a weeks work before I can get it MOTed but to look at it it looks like a done job, I've even had the neighbours come out to take a peak at it & had lots a good comments so that was fun!

Sorry for the delay with the pics guys but I'm sure you'll enjoy reading the article

A week?

That's rather cruel Griz.....someone pass me the tissues


I've been watching this thread in anticipation for D day, you teased us last night threatening us with pictures and you've blown our hopes

Can we at least have a picture of the back end? showing the can your not happy with and put it to the vote?

Counting down with 7 days to go!

Simon

Aaaaaaagh

Griz.......

You are such a tease man!