My CRR1000RR-05

sweet...that noise makes me wanna go racing again!!

fastbikefinder wrote:Could you take a cast of that undertray before you paint + fit it so you have one as a backup?

Great idea fbf! What's the best way to get a cast or make a copy?

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Could you take a cast of that undertray before you paint + fit it so you have one as a backup?

Great idea fbf! What's the best way to get a cast or make a copy?

Going round Cabbie's on a sunday afternoon and get him to do it for you


Plaster of paris?

Silicone?

Modelling clay?

Cover the in side in cling film, then press it into some goooey stuff that will set.

fastbikefinder wrote:

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Could you take a cast of that undertray before you paint + fit it so you have one as a backup?

Great idea fbf! What's the best way to get a cast or make a copy?

Going round Cabbie's on a sunday afternoon and get him to do it for you.

Kinda took your advise but went one better and phoned Cabbie...
Going round to see him on Saturday with the bacon butties

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Could you take a cast of that undertray before you paint + fit it so you have one as a backup?

Great idea fbf! What's the best way to get a cast or make a copy?

Going round Cabbie's on a sunday afternoon and get him to do it for you.

Kinda took your advise but went one better and phoned Cabbie...
Going round to see him on Saturday with the bacon butties

Good ol Cabbie!

fastbikefinder wrote:

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:

wild bill wrote:

fastbikefinder wrote:Could you take a cast of that undertray before you paint + fit it so you have one as a backup?

Great idea fbf! What's the best way to get a cast or make a copy?

Going round Cabbie's on a sunday afternoon and get him to do it for you.

Kinda took your advise but went one better and phoned Cabbie...
Going round to see him on Saturday with the bacon butties

Good ol Cabbie!

It's not as easy as it sounds...
He said i've got to do him a favour in return and it might make my eyes water!

Bill, take some pictures??? Of the bike, ya perv???

wild bill wrote:It's not as easy as it sounds...
He said i've got to do him a favour in return and it might make my eyes water!

We need a few flypast videos

shadow wrote:We need a few flypast videos

As soon as the pipe and undertail's fitted correctly i'll do a flypast, luckily i have a stretch of road with no side turnings etc not far from here called the "Mad Mile", i'll do a 150mph+ flypast down there for ya, won't be for a while yet tho because i want to get it sprayed before it's fitted.

Oh, your lucky to have one of those private roads so close to you.

I spent a few hours today fitting my carbon swinging arm covers, as always it was a bit more involved than i thought but i'm happy with the end result, just the carbon chain guard to fit now and that should round it off nicely.

Looks superb mate.

Looks lovely , that's really improved the back end imo.

Have you bought all the carbon bits from different suppliers or from 1?

Crackin!!

That looks the dogs danglies mate, love it!!

Yeh i'm quite pleased with how it's starting to look, once the carbon heat shield is on and the carbon chain guard it should look a bit better, there's also a couple of places where i need to stick some carbon patches so the back end looks like solid carbon, then once the wheels are painted it should look really good.

fastbikefinder wrote:Oh, your lucky to have one of those private roads so close to you.

Yeh, i'm on good terms with the owner of the road, i can do speed tests whenever i want

fastbikefinder wrote:Have you bought all the carbon bits from different suppliers or from 1?

The hugger was already on it but i purchased the frame & s/arm carbon from 1 supplier and the tank panels from another. Luckily they all have the same weave other than the hugger that has a slightly larger weave but you can only tell if you look really closely.

It's destined to be a fast bike with all that black carbon!

The brake lines will have to go, I'm thinking yellow with blue banjo's?

Looking good bud, but agree about brake lines

cabbie wrote:The brake lines will have to go, I'm thinking yellow with blue banjo's?

stuart wrote:Looking good bud, but agree about brake lines

Think your right lads, i was thinking that yesterday once i fitted the panels, i'm getting the HRC mini master cylinder hose thingamebob but a "yellow line & blue banjo" is completely out the question Cabbie

You're gonna pay all that money for a bit of tubing and a tie wrap. Wish I had your money Bill!!!

wild bill wrote:

cabbie wrote:The brake lines will have to go, I'm thinking yellow with blue banjo's?

stuart wrote:Looking good bud, but agree about brake lines

Think your right lads, i was thinking that yesterday once i fitted the panels, i'm getting the HRC mini master cylinder hose thingamebob but a "yellow line & blue banjo" is completely out the question Cabbie

Bill, if you go with the HRC rear kit then you will have to use Dot 5 synthetic so it doesn't damage all that lovely carbon. A 100% complete flush of all the old dot 4 will be required also as the 2 musn't mix.

Also, brake fluid either dot 4 or 5 sweats in the HRC kit tubing so I'd source some Saint Gobain Tygon tubing and use a slightly longer piece than the HRC if I were you. You can get tygon tubing from RC model shops that do petrol RC cars + planes etc, but it must be tygon as it is brake fluid and petrol proof.

Then you wont have the green tint in the tube, you can use a longer piece and put a tightly fitting bolt in the end with some clear solvent proof silicone.

megawatt wrote:You're gonna pay all that money for a bit of tubing and a tie wrap. Wish I had your money Bill!!!

I know, i have a very understanding wife, i have almost £10 saved up and the Mrs said she would give me 2 whole pounds for christmas so i can afford the HRC tube

fastbikefinder wrote:Bill, if you go with the HRC rear kit then you will have to use Dot 5 synthetic so it doesn't damage all that lovely carbon. A 100% complete flush of all the old dot 4 will be required also as the 2 musn't mix.

It's not actually 100% cert that i'm gonna do this HRC kit thing, i'm just not over-keen on that long hose leading to the reservoir, think i need to explore my alternatives really.

Oh, I thought it cost a lot more than that! Expensive bit of tube though, are you buying it for the sticker?

megawatt wrote:Oh, I thought it cost a lot more than that! Expensive bit of tube though, are you buying it for the sticker?

Oh sorry mate i thought you knew they was £12, your right though, basically you are paying £12 for a few inches of green tube, a clip, a teenie weenie cap & an HRC sticker.

As fbf said you could probably source the whole lot from a model shop for under £1 but...
you don't get a HRC sticker

Nice, it barked well at 3k, what's it gonna sound like when you give it some.

Still looks bloody lovely mate!

Bill,

How about a nice G craft reservoir? They are about £40 - £60.

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I think you can get polished ally or satin black. you could even buy the ally and have it anodised in a colour you fancy?

http://www.monkeybike.co.uk/acatalog/G_Craft_Rear_Master_Cylinder_Reservoir.html

Longer tube than HRC?????????????
Mine's cut right down.
Who uses the back brake much anyway????????????? Lol
That should put the cat among FBF's pidgeons

I've only seen them like that. What ever length, would you really trust it near all that carbon?

That G Craft reservoir looks good