Evo Blade copy project...

Got a bit more done today:

Subframe cleaned and painted to match the frame
Ohlins shock fitted
re-worked top yoke fitted
Wiring all fitted into place
Undertray re-fitted
Yoshi system fitted
Radiator fitted
Discs fitted and calipers spaced
Harris rearstes fitted
Rear brake bled






Steve

Steve, that is looking fookin lovely, you sure you wanna ride it when it's finished?
Might look better in a shiny perspex cabinet in the front room!

Cheers Bill, Mmmm that is one of my forthcoming worries! that I may be apprehensive about riding in the manner that it should be ridden for fear of binning it and wrecking it!!

Steve

wild bill wrote:Steve, that is looking fookin lovely, you sure you wanna ride it when it's finished?
Might look better in a shiny perspex cabinet in the front room!

I was thinking the same, it would look great above my fireplace lol! or replace the tv, much nicer to look at

Whatever you decide long term it will still need riding on July the 4th!

bloody ell Steve....you don't hang around do ya

No point in hanging around mate summer is almost upon us

Bit of news thats going to slow the process though! the Ohlins shock I bought was for an earlier model so it's too long!! manage to fiddle with the plates to get it lower but not low enough as the back wheel still touches the evo bellypan :( so on the hunt fo another Ohlins shock for my model.

On the upside hooked up the stack clocks and fitted the airbox properly, believe it or not the carbs and coils fit inside the airbox! I was puzzleing myself as to how it fits thinking like normal bikes the airbox goes on the back of the carbs, after sending some update pics to the previous owner (because he wants to see the finished product when done) he remembered that the airbox bottom went on first then carbs and coils inside and finally the lid goes on, with all this done I fired it up again and the stack clocks work a treat the engine revs beutifully and the new yoshi system sound awsome

All I have to find now is the following:

Fuel pump from early model
1.5 inch carbon box section to fit the switches for the stack clocks in
53mm clip ons
another ohlins shock (or similar)
a few fasteners for this that and the other.

and it's off to the MOT station we go

Cheers

Steve

Wow, real tidy.

Fringe wrote:Wow, real tidy.

Thanks mate.

Few more bits have arrived

53mm clip ons
New radiator (the one I won on e bay earlier was piss poor!)
Fuel pump
front mudguard
sidestand switch
New front brake pads
39mm flatslides from the states also arrived

So looks like I got a busy weekend ahead


Steve

Just cant wait to see the finished bike Steve.
Dont leave your keys in the ignition on blade day coz it would go on round on the A406 and A205.

Well guys were getting there, tried the bike today with the fuel pump I bought and all seems well, could do with making the tap a free flow on, res and off though rather than vacuum controlled as it takes a little feather of the throttle to start it due to the fuel tap needing vac to feed the fuel, didn't fit the flatslides today as I want to send them into allens to get a tps fitted to them.

Couple of updayed pics:



And a video of the first test run without fairing fitted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHsZaK8F6oE


Cheers

Steve

Excellent work, looks and sounds the bollocks matey, would be great if you could make it down to Fireblade day, it would certainly generate plenty of interest

simply stunning

Looks nice mate

Good to see it running so quick, and a TPS on flatsides coming next - great mod.

That was quick - good job mte, looks the mutt's nutt's too

Thanks guys, just a few more little but niggly jobs to do then it's off for MOT, don't think I'll be able to make Blade day though as I'm already going down that end of the country on the 9th July for an annual rally that I attend near Wishbourough Green.

Cheers

Steve

SBeachill wrote:......... don't think I'll be able to make Blade day though as I'm already going down that end of the country on the 9th July for an annual rally that I attend near Wishbourough Green.

Steve

Have fun anyway

I'll be on the Blade the weekend of the 9th July down at Wishborough Breen if anyone fancies to come and have a look at it in the flesh, the rally I attend is at the Bat and Ball pub.

Cheers

Steve

Well blew the budget again! couldn't find an ohlins s/h shock anywhere (as the previous one I bought was for an earlier model!) so sold that and made a profit on it, have ordered one of these:



I really wanted to stick with the original type spec of the Evo but new ohlins were just far too expensive a luxury for just a road going replica.

Cheers

Steve

mmmm......nice but can they / you change the spring colour?

fastbikefinder wrote:mmmm......nice but can they / you change the spring colour?

Think it's a bit like Ohlins mate and they use the spring colour as there trademark/identity not overly keen on the spring colour myself but will probably change the colour in the winter when it comes off the road for tuning (just want to get it finished and ride it for now )

Steve

SBeachill wrote:don't think I'll be able to make Blade day though as I'm already going down that end of the country on the 9th July for an annual rally that I attend near Wishbourough Green.

That's a shame because i don't think there will be an Evo (copy or not) at Blade day, so what kinda rally is at Wishbourough? That's only 45mins down the road.

It's a Vmax rally at Wishborough, I go every year been a member of the club for a long time and made some good friends so always make an effort to be there.

Cheers

Steve

Wow it's finished already! Well done Steve, it's looks great!

SBeachill wrote:It's a Vmax rally at Wishborough, I go every year been a member of the club for a long time and made some good friends so always make an effort to be there.

MMMMmmm interesting, i have a good friend with a totally pimped up Vmax, i'll probably see him at some point this week and i'll mention about the rally and see what he says

griz wrote:Wow it's finished already! Well done Steve, it's looks great!

Thanks mate, hoping to have it on the road this weekend

wild bill wrote:

SBeachill wrote:It's a Vmax rally at Wishborough, I go every year been a member of the club for a long time and made some good friends so always make an effort to be there.

MMMMmmm interesting, i have a good friend with a totally pimped up Vmax, i'll probably see him at some point this week and i'll mention about the rally and see what he says

Here ya go mate here's a link to the rally: http://vmaxchat.yuku.com/topic/9270

Cheers

Steve

Made the bracket to hold the buttons that control the features of the stack clocks today as I didn't get one with the bike just the carbon clock surround, made it from 25mm box section alloy with square plastic end finishers/plugs (not done a pic yet) but the original Evo Blade looks like this:



3 buttons but they look a bit far apart for me so on mine I've put one in the centre and the other 2 central to the l and r gaps (if you get my meaning!)

Cheers

Steve

Nice job mate

Kaiser wrote:Nice job mate

Kaiser that one in the pic above is the genuine Evo Blade set up, this is my interpretation of it below:


Now to decide whether to polish, paint or carbon cover it???

Cheers

Steve