Streetfighter 919 (bought part finished)

Bought this a couple of weeks ago, partially done and thought it would make a nice simpe quick project! was supposed to be all there to finish...............but as we usually find certain things are missing and other parts don't fit when we finally get round to building!!

Anyway got the build underway, bike had a Motogadget M box fitted and a one off loom made for it, suffice to say there was a wiring issue and nothing worked, came to look into this when bike arrived and one off loom was built all in one colour...RED!...so tracing a problem was going to be difficult, decided instead to start afresh with a stock loom to make sure the bike run and then chop the loom to suit the motogadget M box (many thanks to sideshow bob from custom fighters for talking me through it all and helping me check/test the M box was still working OK )

Anyway bikes all wired in now and have put a list on wanted of bits I will be looking for to finish, here's some pics













Cheers

Steve

Looking well good mate whats the seat unit off an where the hell did you get that headlight from?

ziggs wrote:Looking well good mate whats the seat unit off an where the hell did you get that headlight from?

Thanks mate, seat is triumph 675 I believe and headlight unit came from here: http://www.showyomoto.com/website/index.php?page=product&lang=en&PHPSESSID=5deddce388e00b244e9d22ca059927a8



Cheers



Steve

Got the seat unit back for the blade today painted to match the tank just need to get seat pad covered and a few other bits n bobs and we should be good to go




Steve

Looking good mate, what back wheel you got on there?

clive1286 wrote:Looking good mate, what back wheel you got on there?

Hi mate think its a honda civic wheel if I remember rightly??



Steve

Did some more work today on the Blade project, adapted a tail tidy and fitted a tail light, few more bits to go and she'll be ready for testing









Steve

Love the exhaust on that Steve, any idea what its off?

Also what size rear tyre you running on there?

Thanks mate, exhaust is akra headers with remus gsxr k9 can I believe, rear tyre is a 200.

Cheers

Steve

OK thanks, thats just the sort of setup im after for mine, I bet it rather loud isnt it? I was thinking of doing a similar thing but using the cbr1000 90 degree link pipe that bends back around on itself to give some length but not sure there is room under the bike for that..

It's not too bad to be honest mate, still retains that blade whistle on the engine, here's a quick vid I did of it firing up when I first got it before I started modifying the stock loom



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEi5eYLuNjo&feature=g-upl



Steve

Oh now that does sound nice!! OK think this is what im going to go for.. Now just need some acro down pipes, been looking at them new on ebay for £550 but can bring myself to cut up a brand new system.

lambchops wrote:Oh now that does sound nice!! OK think this is what im going to go for.. Now just need some acro down pipes, been looking at them new on ebay for £550 but can bring myself to cut up a brand new system.

Use the bits you need, send it back, saying it arrived incomplete

Got a lot done on the blade this weekend, flexi coolant hoses fitted, expansion bottle fitted, chainguard made, painted in wrinkle finish and fitted and lots of other little bits n bobs, not far off a test ride now






Steve

Looking good steve

coming along nicely mate, do like the chainguard, have you still got dimensions? as i need one for mine,

that headlight is excellent!

Love your build mate, looking well sexy

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated

clive1286 wrote:coming along nicely mate, do like the chainguard, have you still got dimensions? as i need one for mine,

Chainguard was just home made mate using a couple of old headlight brackets and a piece of ally bar cut to length, bent where needed and counter sunk bolts fitted



Got the paint back yesterday, thought the grey was a little bland on it's own so it's now a true FIREblade



Steve

That paint looks amazing, like it alot!!, thanks for info on chainguard i'll have a go

clive1286 wrote:That paint looks amazing, like it alot!!, thanks for info on chainguard i'll have a go

Thanks mate

After getting a bit more work done today cleaning carbs, sorting cables and wiring etc I decided I couldn't wait and wanted to see how the bodywork looked on the bike




Steve

wow looks great love it!!

lambchops wrote:wow looks great love it!!

Thanks Bud



Did a bit of a clean up on the carbs yesterday and the motor sounds a lot better, just need to balance the carbs now before it goes to the dyno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53fNaZjHR2Q&feature=g-upl

Steve

The finished Blade, MOT'd and ready to rock









Steve

That looks awesome mate!! well done

Thats looking really tasty Steve

love it youve done a very good job .
but i think it would look better with a little lower bars
you have a very nice bike there

Thanks for the comments guys, been out a few times on the Blade now and started getting rid of the little niggles that come with a one off build, don't like the risers that are fitted as they bring the bars back towards you making the bike feel even smaller!! front suspension too hard on the damping side of things and a couple of other adjustments to do, other than that it's great fun to ride lifts the front wheel in 3rd and 4th on hard throttle and is light and flickable......................now then where did I put that turbo!!! lol



Steve

Just voted for the Oct FOTM, love the bike. So turbos next then?