I have about 3 years of spare time tinkering to get this bike together. Big, late model brakes with true old school glass helped me get this as close as I could remember to a bike I saw when I was younger. Hope you enjoy the pics.
The concept was to blend old with new hence the crossover Yamaha racing paint scheme with the ton up stripe. I wanted the bike to handle and run as good as it could on tube tires and it does. I wanted to be able to look through the bike and see nothing but hard parts (no wiring, bolts or unsightly junk) 3 years of part time work. You judge the finished product.
- Box section swing arm
- Needle bearings
- Shaved, gusseted Powder coated frame with a 65% gloss finish (3mm)
- Tomaselli clip-on’s
- Polished lightened hubs
- Rear hub drilled
- Front wheel is an 18 inch to quicken steering and allow for slightly wider tires (standard racing trick)
- Polished shoulder rims with double butted spokes and new nipples
- New aluminum rear sprocket
- Oversize brake rotors and calipers with ss lines
- FZ6 forks with fresh seals and oil (air forks)
- New rear shocks
- Fairing and tail was NOS and never mounted
- Oil cooler with SS lines
- Custom rear sets
- Custom built 1 ¾ Shell pipes with tuned port optimizers and exhaust port optimizers
- Aluminum front fender with aluminum braces
- Engine was upgraded with;
- 1 piece clutch pushrod and new seal
- HD clutch springs
- New style sump strainer
- High Performance coil, wires and caps
- Carbs rebuilt with spot on jetting and custom needles (starts first kick and idles perfectly)
- Pod filters
- Starter block off plate
- New clutch cable, tach cable and throttle cable
- Brand new tires and tubes
Fairing can be removed in seconds with ¼ turn fasteners and bike can be converted to un faired style with no unsightly brackets to detract from the looks of the bike.
Fiberglass tanks are prone to leaking so I skinned this one and installed a super sturdy 2 gallon steel tank under the skin along with the battery.
- All of the body work can be removed in 2-3 minutes with a single Allen key
- Forks are 36 mm from a 87 FZR 600
- Rear Swing arm 1988 Radian
- Front rotor 87 FZR1000
- Front caliper 98 Suzuki Bandit 600
- Oil cooler from Ninja 600 r
- New battery with charging plug for Deltran style charger
- Just tuned with fresh oil and filters engine had 6000 miles when removed from donor bike
- Fresh paint Corvette velocity yellow
- Spare parts (engine and head(s) cams, TCI box, etc
Built by Frank Derris
