Skanky Cheapo CBR 600 project

[satans_BIG_helper]

Got this thing kinda given to me, tryin to keep the cost down to see if it rides ok 1st of all its been stood 5/6 years so looked proper minging, half the parts n plastics are missing so begging, stealing and borrowing off me mates to get it to MOT standard for under £50 hopefully

So far up to £20 which is just fluids petrol n paint to get it runnin n tidy it up a bit..

Just need a battery, a split link for the chain, rear lights, mirrors n front indy's before its MOT'able n useable O n weld the HUGE hole in the downpipes up

No pics of it how i got it as i forgot to take some

Day 1 just basically put the carbs back together pinched a battery n got it running then took the main stuff of it n started cleaning up

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Day 2, cleaned up frame threw some silver hamerite onto it cleaned up wheels n such changed brake bluid n cleaned up calipers etc...

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Day3 put the lovely hand painted body work back on scrubbed chain up n tidied up the wires at the front n fitted pair of lights outta me mates shed nearly there now

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[Itchy]

cool , nice to see you resisted the urge to break it for parts
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[satans_BIG_helper]

No point breaking a perfectly good bike that with a little tlc would make a handy run about Hopefully by the end of this month have it on the road as im waiting on payday to get the battery n rear lights sorted

[Barry_M2]

What size chain does it have, I might be able to throw you a split link.
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[satans_BIG_helper]

cheers for that will get the size of it and get back to you

thanks again

[Gazdaman]

fugly.

I'm not joking it truely is. But if it works, and gets from A to B, then you've done a blinding job!

Gaz

[satans_BIG_helper]

if it works alright n dont blow up in the summer i will treat it to a proper make over n some renthals n a decent exhaust n such... until then it needs to prove itself

[Dazbo666]

Doesn't look too bad as a winter hack... but then again I'm a sucker for black bikes
(currently riding a black 1991 GPZ, so I can't be too critical )
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[ram_doom]

I loved my old jellymould (rip) if the gearbox hadn't gone I'd still be riding it back and forth to work now
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[Whosthedaddy]

[virus]

I think it looks quite nice, looks like a cross between a rat and a streetfighter
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[satans_BIG_helper]

[virus]

Try raising the back suspesion a notch or 2, should make it look a bit more agressive
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owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

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[edd]

Thats cool, I think it should make a decent toy. Its a shame I didnt read this yesterday, I had some old mirrors, but my dad has had them since they were lying about.
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[satans_BIG_helper]

Well i can see this poxy bike becoming a longer project costing me more money Just in the process of fashioning amounting bracket for the twin rear lights i got off ebay

Im fancying a mito back end for it... hmmmm now where have i done that before

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[McJamweasel]

I really wouldn't use a split link on that - in fact it shouldn't pass an MOT with a split link on it.
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[Gazdaman]

My bandit 600 passed several MOTs with no problems at all with a split link.

Gaz

[McJamweasel]

Split links are OK on smaller capacity machines, (non-sports) 400's and below. Once you start getting about 50bhp I would class it as an 'incorrect locking device' on the chain and fail it. On the larger machines they are just not strong enough to cope with the power.

[Gazdaman]

I don't doubt you, but I've never heard of a machine failing an MOT because it has a split link. I have only had 2 MOTs on the bandit, but both have been fine.

Same with my XJ600, that had a split link.

Gaz

[colin1]

well mot testers do vary a lot

i had a bike fail on brake pads that had nothing wrong with them, and i had another bike with a broken mirror pass with the comment "you are going to get that fixed arent you"
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[Gazdaman]

Don't need mirrors to pass.

Gaz