KWOD - cheapo hack/shed

[Iain.]

Finally got an interim payment & obviously needed a big bike with summer nearly here...however, with a £500 budget theres not a lot out there!

£390 later, this happened.

https://i.imgur.com/WeR207gl.jpg

It has a logbook and a pile of panels but no key.

Removed ignition barrel, removed seat, removed tank and set about hotwiring it to see what worked and what diddnt.

https://i.imgur.com/Kpgk9Fql.jpg

Electrics checked out, so hooked up the remote tank and fired it up;

https://i.imgur.com/GLCB1rel.jpg

After a lot of popping, farting, refusing to rev and such it appeared to sort itself out!

RF600 Startup: https://youtu.be/HQnF7rAtCEY

Needs bar ends, tail light bulb, rear indicators and rear brake to have fluid in it. Also needs downpipes bodging as they disintegrated when it backfired

[UncleFester]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/suzuki-RF600-exhaust-/301565236185?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item4636b053d9
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[Thorn]

Mmmm, that is a sexy ZX-9R C on the left there.


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Skyjet SJ125-26 (Dead) || Yamaha FZS600 (Dead) || Kawasaki ZX-9R C2

"Everything you touch turns to disappointment."

[Pie-Roe]

Right.

Make sure you check the plug caps, sometimes they don't fit properly need some wd/gt around them to stop rain going down. Same with battery terminals and vaseline, due to the way the fairings let water in

Bottom of tanks rust, so maybe drain it out and see how it's doing/add an inline filter.

The wiring to the indicators and horn always seemed to be fucked on ones I had.

The linkage on the brake pedal will rust and seize slightly.

The exhaust never seemed to line up correctly.

Don't trust the compartment, a big bump or a wheelie will have it bounced open. I glued a velcro bit over the top to help with it, and wired a cig lighter and foamed around the edge to help waterproof.

Clearances need to be done around 28k. Seems to be half and half from what I've seen on the 600s, the 900s never seem to need doing.
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Previous: GSF600, FZR600 x2, ZXR750, XT600 Tenere, CB125, CZ125, ETZ 250, ER5, CCM R30, DRZ400, RF600x4, RF900x2, GS500, VTR1000F, 640 SMC, CB250 NIGHTHAWK, GT550x3, GPX750 TE610, CB500, X11x2, SV650, ZING 125, TL1000R,CB250 Superdream, CBR1100XX

[The Shaggy D.A.]

I R sad, I thought it would be about sheds.
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[wr6133]

Good buy for the price. Patching up and palming onward or riding in to the ground?

[Iain.]

[Pie-Roe]

Think I've got a viper can that came off a rf6 kicking about.
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Previous: GSF600, FZR600 x2, ZXR750, XT600 Tenere, CB125, CZ125, ETZ 250, ER5, CCM R30, DRZ400, RF600x4, RF900x2, GS500, VTR1000F, 640 SMC, CB250 NIGHTHAWK, GT550x3, GPX750 TE610, CB500, X11x2, SV650, ZING 125, TL1000R,CB250 Superdream, CBR1100XX

[Matt B]

Chicks dig purple

Get it sorted and get your backside to France!
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[Aff]

[Pie-Roe]

[Iain.]

[Iain.]

Today I did;

Bleed back brake
Pack original downpipes with exhaust putty
Did wiring for indicators
Fixed clicky speedo drive
Bolted grab rails on
Fitted correct tail panel with screws not tape
Fitted universal tail tidy so i can have indicator brackets.
Fitted chain tensioner

https://i.imgur.com/Nq2IGMil.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vw4s1gVl.jpg

Road tested it, performs well other than a slight splutter low down (however, I still need to do the service). It's quicker than a bandit and seems to handle better too. Mirrors shot on the right hand side.

Then jetwashed all the muck off it, it's been in a garage for quite a while stored up.

https://i.imgur.com/d1A8jmll.jpg

Need to bolt on indicators when they arrive, then we're on for MOT. Lower fairings wont be going back on till I've serviced it & im not pulling the tank off till the new rubbers arrive.

[Iain.]

Fixed it.

https://i.imgur.com/rRGaMjyl.jpg

How long that exhaust holds however I really don't know.

Bodged some other indicators on. I think I'm now MOTable...will get it tested today.

[andyscooter]

And people took the Mickwith my exhaust paste in tiny holes fix
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gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[Fisty]

You should name it K-WOD.
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Quietly and consistently taking the piss.
TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[N cee thirty]

should probably remove the 'budget' bit from the title
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'00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30 Mod 2 Passed 09/06/2011

Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[Iain.]

[Pol Anorl]

[CaNsA]

[Iain.]

[Shaft]

[MCN.]

Can i ask why you submitted a bike for MOT with a scrap rear end?

[MarJay]

Have you confused centimetres with millimetres again?
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[lihp]