another Rabies build.

[rabies]

il post here to all the changes and upgrades. iv ordered lots of things.
iv searched long and hard for "how to" instructions for the things i was going to do...looks like il be the one making a how to.

got the bike last month

last owner busted all the fairings and had 3yr wiring job done on it.

took the fairings off (blasphemy, i know.....


conned my buddy into buying a pregen as well. he will get all my parts i take off


i took the cover off the seat and chopped some foam out. looked like junk when i was done. so i taped the whole seat. seat had rips anyways.




relocated the plate temproaryliyyoy i dont have a chain guard to mount to


i gutted the under plastics since the rear of the frame and seat will be chopped. and i used a spring for now for the seat from lowes


used a piece of angle iron to move the taillight back since i ditched the rear grab bar



i have clip ons/mirrors/ turn signals/helmet/rear stand 08 wheel and swing arm coming in mail along with a small digital guage setup(which there will be a write up since i havent found any)
il be replacing the large front sprocket with the smaller stock one i have.
full muzzy exhaust, air pods, and a jet kit from a local shop. then il crash it hard and get another bike(happnes 99% of the time....)

[Monkeytofu]

Sub'd always love to see these tranformations. Reupholstering your seat isn't too hard, I can scrounge up some links if you're going to do it.

Edit: Also, bigger pictures, I can't see anything!

[rabies]

i already tried to de-pad the seat n rewrapped it. i thnk il make a cafe seat or jus rip all the cusion off the seat. friday the welder n cutting stuff will get taken out..
i use photobucket. not sure how to get biigre pictars

[Monkeytofu]

Originally Posted by rabies

i already tried to de-pad the seat n rewrapped it. i thnk il make a cafe seat or jus rip all the cusion off the seat. friday the welder n cutting stuff will get taken out..
i use photobucket. not sure how to get biigre pictars

IMO http://imgur.com/ is far more superior than Photobucket.

You'll want to post direct images if they're not too big.

[rabies]

i put the stock sprocket onto the bike. po had a larger highway friendly front sprocket on


and this is my buddy...

[rabies]

moved the coolant tank up


new brace before cutting frame






new seat alignment and shorter base needs a new seat.

cut it in half.







installed mirrors

installed pods


next is finish fiberglassing seating. install jet kit and exhaust.
finish sanding gas tank for repaint....flat green..

but while wiggling off the fairing tabs...this tab made a hole. easy fix


bike needs rewired.
i leave you with this disaster looking pic

[choneofakind]

It's coming along. Interesting build so far.

Just curious here, any reason you went with individual pods instead of a single K&N R-0990 with two holes? I went with the R-0990 because it was reasonably priced on Amazon, and it looks cool imho

exhibit A:

[rabies]

cuz the pods were $5 each WOOOOT

[choneofakind]

Oh! Well in that case, carry on!

[rabies]

got vortex dog bones on. a tad longer then stock and cleaner


sanded the junk tank


paint junk tank


...and matching helmet

[choneofakind]

longer dogbones? eewwww. That lowers the rear.

[rabies]

i know but the front will be lowered too

[rabies]

Update
Got thedlight painted n put on


cut the fender down alittle and painted it



And this came....

with ex500 spring n dogbones its bottomed out..theres no bounce at all.. o.O HMM
as it sits. still workn on the seat

[choneofakind]

I knew you had something planned with this bike. Looking good so far.

Are you planning on doing the front end suspension conversion as well?

[Eagle981]

Hey rabies,

Build is looking good. Diggin the OD green. Rockin a military theme?

What headlight is that? Any chance you could pm me a picture of it from riding position?

[Monkeytofu]

Please put some kind of gas resistant clear coat on it. Wouldn't want to see a paint job ruined

[rabies]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Are you planning on doing the front end suspension conversion as well?

i would like to get either ex500 springs or some new inverted forks. wel see

Originally Posted by Eagle981

Build is looking good. Diggin the OD green. Rockin a military theme?
What headlight is that? Any chance you could pm me a picture of it from riding position?

ya flat green is the only thing i can do. surely not yellow lol.
the light is a universal dirtbike like. brand is Acerbis. got it for $20 on ebay used. new is $20 but you gotta wait for it to come from china.
i can get a pic later today. i have to put on the new coolant reservoir.

[rabies]

Led turn signals never workd :/

with flash

without flash. painted the back of it. hardly noticed. not that ugly

[Monkeytofu]

Just run the turn signals without resistors. They'll probably just run fast and while its technically against the law no one will say anything or do anything about it.

[choneofakind]

Question time: what's the bottle?

[rabies]

i tried the turn signals without the resister. same thing. they didnt work.
the bottle is the coolant reservoir

[Eagle981]

How are you planning on covering the tops of your forks?

[rabies]

i dont plan on it. why?

[Eagle981]

Just confirming: there are clip-on's on your bike, correct?

And wouldn't leaving the tops of the forks exposed cause problems down the road?

[rabies]

not that i know off. forks will b switched out soon for inverted forks

[vanman69]

what kind do you plan on using?

[rabies]

forks? gsxr600. they r inverted n a cool gold color. but are 50mm up top so dif trees n stuff hav to be used. some researing to do of course is what il hav to do.
got the jet kit in. used the larger jets. adjusted the mixture n it idles n runs now.
i threw away the kickstand sensor so it would die aftr trying to drive off. realized becuase it was unplugged. so i jus connected the 2 ends together n ditched the sensor.

i jus hav to get the seat done n tuck some wires n its done

[rabies]

got the seat done.


put a smaller bottle on the bike. right side. up higher


is this too much preload on an ex500 spring?


made a liscense plate chain guard bracket thingy



ghetto but it works

had cut a passenger bracket awhile ago that was ugly.
i used one of the newgen dog bones to make a new bracket.
put it in a vice and hammerd it






boss

[rabies]

made an adjustable kickstand since i cut it short and ended up raising the bike way up




made a mess of wiring piddling with things


was trying to tuck wires and make it cleaner
i bolted the fusebox to the battery box along with the voltage regulator and relay


curious to see the inside of teh fuse box


rear brake fluid reservoir delete kit mod thingy from curvygril.com 8mm hose. but i had to heat it up and expand the ends. it was kinda small


then i did this...

[choneofakind]

Radiator shrouds in the making?

[rabies]

^yuuuup
i finished them and painted them already. my back is killing me so i came inside to lay down on ice. later il take pics of them on. looks pretty rad like an 80s mad max bike

[rabies]

my B52 wings

[Coolbpf]

This bike... Is awesome.

[Monkeytofu]

I have one glaring issue with this thread: The pictures are too damn small


The bike looks great so far and your skill shows, but please give us bigger pictures of your bike at some point.

[cerberusrex25]

Are you going to modify the belly pan? It would be awesome if you did. I love what you've done so far, amazing job.

[rabies]

thanx fellas. i might do a belly pan. i still have the stock one.
im registering on imgur.com right now for better bigger pics. i can barely see them too lol

[rabies]

imgur test

http://imgur.com/rP8xn

[choneofakind]

yay full size pictures!

How loud is that puppy?

[rabies]

purrdy loud. its a oversized piping with straight through muffler. sounds good but loiud. almost like a dirtbike though until you are really into it

[Eagle981]

Is your seat cover scrap from old ACUs?