B6 full fairing build

[JRK5892]

first... i know this is not your typical fighter... i have to keep the fairing on it... i ride in the winter year round and need the wind protection, i will just set it up so come spring i can pull it off for a fighter lamp when i sell her

figured it was time to start a build thread as i will be making some real progress on here now
this bike is not built to LOOK cool, it is built to function, it is road every day rain or shine 80 miles total... it is a work horse
 
when i got her she was pretty much stock... so i added to that ended up with this... extended shield, heated grips, blacked out mirrors, airbox cover,a dn frame rail, added bags, HID headlight, 14T front sprocket, lower wing guards, and 3rd brake light
looked like this

 

 
then i got the itch... tore off the controls and coated them, re cut the seat and re wrapped it, and added custom chrome heated grips for adjustable temp
 

 

 


then the screw up came.... added decals


 
also added some fogs for better vision at night

 

 

[JRK5892]

then the evolution kept going

 
added amber LEDs to be seen better at night

 
then raised the back end to quicken steering

 
now i wanted some mroe sound out of the bike

 

 
 

 
addedl LED turn sig

 

[JRK5892]

then all hell broke lose this weekend... tore down for paint and powder, GSXR rear suspension, progressive front
started with a tail chop
 

 


then i had to make a floating rear fender to keep crap off me in the rain

 

 





some time on the belt sander later... we are golden

 



 
bent and welded up some round bar to use as a support (doing a larger rear tire so i could not finish mounting it)

 
pulled the 10000000 bolts from the valve cover to set the valves and coat the cover

 
and how she sits now

 
 
now i have to decide if i want to suck it up and pay the 68 bucks for bearings for the swing arm and coat the swing arm to match the frame... paint work starts tonight... i have to keep the full fairing (for now) cause i will be riding all winter.. come spring i can pull it for a fighter set up

[JRK5892]

as far as upgrades go... i have gone to a 94 remote resivor GSXR rear shock, 15 w fork oil (may do progressive springs), 14 t pulley, removed last baffle in pipe (did not have to shim), synced the carbs.... and will set the valves... anything that i am missing you would sugest for me to do while i have it all torn down?

also any sugestions on where i can get swing arm bearings that are not crazy $... i think i shoud powder my swingarm as well

[JRK5892]

spent a good amount of time last night cleaning my airbrushes... sad, never let friends borrow stuff if they are not going to bring them back in better condition than they borrowed them! After i was completed with that i set out to start to prep...
all the plastics and the tank are now blocked out and ready for primer! TONIGHT!

front fairing


Rear fairing


cut thought the clear with block sanding to remove the suzuki decals... then blocked that out so it is smooth




also cleaned up the GSXR rear shock... and got the resivor shot

[JRK5892]

well made some great progress! ya buddy!!!! everythign but the tank is in base coat... was able to get it all primered and blocked out last night and then the base coat of semi gloss black down... will do some red air brush work with silver highlights, then flat clear the whole thing... also... got the swing arm pulled and bearings out... now the ? is...... what color do i do the arm... should i coat it flat black to match the lowers and engine cases... or do it red to match the frame?





primer






and base coat (sorry so hazy snapped with a cell in the booth)




and i still have to paint this stuff... i am going to lightly blast it in the cabinet to get it smooth and get out the texture that these parts have... ill do that while prepping up the swing arm

[JRK5892]

Well, got alot done... worked on some airbrush work yesterday when i woke up.  Came out great. Used opaque red as the main color and then a tranlucent pearl silver to accent it all... just need to lay the clear... back and forth on matt or satin clear... but i have time to decide that





then focus turned to the powder work... we where able to get almost everything coated yesterday... the wheels turned out sick















I also got my new tires in... so i slapped those on the wheels... used dyna beads to balance her out so that no wheel weights would ugly up the rims




and prepped and blasted the swing arm... ill get that coated in black some time today

Just have the 2 front rotors, swing arm, engine cases, and 2 levers to coat

[Unique]

Impressive...  nice to see good paint work, it take a lot to impress me... the wheels look great   

satin clear! But that me!!    wish i could airbrush......

Dek

[JRK5892]

sounds good! i will go with a satin clear then... i think that is the way to go as well, the flat to me will take away to much from the airbrush work, i tried to tie in the pearl silver in there to make it pop a bit under the dull down clear and the test pannel i shot worked out awesoem with the flat... but to me was too flat ya know... i think satin is the way to go as well. hahahah an keep me from having to wet sand a gloss! hahaha

[Unique]

                       "hahahah an keep me from having to wet sand a gloss! hahaha"
 
as you may know by now i've worked in a paint bodyshop in the past, mainly on body repair side of things..cars.. done fair bit of painting.. but no way am i professional resprayer,
still have same pic's of cars paintwork done @ home!!.

when i  resprayed my b4 i was not sure whether to wet sand the gloss or not! i did in the end and it came up great once i put the clear coat on, ...am not sure if am right!...you can clear coat with out flatting, as along as its done at the same time.. ie... not hours later. otherwise it won't bond together! and may at a later date start to feel.

b4 still looks good ten years on. 

my achievement is partly through mopping or Machine polishing to get the level of shine, i still have my super stork polishing machine after!!... now that would give my age away!!  

[JRK5892]

i mix a flatening agent in with my clear when i am mixing it... you can not wet stand that because durring buffing stage to get out the cut from the wet sand you will basicly buff the paint out and give it a gloss... the trick is to shoot the paint a bit more thinned out then the tech sheet calls for. this will basicly give you a glass smooth paint... that is how i shoot flat/satin

that is how i shot this fighter i built last year, perfect smoooooth

[JRK5892]

how about an update from the weekend.... got the swing arm done and all the engine cases... re assembly starts tonight!

sorry the pics suck! was 3am and using me cell in my living room hahaha


also drilled out a few of the holes inthe sprocket cover before i blasted to coat it... came out nice

[JRK5892]

quick ?... buddy of mine just tried to help me out and install my clutch lever and snapped the clutch possition switch pend that goes into the clutch lever... i do not really care about hving the switch but i know the bike will not start without it... can i by pass the switch by soldering up the 2 wires together?

[JRK5892]

got the tank blocked out and base coat is on... put on the sprocket cover... LOVE THE LOOK of the flat black cases! LOVE IT!!!! between coats i was also able to get the valves set... but i do have 1 question... I did not have the valve tool, but was able to hold the adjuster with a needle nose plier and lock them in... when i broke the jam nut lose on these suckers they where TIGHT, not just the valve setting but also the jam nuts... i mean TIGHT... i snugged them up pretty good but did not go nuts... i do not see any specific tq setting for it of course, but was wondering from anyone that has done the valves on this bike, how tight do i have to get these jam nuts?

*also promise to get a real camera out there with me some time soon

[JRK5892]

well made out a check list i can follow so i can try and get this sucker on the road again this weekend...
yesterday got the engine cases back on... fork lowers assembled (have not added fluids yet i am still back and forth on if i want to run 20w or 15w... so i think i may run a 50/50 blend in the forks.

well paint is now 75% done... god i can not belive how much paint work is going into this bike! Granted i am painting EVERYTHING, even the frame plugs, but man... well last night i got everything i am shooting at least in primer... got a base coat on the 2 last pieces that i have to do air brush work on... hit the shield so i can airbrush that and the rear fairing cover... so all i have to airbrush is the tank indents, the shield, back cap on tail piece, side covers, and 2 frame caps.... from there just clear it all... the rest of the plastics you see in white primer will get a base coat of satin black, 2 coats of reflective clear, and 2 coats of satin clear... i do not watn to run reflectors on the build at all but still i ride it daily and need to be seen, dont want to vanish on a black bike, this is a cool little trick that will vanish in the day and bling at night...

here are some pics... yes still with the crap cell hahaha

between coats i got the cases on (still need to put on the valve cover)




fork lowers assembled


all the plastic random stuff in primer and hanging waiting on base and top coat


shield and tab in the booth



10/6/11
did not get many pics from last night but got all the randon plastics hit in the base coat, reflective clear, and satin clear, wheel bearings in, fork oil {blend 15w(75%) and 20w (25%)} we will see how that runs... got the guages assembled and all soldered in again.







also my bro and i buttoned up his little house hopper we tossed together these past few months