I'm far from the first one to do a build based on the TR1 or XV920, but here is mine.
I bought the bike back in December and got a ton of spares with it, including a whole bike with 2600 km on the clock, but with no papers and with frame/engine number that some previous owner hammered in himself. Rumor has it that the spare bike was a motorcycle magazine review sample.
The plan so far is R6 forks, but not USD. I have a 2002 R6 right side up fork that should be a bit longer and hopefully give me a bit more groundclearance. I bought a cognito moto stem for it and am currently waiting for the guy who is going to swap the stems to be done. As for tank, I first bought a mojave just like everyone else, but ended up changing my mind. The current plan is a KZ400 tank. I got one a while back and it seems to fit ok.
Here the main bike sits with 78000 km on the clock, before the work begins. As a bonus, in the back is a friends BMW build.
First job was getting the seat off, something that turned out to be a bit harder than I had thought as the right side seat latch was stuck and took few good hammer blows to come loose.
Next up was removing the rear subframe and exhausts. The clamps around the mufflers fell apart when I un-did them, rusted through. The left side muffler has also started to come apart where it meets the headers.
Starting to be able to see the swingarm's condition. It has a few rust spots, but I'll see how it looks tomorrow. Worst case I have the spare bike to steal some parts from.
I bought the bike back in December and got a ton of spares with it, including a whole bike with 2600 km on the clock, but with no papers and with frame/engine number that some previous owner hammered in himself. Rumor has it that the spare bike was a motorcycle magazine review sample.
The plan so far is R6 forks, but not USD. I have a 2002 R6 right side up fork that should be a bit longer and hopefully give me a bit more groundclearance. I bought a cognito moto stem for it and am currently waiting for the guy who is going to swap the stems to be done. As for tank, I first bought a mojave just like everyone else, but ended up changing my mind. The current plan is a KZ400 tank. I got one a while back and it seems to fit ok.
Here the main bike sits with 78000 km on the clock, before the work begins. As a bonus, in the back is a friends BMW build.
First job was getting the seat off, something that turned out to be a bit harder than I had thought as the right side seat latch was stuck and took few good hammer blows to come loose.
Next up was removing the rear subframe and exhausts. The clamps around the mufflers fell apart when I un-did them, rusted through. The left side muffler has also started to come apart where it meets the headers.
Starting to be able to see the swingarm's condition. It has a few rust spots, but I'll see how it looks tomorrow. Worst case I have the spare bike to steal some parts from.