FZR600 fighter
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tWistedWheelz
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Well Joe here you go! This should give you an idea of how to do it!
You will need 4 hose clamps
some rubber inner tube material
some sturdy sheet metal
and some MIG welding
Make four of the small bracket pieces out of sheet metal
bend them to the proper length (see note 1 at bottom)
weld them on to the covers
wrap a little rubber material around fork on area to be secured
lace hose clamps through two corresponding brackets and secure them around the fork tubes!
DONE!
Illustration:
Note 1: mock the cover where you want it to sit and measure from cent of fork to inside of cove for the bend length and bracket placement
I hope it helps brother!
Cheers!
You will need 4 hose clamps
some rubber inner tube material
some sturdy sheet metal
and some MIG welding
Make four of the small bracket pieces out of sheet metal
bend them to the proper length (see note 1 at bottom)
weld them on to the covers
wrap a little rubber material around fork on area to be secured
lace hose clamps through two corresponding brackets and secure them around the fork tubes!
DONE!
Illustration:
Note 1: mock the cover where you want it to sit and measure from cent of fork to inside of cove for the bend length and bracket placement
I hope it helps brother!
Cheers!
+1hillsy said:Back to the paint, I think you should paint the engine block the same as the bodywork. Like this:
That will make it all "tie in" together
I love a good fighter build - can't wait to see this one come along
That is sick hillsy
And I like the covers too. Nice work there Twisted. Very cool
tWistedWheelz
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Another bonus of relocating the rad, is you can TIG up that hole in the frame where the supply hose ran through! 8) just cleaning it up some more!
that is awesome... twisted i will post some pics of the covers, they are the lowers off a harley touring bike, they are not a complete v like i think you are thinking, they are just sheet metal bent a bit... ill snag a pick when i get home... i could leave the motor silver and then line it off and spray black to go a bit with the carbon fiber i guess... but the body work will be all carbon fiber effect... if my paint ever comes in i can get started on it so we have a better idea where i am going with this... going to set up the spray booth in back this weekend and get it heated up so i can start to lay some paint!
tWistedWheelz
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Yeah, not exactly what I illustrated but close enough to still do what I proposed. Just cut off the tab part your holding in that pic and it will be close to what I thought. Notch out that top angled part to mount it really close to the fork tube, make the bottom tabs a little longer. This will angel the bottoms of the covers out a touch so the travel does not make the lowers hit them (rather travel behind them) and your golden bro!
tWistedWheelz
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The side of that piece with the original mounting tab on it (the part you are holding) could all be cut off! cut it down the crease of that bend and clean it up on the grinder. I think it would look better that way and give you more of a katana blade look, which should fit on a fighter like it was ment to be there!
so... i was finally able to drag my brother into my shop to check out the rocket... JESUS i got yelled at like a 2 year old child about 1/2 ass'n my build, said that is not my style, do it right, do it once... so... i have been told... yes, told... like a 2 year old little child, that i have to paint my motor... so here is the plan...
i am going to try clean the motor up the best i can, then shoot it with gloss black. the frame will get Epoxy painted, down tubes are going to get black, lowers are black, swing arm ahhhhhhh as much as i hate to do it... BLACK, motor supports, you guessed it! BLACK! I HATE BLACK, EVERYTHING IS ALL BLACK NOW, AHHHHHHHHHHH
fine!
so what i am thinking, since all the black i use is gloss on my other bikes, how do you think that a satin or flat black would look? i think that it may be a good contrast, flat black with the orange copper engine cases, wheels etc... what you think? plus if i shoot it flat black... i know this is going to sound ghetto, i can shoot the motor, frame etc all the same time and will not have to mask near as much...
let me know what you think? i am going to finish the front end tonight, get that off the bike, and then start masking it off for paint.
ooh ya forgot to add... he came over cause he needed help on his gold wing, so we spent about 5 min in my shop, then drove to his garage where I spent the rest of the night tearing down the wing... wait till you see all the parts he gave me for powder... unreal!
i am going to try clean the motor up the best i can, then shoot it with gloss black. the frame will get Epoxy painted, down tubes are going to get black, lowers are black, swing arm ahhhhhhh as much as i hate to do it... BLACK, motor supports, you guessed it! BLACK! I HATE BLACK, EVERYTHING IS ALL BLACK NOW, AHHHHHHHHHHH
fine!
so what i am thinking, since all the black i use is gloss on my other bikes, how do you think that a satin or flat black would look? i think that it may be a good contrast, flat black with the orange copper engine cases, wheels etc... what you think? plus if i shoot it flat black... i know this is going to sound ghetto, i can shoot the motor, frame etc all the same time and will not have to mask near as much...
let me know what you think? i am going to finish the front end tonight, get that off the bike, and then start masking it off for paint.
ooh ya forgot to add... he came over cause he needed help on his gold wing, so we spent about 5 min in my shop, then drove to his garage where I spent the rest of the night tearing down the wing... wait till you see all the parts he gave me for powder... unreal!
forcefanajd
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please dont paint the frame and the motor at the same time.......thats so gangsta. i personally like the idea of powdering the frame with wrinkle black.....
alright... here is what i will do, i am going to look to see what i have to do to pull the frame off the motor when i get home.... ahhh sean is going to kill me when i show up with all this crap at the shop 
ha ha ha ooh well, ill do it when i am not doing customers work. ill let you know... why does everything i do turn into a big job!
ha ha ha ooh well, ill do it when i am not doing customers work. ill let you know... why does everything i do turn into a big job!forcefanajd
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those frames are actually really to pull off.....just pull off the swing arm and forks pull off the bars in front of the motor let the engine rest on the ground unbolt the motor and pull off the frame....the end result will be well worth the effort
tWistedWheelz
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ugh! Sorry Joe but if he thought you were half assin because you were not going to paint the motor, then spraying it all at once, no masking, is WAY FUCKIN WORSE! Please don't do that! I really thought you were going to end up with some thing different and a little outside the lines of the norm for fighters, but since you are going "back in black" it might as well be any fighter I have ever seen! I would not even take the time to powder the cases if you do all the other black! The cases might as well be black too! I hope you don't take all of that the wrong way brother, but you know its true! Come on, how many black bikes have you seen that someone built and you just walked right by it without even really checking it out! Also your carbon fiber spraying is just going to melt right into the rest of that black, and if someone does not walk right up to it, it is just another black bike!
Sorry Bro!
Sorry Bro!
forcefanajd
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ew not silver...i never liked it with orange. how about, ummm.......some kinda hammered finish?? orange is a tough color to get something to go with it. maybe a copper hammered finish?
tWistedWheelz
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why not stick to your guns and do the swing arm, lowers, and overflow in orange!, Hell if your pulling the frame, why not make it orange! Then you can go with a really glossy black everywhere else! Then the carbon look you do, cover it with a satin clear to offset the finishes of the carbon look and the gloss black! That would look sick! And you would have a three color combo! The color trifecta!
forcefanajd
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tWistedWheelz said:
this is one of the few times ive agreed with you on a color combo +1