| Home | Forums | Marketplace | Articles | FAQ | Members | Gallery | Arcade |
Honda FireBlade: Discussion of the Honda CBR 900RR, Honda CBR 929RR, Honda CBR 954RR, and Honda CBR 1000RR Motorcycles. | |||||||
12-24-2006, 8:07 PM
| | |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep:  (86) Rep Power: 4
| Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade G'day all, Well, I've finally finished my bike (a '95 900RR Fireblade frame and motor). Some of you here may have seen it when it was in Detroit, but after I brought it to Australia, I decided to go full-on with a restyle and upgrade. Some of the new mods: 2002 CBR954 upside down forks 2001 RC51 SP1 front wheel Braking 330mm wave rotors Carbone Lorraine SBK5 pads BST Carbon Fiber front fender 1995 VFR 750 single sided swingarm (hidden brake line) 2000 VFR800 rear wheel 2004 Suzuki Gixxer 1000 tail section Removed and filled centre position light and fairing holes 2003 Camel Moto GP race graphics (all clearcoated in) DuPont Hot Hues 'Lemon Glow' paint - painted by me (first ever 2 pack paint job) Pazzo levers 45T 520 rear sprocket CBR600 F4i digital gauges, teardrop mirrors, Moriwaki rearsets, Oxford small turn signals and Galfer rear wave rotor (all yet to be installed). And the previous mods included the full Formula Xtreme motor build incl. Cosworth 2mm overbore pistons (945cc), Keihin 39mm flatslides, Titanium rods, Erion cams, Ferrea stainless o/s valves, head and crank work, and undercut gears. I'll get some better pics soon. These are the 'just completed' garage pics.... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ntqtr2full.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/IMGP3447.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ards/tank2.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...hards/rear.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...uarterfull.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ards/tail1.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...hards/tank.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/IMGP3454.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ards/front.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ards/pazzo.jpg Hope you like it. Merry Christmas all! Last edited by Sime : 12-24-2006 at 8:45 PM. | |
|      |
|
12-24-2006, 8:11 PM
| |
| MSF Ridercoach    Join Date: 02-05-2005 Location: Bristol, TN
Bike(s): 05 CBR 1000RR Age: 34 Posts: 2,179
Rep:  (618) Rep Power: 12
 | Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Looking Sweet!!!! 
__________________ "Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" [GySgt Daniel J."Dan" Daly, USMC; near Lucy-'le-Bocage as he led the Fifth Marines' attack into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918] |
|
|  |
|
12-24-2006, 10:26 PM
| |
| Join Date: 09-14-2006 Location: tennessee
Bike(s): 06 cbr1000rr Posts: 13
Rep: (41) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very NICE |
|
| |
|
12-24-2006, 10:40 PM
| |
| Meatarian  Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 28 Posts: 12,302
Rep: (931) Rep Power: 26
 | Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade I'm gonna go ahead and say it but I don't mean any disrespect to any other 900rr owners. but that is the best looking 900 I've seen. All the work looks really good. and ditching what was my least favorite part of the bike, the tail and replacing it with that gixxer rear really set it apart. how much power that thing putting down?
__________________ "let's face it when you went into that voting booth you had a choice between 2 bowls of sh!t. the only difference was the smell" |
|
| |
|
12-24-2006, 10:47 PM
| |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep: (86) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Thanks guys!! I'm glad that you approve. At the last dyno pull it did in October 2005, it put down 153.6 at the wheel. With the -1/+2 520 sprocket combo, I can't actually keep the front wheel down in second gear at WOT.  |
|
| |
|
12-24-2006, 10:55 PM
| |
 Join Date: 01-31-2006 Location: Linconton, GA - Where I can ride year 'round
Bike(s): The REAL KING - Hayabusa Age: 33 Posts: 2,932
Rep: (231) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade From one 900RR fan to another, that thing is NICE and SWEET. |
|
| |
|
12-24-2006, 11:31 PM
| |
   Join Date: 01-03-2004 Location: INDIANA
Bike(s): GSXR Stunt Bike Age: 39 Posts: 4,201
Rep: (1355) Rep Power: 22
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very well done. |
|
| |
|
12-24-2006, 11:45 PM
| |
| maybe because it does not really matter...........  Join Date: 05-16-2006 Location: At home
Bike(s): 94 CBR 900RR Age: 36 Posts: 1,267
Rep: (127) Rep Power: 5
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very very nice work ,  ! |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 12:22 AM
| |
| Join Date: 08-23-2006 Location: Omaha, NE
Bike(s): 2001 CBR 929rr Posts: 263
Rep: (16) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very nice. How do you like the wave rotors? I've been thinking of getting those for my 929. |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 12:42 AM
| |
| Join Date: 12-01-2002 Location: Mountain Home Idaho
Bike(s): 01 YB 929 Age: 35 Posts: 178
Rep: (10) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very nice job. Definately one of the nicest 900RR I have seen. Does the VFR swingarm bolt directly up to the 900 frame? Or did you have to make shims and spacers and such to make it fit? Again, very nice 900RR. |
| |
|
12-25-2006, 1:19 AM
| |
| I slide good in the wet  Join Date: 11-11-2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Bike(s): 04 Fireblade Posts: 639
Rep: (249) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade That is a very nice looking bike. You should be proud. |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 3:09 AM
| | |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep: (86) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Quote:
Re the 94-97 VFR 750 swingarm, it is almost a direct bolt up job. You do need a 25mm OD x 20mm ID x 20mm length spacer on the right side (can buy one from McMaster Carr for $5), and you need a 1mm thick, flat washer with a 20mm ID on the sprocket side to align the shock mount. Other than that, no problems with the fitment. You do need a longer chain (112 link) and if you want to conceal the brake line in the arm as I did, you'll also need a longer brake line (about 1.05 metres). The one other thing that people do with the 750 arm is use the VFR800 wheel (as I did). This is b/c the 800 wheel is 5.5" wide (5" for the 750 wheel) so you can run a 180 series tire. But you do need to notch out the wheel mounting face to clear the exposed bolts on the hub. Easy job though - you just use an angle grinder. OTOH, the VFR800 arm is not compatible with the 900RR unless you do some serious machining of the frame and the arm. That would have been too much work for me. Cheers! Sime | |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 3:12 AM
| | |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep: (86) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Quote:
And they look the business too! | |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 3:50 AM
| |
 Join Date: 05-31-2003 Location: United Kingdom
Bike(s): 2002 Red/Black 954RR2 Posts: 189
Rep: (16) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Nice Blade mate |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 4:47 AM
| |
| Everything you do can get you killed    Join Date: 02-04-2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona
Bike(s): 2003 954RR Age: 30 Posts: 946
Rep: (345) Rep Power: 8
 | Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very Nice bike man! |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 11:25 AM
| |
| Join Date: 10-01-2005 Location: CT, that boring-ass state.
Bike(s): 2005 CBR1000RR Age: 30 Posts: 113
Rep: (9) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade You've done good my friend. |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 4:27 PM
| |
| Join Date: 10-03-2006 Location: Farnham, United Kingdom
Bike(s): Fireblade 954, VFR800 Age: 47 Posts: 252
Rep: (25) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very, very nice! I reckon if you got a Termigoni end can it would look sweet on that. Cheers Simon |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 6:09 PM
| | |
| gone green   Join Date: 05-19-2005 Location: Bronx, NY
Bike(s): 95 VFR Age: 92 Posts: 1,638
Rep: (100) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Quote:
 Wowzers, That is one sweet looking bike you've got there. -jh proud supporter of transplanting the new SV650 tail light to my bike one day.
__________________ - Track whores get paid for it, track sluts do it for free... - Cars lean the wrong way in turns.  | |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 7:35 PM
| |
| Join Date: 11-06-2003 Location: state college, pa
Bike(s): 03' blk/tit honda cbr 954rr Posts: 264
Rep: (16) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade looks sweet, but why are you advertising for a cigarette company? |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 7:44 PM
| |
| Join Date: 07-12-2006 Location: Denton, Texas
Bike(s): 2001 cbr 929 Age: 38 Posts: 74
Rep: (10) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Really nice bike. You have done well. |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 7:59 PM
| |
| Join Date: 05-10-2003 Location: Boise, ID
Bike(s): 2004 1000RR 2003 954RR 1997 VFR750 Posts: 248
Rep: (62) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Sweet looke ride Mate, definitly a unique Bike! |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 8:11 PM
| | |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep: (86) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Quote:
I would have used the Camel 'non-smoking/generic' decals like the 'Team' style, but I couldn't find those. Besides, let people smoke themselves to death! LOL In Australia, Camel is not a popular brand anyways. I guess my bike is no different to a Rothmans Honda or a Lucky Strike bike though. | |
|
| |
|
12-25-2006, 8:12 PM
| |
| Join Date: 08-23-2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 945cc '95 Formula Xtreme 'Frankenstein' Fireblade Age: 37 Posts: 735
Rep: (86) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade By the way, thanks for all the compliments everyone! |
|
| |
|
12-26-2006, 1:10 AM
| |
| Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Kansas City
Bike(s): 1995 CBR 900RR Posts: 2
Rep: (10) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade that blade is really awesome. How much fabrication is involved in putting that gixxer tail on the 900rr? |
|
| |
|
12-26-2006, 9:44 PM
| |
| Join Date: 05-23-2005 Location: vancouver canada
Bike(s): 2000 929 fireblade,86 vfr750,84 rz 350,(2)85 rz500 Posts: 240
Rep: (16) Rep Power: 4
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Very tastefully done, kudos Sime......... |
|
| |
|
12-27-2006, 1:33 AM
| |
| Join Date: 01-31-2006 Location: Georgia then Texas (Short term NY)
Bike(s): 2000 929rr Age: 25 Posts: 53
Rep: (10) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Looks awesome man! what about some 954rr decals switched around on there? |
|
| |
|
12-27-2006, 5:49 PM
| |
| A Spaniard in Texas.  Join Date: 05-16-2006 Location: FORT WORTH TX
Bike(s): 2005 CBR1000RR, '98 Suzuki DR650SE Age: 40 Posts: 1,033
Rep: (293) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Dang!!!! Looks very nice. |
|
| |
|
12-27-2006, 9:21 PM
| |
| Join Date: 06-03-2006 Location: Arizona
Bike(s): 95, CBR 900RR Posts: 1,719
Rep: (51) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Pics of my Moto GP restyled Fireblade Wish my '95 looked that good How does the handling/steering feel in corners? |
|
|  |