Delboy's 954 Fighter project (ish)

fighter954rr · 01-15-2009, 5:27 AM

Hello fellow blade fighter's!

new to the forum and literally just started me new bike so though i'd post some pics for progress! this is it as i bought it. I have just ordered some ABM yokes and drag bars etc... and have bought a piaggio scooter headlight which im gunna play about with in an attempt to make something good out of it. and with good advise from another thread got some honda hornet900 hel braided lines for the front, and a motion pro clutch cable.(thanks stevecbr1000/tlstreak/peg grinder)

Future plans are as follows: I dont have any.

so looking for idea's or suggestions, ive never fightered a bike this new before... always had old dogs which ive found vines growing through in someones back garden, with solid rust coulored chains and carbs full of water... so this is the best bike ive had and im well excited! only 7000 on the clock so should last longer than 5 minutes too...

Del

macca9540 · 01-15-2009, 6:32 AM

ldavis · 01-15-2009, 9:25 AM

welcome.. sideshow bob and a few others on here will have plenty of info for you.. they'll be chiming in shortly..

Sideshow bob · 01-15-2009, 12:39 PM

And good luck with the project
First thing I'd do is decide what I wanna ditch... (I.E. that monsterus can) decide what's staying....

For mine i had a pretty good idea of how I wanted her to look at the start. which seems to have helped

LoopyLee · 01-15-2009, 1:28 PM

Firstly

to the site Del..

Secondly.. Nice bike

You must keep us updated with photos as she progresses.

And Thirdly.. I have to agree with SSB about the can going.. it looks HUGE without the fairings!!!!!

Bucko@buck88.ka · 01-15-2009, 2:47 PM

Standard cans on the 954 are huge even with the fairing ! That's why i chopped mine down, i only wish i could get away with some of the things i've seen on this site.

macca9540 · 01-15-2009, 2:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LoopyLee

Firstly

to the site Del..

Secondly.. Nice bike

You must keep us updated with photos as she progresses.

And Thirdly.. I have to agree with SSB about the can going.. it looks HUGE without the fairings!!!!!

They're just huge with or without, and bloody heavy.

macca9540 · 01-15-2009, 2:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucko@buck88.ka

Standard cans on the 954 are huge even with the fairing ! That's why i chopped mine down, i only wish i could get away with some of the things i've seen on this site.

How much did you chop off Bucko? And whats it look like mate? I was going to do that with my first 954 but found a cheap Staintune instead.

Bucko@buck88.ka · 01-15-2009, 3:07 PM

Macca if i'm honest i can't remember how much 6 or 7 inch i think. Check these pic's for a comparison

macca9540 · 01-15-2009, 3:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucko@buck88.ka

Macca if i'm honest i can't remember how much 6 or 7 inch i think. Check these pic's for a comparison

It certainly looks better in my eyes. Have been seriously thinking about chopping the Yoshi but just not game enough for fear of phucking it up.

Sideshow bob · 01-15-2009, 3:35 PM

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Originally Posted by macca9540

It certainly looks better in my eyes. Have been seriously thinking about chopping the Yoshi but just not game enough for fear of phucking it up.

& go for it Macca!

you can always blame Bucko if it goes wrong

& Fighter954,
I think we've all decided your cans gotta go

Bucko@buck88.ka · 01-15-2009, 3:45 PM

Go for Macca and feel free to blame me any time you like ( at one point in my life i considered taking the blame in a professional capacity such was my reputation )

fighter954rr · 01-15-2009, 7:15 PM

haha! Yeah i dnt know what honda were thinking? Its like a cross between ron jeremy and a mijit, no prizes for guessing which bit!
But yeah i forgot to mention ive already got a can sorted, first thing i did actualy! Gota let the noise out... Il be posting with build stages, but its hard when u live in a flat 2 floors up!

Sideshow bob · 01-16-2009, 4:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fighter954rr

Il be posting with build stages, but its hard when u live in a flat 2 floors up!

good man*

A belly pan.. A must in my eyes!

What you got planned so far, Fighter? Besides finding a garage to work in

* with Piccys

fighter954rr · 01-16-2009, 8:21 PM

yeah i want a belly, pan, i can only find one that is bike specific and its like $600!!!! so they can **** off, but i was interested in buying one for another bike and fabricating my own brackets, but not sure which bike belly pan would be best to choose?

once ive got the thing on the road it'll be just adding to it as i go along, im doing a 12 day trip around europe in may, about 3000 miles, which is gunna cost a packet, so gotta realy all my funds into that really, but when i get back ill start looking into paint, wavy discs, completely pointless over prices anodized bits, maybe a proper front nose fairing/cone thingy, might play with the motor, the list goes on!!!!!!!

just wanna get back on 2 wheels! ive been demoted to public transport since august due to selling my zx6r fighter and saving to buy my blade...

ive added some pics of my zx6r, check it out...

i also added a few pics of an old jelly mould cbr that i built in a shed with barely enough room to roll a fag in, was more of a hack than a fighter and i bought it for 180 quid!!

WyoJames · 01-16-2009, 8:35 PM

I would say chop the tail and get a nice stubby can or chop the stock one and paint it. I like you're older fighter as well, nice to see someone actually do something productive with a kawi

fighter954rr · 01-17-2009, 6:19 AM

Thanks mate!

Sideshow bob · 01-17-2009, 6:47 AM

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Originally Posted by fighter954rr

but when i get back ill start looking into paint, wavy discs, completely pointless over prices anodized bits, maybe a proper front nose fairing/cone thingy, might play with the motor, the list goes on!!!!!!!

ah! good old shiney bits

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Originally Posted by fighter954rr
just wanna get back on 2 wheels! ive been demoted to public transport since august due to selling my zx6r fighter and saving to buy my blade...

public transport!!!! i feel faint!! or sick!!

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Originally Posted by fighter954rr
yeah i want a belly, pan, i can only find one that is bike specific and its like $600!!!! so they can **** off, but i was interested in buying one for another bike and fabricating my own brackets, but not sure which bike belly pan would be best to choose?

mines a M&P job.. they do a few universal ones*....
... For next project I wanna try the german/blue peter route, of make your own

Autojumbles can be good ... If you remember to take some measurements with you

*reqires a bit of cut and botching

LoopyLee · 01-17-2009, 6:56 AM

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Originally Posted by fighter954rr

Il be posting with build stages, but its hard when u live in a flat 2 floors up!

One of the guys on here MCR001 took his bike up 4 floors in a lift to his flat so he could service it..

It's in this thread You Know You Are A Biker When...

macca9540 · 01-18-2009, 4:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sideshow bob

& go for it Macca!

you can always blame Bucko if it goes wrong

& Fighter954,
I think we've all decided your cans gotta go

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Originally Posted by Bucko@buck88.ka

Go for Macca and feel free to blame me any time you like ( at one point in my life i considered taking the blame in a professional capacity such was my reputation )

I want your honest opinion on this as something to go by for mine.

Bucko@buck88.ka · 01-18-2009, 4:37 AM

Twincam · 01-18-2009, 9:13 AM

First let me say

Second, I'm with these guys on the rear can. I replaced mine with a Micron C/F Race Can (can see it in my gallery) and sounds quite nice. A shorty would go lovely with the 954RR.

Note: If you are going to be playing around with the back pressure, a PC and a custom map wouldnt go a miss (also, don't forget the can has to be legal for MOT - I change mine every time(takes 5 mins))

I would also colour code the rear hugger (I did mine and it really sets it off), get a corbin seat (supposed to help with long rides) and definatly replace those frame sliders/crash bungs/bobbins or get an engine cage.

It all depends what you want it to look like.

tlstreak · 01-23-2009, 8:58 PM

Hack your ram air tubes so there not so long. I cut mine so the top is a little longer and starts the curve downward so you cant see into the airbox and will help keep rain out. The bottom doesnt come past the frame though. I will snap a decent photo tomorrow while im out with the bike.

I have a 954 can on my 929 and it doesnt look near as long on the 929. Maybe because of the box rear look of the 929. I dont care as much on bling and appearence as long as it looks decent and functions. Dont want a loud can anymore due to LEO enforcement in my area now also.

Start looking at making the horn wire longer if your going to keep it. Mine was like 6 inches too short with the bars. Are you going to run mirrors? How are you going to mount the speedo. Start looking at the front harness and see what you can do and how hard will it be to make the gigantic plug be hidden. The front MC can mount but once the bar gets in you might want to bend it a little. (you can boil aluminum in hot water and bend it without breaking, this works on lever and crashed rearsets pieces too)

Just a few off the top to help get you thinking.

fighter954rr · 01-26-2009, 7:59 AM

awesome id like to see a pic of the intakes!

ive had to put the project on hold for a week as ive had severe man flu, the devil kind!!

but all the bits have been turning up at the front door and ive actually been there to recieve them!!! totally surreal experience i must say! none fo those slips saying please leave 694 hours before you pick up and if you dont we'll return it to japan where you can go get it!

but yeah il be doing it this week, just the basics, got mot on the 3rd of feb, and then its plain sailing from there really! think i might have to get her painted black aswel!

fighter954rr · 02-03-2009, 5:07 AM

Just thought i'd upload a few more pics of the bike as it was when i bought it, currently still waiting for my yokes!

and headlights!! but when they get here il be adding pics of the build as it goes, i made bracket for the clocks which ill be putting up on here in a bit too... post is so annoying...

bjay51d · 02-03-2009, 3:57 PM

Thats a clean start...

fighter954rr · 02-04-2009, 4:22 AM

cheers man

anyone got a steering damper they wanna flog?...

fighter954rr · 02-05-2009, 5:38 PM

Just a quick post - here's my (quick) bracket for the clocks, i mounted it under the ignition barrell where the HISS sensor bolts on. its just cut out of checker plate (all i had) and then bent to shape, does the job, ill be spraying it black once ive got the lights installed.

exit90a · 02-09-2009, 10:14 PM

I really like these two end cans. You can usually get away with loud stuff like this where I live. Don't know how strict it is where you are. Moto Maggot Stainless Silencer
SATO MOTO-GP STYLE CANISTER

fighter954rr · 02-10-2009, 4:06 AM

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Originally Posted by exit90a

I really like these two end cans. You can usually get away with loud stuff like this where I live. Don't know how strict it is where you are. Moto Maggot Stainless Silencer
SATO MOTO-GP STYLE CANISTER

Sweet man theyre nice! but i already have a Scorpion power cone which i bought for £62!

brand new aswell, so im gonna chop that down and bung it on

everything on hold at the mo waiting for parts from germany

, but ill be posting up pics soon as..