929 Streetfighter (mild!)

Slippery Sam · 04-06-2009, 5:24 AM

Got the first stage of my 929 fighter completed.
At least I'm on the road and getting to grips with this sitting up with wide bars business

I managed to do as I started out to do - fighter the blade without the use of a hack saw or wire snips. This is mainly because I was starting off with a nice clean complete 929 and not an accident damaged bike. I reckon I could return it to standard in a Saturday afternoon. Down side is I have a few wires wrapped up and tucked under the new headlight bracket (not the tidiest I've seen but quite functional). You'll notice I've not painted it - again in an effort to retain originality for conversion back to standard.

Started off like this:

It now looks like this.

Work will be on going for a while, next job will be to replace the headlight unit with something smaller. This one is a German one and is okay - but it is bigger than I expected

The bike already had a PC and K&N filter but I've tweaked the gearing (one tooth down on front and one tooth up on rear

) - really makes a huge difference. I used a German 'extreme' jack up plate on the rear (lifts it quite a bit as you might expect). While in bits I gave the bike a good service (how much does good oil cost these days

)
Handle bars are tapered fat bars on an ABM yoke, extended clutch cable and braied (Hell) brake lines. I fitted an R&G radiator grill for athstetics.
Hope you like!

Cheers Raymond.

ghbzorro · 04-06-2009, 7:16 AM

Going the bolt-on route makes sense to me for a non-damaged bike like yours.

Looks pretty good in my opinion. I don't think the headlight unit looks too big.

Slippery Sam · 04-06-2009, 8:43 AM

Thanks ghbzorro,
It's not going to win any shows but it does fit with the style - stripped, sit up and usable.
Bolt on option was not as cheap as I'd expected! So goodness knows how much I'd have spent on polishing, fabrication and paint job if I'd gone the full hog!

Cheers Raymond

Bucko@buck88.ka · 04-06-2009, 1:59 PM

Looks good

Sideshow bob · 04-06-2009, 2:16 PM

......

i was thinking of a bolt on route on my blade... but know if i started i wouldn't be able to resist firing up the grinder an sniping wires

... so left it alone

on the light... to big*

*not that i dislike big lights

fighter954rr · 04-06-2009, 4:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideshow bob

......

i was thinking of a bolt on route on my blade... but know if i started i wouldn't be able to resist firing up the grinder an sniping wires

... so left it alone

on the light... to big*

*not that i dislike big lights

you dont say?!?!? hahahaha!!!!

I loke the 929 mate! good to see some more fighters on here, and like the yokes especially

keep us updated as you go along!

929ADAM · 04-06-2009, 9:10 PM

i'd add some red to the light. but looks decent for sure!

ldavis · 04-07-2009, 12:09 AM

me likey..!

Slippery Sam · 04-07-2009, 4:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 929ADAM

i'd add some red to the light. but looks decent for sure!

Definately on the cards - in fact I might go for it at the weekend. I thought I was matching the tail end and breaking up the fact I still had a white rear - but I do think it'd be worth trying red!
I was never totally happy with the finish on the white one anyway - hadn't painted for a while and made all the schoolboy errors. It did come up okay after I cleared it - but I think I can make a better job of it.
Because of the way I made up the mounting brackets and the wires are standard connectors, it's about a 10 minute job to remove max.

Will re-post a pic once changed to red.
I appreciate the advice.

Cheers Raymond.

Twincam · 04-07-2009, 8:00 AM

Looking good Raymond.

Keep up the good work!

929ADAM · 04-07-2009, 2:33 PM

can i see your light mount bracket work???

im in the process of mounting my showyo moto headlight now, and figuring the best way to go abouts it.

i figure something off the neck where the factory fairing stay bolts on would be cleanest.

Slippery Sam · 04-14-2009, 9:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 929ADAM

can i see your light mount bracket work???

im in the process of mounting my showyo moto headlight now, and figuring the best way to go abouts it.

i figure something off the neck where the factory fairing stay bolts on would be cleanest.

Adam,
I'll take some pictures and post them up for you. I did buy some fork brakets but made a last minute decision to go with a neck mounting (mainly because you don't tend to see as many fighters using that

). The downside is I had to come pretty far forward to clear the fork legs - and because I slung it on low, the bottom yoke was the thing I had most difficulty clearing.
Just a warning - I'm not a welder to trade - so welds are strong and functional rather than pretty

As always if I was doing it again tomorrow, I'd manage a better job of it but it does work pretty well the way it is.

I used 3mm and 4mm x 25mm strip bright steel with a couple of 2.5mm sheet steel webs.

I'm sure your's will be better, remember I was trying to keep stock clocks and wires so had to work round those limitation too.

going to see the new F&F tonight so will sort pix soon.

Cheers Raymond.