Well, 3 weeks ago I wrecked my bike.
Not gonna get into details except for I was being stupid off the main road by my friends house. Luckily i had all my gear on and came away with a scrape on my knee (no knee protection, my next investment) and a broken thumb (im guessing my thumb jammed into the road when i was rolling).

Had my ICON helmet, boots, jacket, and gloves on.
Jacket came out with 2 holes but not a scratch on me.
Boots had a couple scuffs, but still holding strong.
Helmet never touched the ground.
Gloves held together perfectly, i didnt see a scrape on them.


Anyways onto the bike and the rebuild.


Heres what it started out as:




Most of you probably saw my thread "Post up ur flat black/stealth bikes" thread. Well, thats my plan and goal for this bike once its fixed.

Heres my motivation:




Parts that have been ordered:

- New Handle Bars
- NEW Stator Cover w/ Gasket
- Red Reflective Rim Tape
- NEW Flush mounts
- NEW Integrated Taillight w/ Blinker (get rid of those hideous factory ones)
- NEW Stomp Grip
- NEW Progrip Clear Tank Pad
- NEW Front and Rear Stands
- NEW Motorcycle Cover

Still Needing:

- NEW Upper Fairing
- NEW Windscreen
- NEW Mirrors

HERES THE PROGRESS:

The Bike laying in pieces


The Right Busted up fairing


Broken Handle Bar


Busted Stator Cover


Working on patching up the Rear Fairing



Working on patching up a dent in the tank


Getting the Front Fender painted



***UPDATE*** (10 May 07)

More Parts are in


Love my new stands


Got the Frame Sliders on




Integrated Taillight Installed


New Upper Fairing Stay installed


Stickers removed and paint being stripped





RANDOM PICTURES








WILL UPDATE WHEN PARTS COME IN AND I GET MORE PARTS COMPLETED


Modified by Gizmo at 8:31 PM 5/10/2007

 

Jeez, didn't you just get that thing?
You never even got the chance to take the uber-sweet decals off of the swingarm...

 

I must admit I was hoping for a lot more pictures.

 

Jeez, you JUST got that thing and it already got wrecked.

Oh well, at least you're alright.

Now you know why marm is such an msfgearinsurance *****.

 

That flat black RR looks great.

I can't wait to see the final outcome.

 

progress looks good so far. glad you're alright. i bet the finished product will look great

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">progress looks good so far. glad you're alright. i bet the finished product will look great </TD></TR></TABLE>
thanks thats what im hoping for

 

BUMP


UPDATED!!!

 

TTT for updates

 

why are you bumping a non-for sale thread??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rdblckSV650S &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why are you bumping a non-for sale thread??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey! Look at me! Hey! Are you looking?!?!? Look!

 

That black RR looks specially nice in that pic because the front triples dropped like an 1 or 2 and the rears sitting on a stand and lifting the tail up.. giving it the whole RCV look.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rdblckSV650S &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why are you bumping a non-for sale thread??</TD></TR></TABLE>
b/c i figured people would want to be updated.

 

How about posting all the pictures (minus the random BS) once you're done?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jasper_db1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How about posting all the pictures (minus the random BS) once you're done?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you read my mind. If I want to see a civic, i'll drive down the road.

Bike progress appears to be promising

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jasper_db1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How about posting all the pictures (minus the random BS) once you're done?</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Sorry to question your body work, but are you using Great Stuff to fill in the dents and cracks?

Im confused on why you wouldnt use fiberglass filler, or BONDO???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DailyDrivenCB7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry to question your body work, but are you using Great Stuff to fill in the dents and cracks?

Im confused on why you wouldnt use fiberglass filler, or BONDO???</TD></TR></TABLE>
i took the great stuff out of the tank. Im gonna have that dent pulled out. I used great stuff to fill in the holes as a base. I will be putting a compound over top to sand and paint.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Gizmo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
i took the great stuff out of the tank. Im gonna have that dent pulled out. I used great stuff to fill in the holes as a base. I will be putting a compound over top to sand and paint.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey man i actually thought it was kinda of neat hadnt ever seen anyone do it that way thats why i was asking.

 

nice progress

 

Finally Finished.

I know its not perfect, and its not clean, but o well.
Gonna leave it as it is till next year and buy a set of fairings of Egay and sell it and buy me a new bike.

 

did you use flatblack paint or primer on this?

looks like you may have a dark gray bike in a couple months instead of flat black

props though

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AdeJong 03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you use flatblack paint or primer on this?

looks like you may have a dark gray bike in a couple months instead of flat black

props though </TD></TR></TABLE>
flatblack on everything. Primer + Flatblack on the front fairing and tank.

 

looks good man I doubt I could have gotten it to look that good

 

Why do you want to sell it next year, why not just keep it? I mean you've already put all that time/effort into it.