Track Bike rebuild - lots of pics
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:31 pmWARNING: Not a Kwaka 
Hey Guys,
Well as some of you know i binned my r6 (which at the time was my 2nd roadie/trackbike) at the last Oran Park Track Day, which made for a good excuse to turn it into a dedicated trackie!.
Bike is now pretty much finished ready for a track day at EC Next weekend. I have been taking a few pics as I go and thought some people might be interested to see the progression..
There are a few pics, so sorry in advance
How the bike looked a couple of laps before the crash:
After the crash:
I lost the front end coming into turn 7, and it was just a lowside until the bike got launched off the ripple strip. The Damage List:
Damaged Fairings
Snapped both rearsets
Snapped handlebars/levers
Mangled Exhaust
Dented both sides of the tank
Buckled rear wheel
Broken brake reservoir
Snapped Fairing Stay
Rooted Tyres
Stripped:
Kitted the bike out with new parts including vortex clipons, race rear sets and a micron pipe, as well astrack farings, and sent the rim away to be straightened...
The painting process, a big thanks to my old man who did most of the work!!! Involved a lot of prep, and being on a budget with no real equipment we just used acrylic spray cans and kept the cost under $150 inc primers, fillers, bog sanding paper etc.. The fibreglass on the fairings were in pretty rubbish condition so required a lot of prep. Also had to strip the tank and fix the dents...
The final product with some new dunlop a11 rubber:
Excuse the filthy kwaka!
Very happy with the results, and hopefully will be a while before having to do this again, touch wood! Learnt a lot about the bike in the process too which is good!
If any of you see me at EC on the weekend feel free to say hi
Hey Guys,
Well as some of you know i binned my r6 (which at the time was my 2nd roadie/trackbike) at the last Oran Park Track Day, which made for a good excuse to turn it into a dedicated trackie!.
Bike is now pretty much finished ready for a track day at EC Next weekend. I have been taking a few pics as I go and thought some people might be interested to see the progression..
There are a few pics, so sorry in advance
How the bike looked a couple of laps before the crash:
After the crash:
I lost the front end coming into turn 7, and it was just a lowside until the bike got launched off the ripple strip. The Damage List:
Damaged Fairings
Snapped both rearsets
Snapped handlebars/levers
Mangled Exhaust
Dented both sides of the tank
Buckled rear wheel
Broken brake reservoir
Snapped Fairing Stay
Rooted Tyres
Stripped:
Kitted the bike out with new parts including vortex clipons, race rear sets and a micron pipe, as well astrack farings, and sent the rim away to be straightened...
The painting process, a big thanks to my old man who did most of the work!!! Involved a lot of prep, and being on a budget with no real equipment we just used acrylic spray cans and kept the cost under $150 inc primers, fillers, bog sanding paper etc.. The fibreglass on the fairings were in pretty rubbish condition so required a lot of prep. Also had to strip the tank and fix the dents...
The final product with some new dunlop a11 rubber:
Excuse the filthy kwaka!
Very happy with the results, and hopefully will be a while before having to do this again, touch wood! Learnt a lot about the bike in the process too which is good!
If any of you see me at EC on the weekend feel free to say hi
