by willrcr15 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:21 pm
It was a $1000 ebay purchase & the last 3 owners bought her to do up but never got around to it, it seems. Thanks to all of them we ended up with a bike that all the parts were sourced & just needed some effort.
I know the tank sticker is wrong but it came with the bike, a manilla folder full, but none for the model, & It looks better with that than none.
The paint work is wrong too but I haven't got the patience to mask up the blue to match the original decals.
Ive spent many hours scouring the internet far & wide for original parts & decals etc & the prices are just ridiculous, if they halved them they'd probably sell out, but instead they'll just end up with a warehouse full of new old stock, scratching their heads wondering why.
Weve just done up a couple of Honda NSR's for the kids & we can get original new factory parts from Thailand for a tenth of the price.
I think the importers here are the problem, you can clearly see weve been ripped off in the past. The dealers are embarrassed when they quote a price for a part, it's out of their hands.
Anyway I'm just busting to get it on the road so I think I'll just persevere with what I've got & get it finished.
Spend so far is about $500, thats parts & DIY 2K paint so with rego I'm aiming for about a $2k bike, I'm very happy.
Weve just started the next build on a 97 GSXR 750 & the build quality is very poor, I don't know if its because the materials are so light but the welds are bloody awful, she's not the bike the zxr is but we'll see when it's ridden.
The K & N filter arrived today & the blinker relay should come this week. I've installed the original rear blinkers & I have the fronts except the rats have eaten the rubber base parts. So if anyone has some I'm in the market, there must be hundreds around, it seems like the first mod everyone makes when they get their new bike.
Looking forward to the quiet life !
2 Honda NSR 150 SP's for the kids
94 ZX750R
97 Suz GSXR750
95 RGV250
90 FZR 250
81 XS1100