Plasma Blue....errr I mean Green!!!

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Plasma Blue....errr I mean Green!!!

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Well, after 12 months without a fun ticket, then another 7 months of being a poor ass Mo-Fo trying to get rid of all our bills, I finally decided to make the bike a priority and fix the damage from my last off.

The pics below tell the story:

Before:
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The crash damage:
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The rebuild:
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The Result:

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Things I have learned:

Mates are awesome!! A huge, huge thanks to Jake (the painter), Pauly (supplier of the temp spray booth and help assembling), Howie and Greeny (assembly, support and brain power when memory failed).
Chinese E-bay farings bend a long way when fitting (but still don't always line up).
Cable ties fix anything.
Kwaka's are really hard to kill.
Clipson's for the US version are different to ours (anyone need some racing bars?).
E-bay is a bikers friend (and foe, see above).
Hearing your bike fire up after nearly 2 years of sitting there 100% neglected (and I mean neglected) is enough to give the most jaded biker a chubby!!!
ZX6 engine and clutch covers are insanely expensive!
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Re: Plasma Blue....errr I mean Green!!!

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Looks awesome, well done!

Enjoy the chubby while it lasts...

Mick 8)
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About time! ;)


Looks good mate :kuda:
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Awesome job Plas, that looks neat as. Welcome back to two wheels .... now stop crashing :D
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Post by ty »

wow! that looks awesome!
Well done.
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Ooooer looks pretty :P so jake FINALLY got it finished!! Who did the seat??
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Kimmeh wrote:Ooooer looks pretty :P so jake FINALLY got it finished!! Who did the seat??
I ordered it off eBay and had it fitted at "Cool Trimmings" at Blairathol, $75.00 total
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:o Awesome job there Plasma



its about time you made your bike the real Kawasaki color :lol: :kuda:
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Plasma Blue 636 wrote:
Kimmeh wrote:Ooooer looks pretty :P so jake FINALLY got it finished!! Who did the seat??
I ordered it off eBay and had it fitted at "Cool Trimmings" at Blairathol, $75.00 total
Oh Brian?? he did the zeph seat! Cool as he did a wicked job on that too.... He said he can do my seat in green if i get the bike i want next and do the mods i want :) woo
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nice work mate, looks great !
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looks nice mate but would have looked better in orange ;)
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looks great, a fusion of plasma/metallic green! Question, wheres ur rear indicators, tail looks too nice and clean :D
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Soundwave wrote:looks great, a fusion of plasma/metallic green! Question, wheres ur rear indicators, tail looks too nice and clean :D

made a couple of very small "L" brackets that mount off the exhaust clamp bracket

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Thanks for the comments all, but to be honest I was getting that desperate to ride again I would have nearly super glued the old farings!!!
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Blurr wrote:looks nice mate but would have looked better in orange ;)
Actually the only other colour I would have stuck with was the Burnt orange from the new VE Commonwhores (as it is the Green is Atomic Metalic from the VE ute)
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