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Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:39 pm
by Birdman
well i know Cheeky Tania will want to see this
the story goes like this.... one upon a time a die hard Honda rider needed a track bike and it just so happened that after getting sick of waiting for a good 1000RR to come up happened to stumble across a 05 ZX10R that was just too good to pass up
this was the start of the bike a few weeks ago
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:44 pm
by Birdman
The first part to arrive was a nice blue billet oil cap to replace the broken one
Before
After
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:45 pm
by MadKaw
Looks like you've got a bit of work to do on that one.. Good choice though..
Welcome aboard.
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:51 pm
by Birdman
the front end was pretty bent and most of the spokes snapped out of the front wheel so 07 forks and front wheel where sourced
strip the old front off
fit the new forks, wheel, vortex clip ons, full set of Hel braided lines and give her a wash
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:00 pm
by Birdman
Then came the test fitting of the race glass
finally my ram air arrived so i could fit the dash and test fit the upper
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:04 pm
by robracer
Sweet resto

need any pointers give us a yell .... went through a similar build a few months back
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:06 pm
by Birdman
with the glass fitted it was starting to look like a bike
i do love the look of the 06-07 top triple over the 04-05
but there was just something missing hmmmm i know some bling pre-load adjusters!!!!!
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:16 pm
by Birdman
Even after bleeding the brakes 3 times they still just felt wrong, but then i am used to the SP1 front end i have on my Blacbird, anyway i decided to change the front master to a 07 Nissan version and fit some Pazzo levers
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pazzo
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and the clutch
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Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:20 pm
by Birdman
made a bracket to hold the reservoir out of flat Aluminum strap and polished her up
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:29 pm
by Birdman
Now it was time to start painting
bellypan was painted gunmetal
rest of the bike is blue and white
i used the stock front guard as i like the grey plastic down the sides of the forks and it also has the holes to run the brakes line clips
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:31 pm
by ProblemChild
lookin real good, what colour you gunna paint it?

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Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:39 pm
by Birdman
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:46 pm
by Birdman
Just waiting on Vortex Rearsets to arrive and she is all done except for a steering damper and fixing the dent in the tank
Her first outing is Eastern Creek next weekend, cant wait
guess ill have to clean the garage now the bike is done
Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:51 pm
by ProblemChild
looks great, have fun

Re: Birdmans ZX10
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:00 pm
by Birdman
ProblemChild wrote:looks great, have fun

thanks im sure im going to have a ball on her