Prior to starting the build I spent hours looking at different donor bikes and at images of what people have done with them. The ambition was always to try and produce a fun, mid-size engined, cafe racer.
Budget was also a key part, and the fazer seemed to fit the bill.
Prior to buying the bike, the web was again hugley useful in fiding out what to look for when buying one and I ended up with a low-mileage, well looked after bike for just over a grand.
With so much time on my hands due to the UK being in lockdown, 3 days after riding the bike into my garage, the bike looked like this:
