Project Fazer: The build thread

[midden]

[quote author=Mark YPVS link=topic=11731.msg128546#msg128546 date=1392920642]
Hi ChristoT,

Good luck with this, ive just done a similar thing with an R1 I picked up for £500, the only cost I got wrong was the price of missing nuts n bolts , cost me about £100, so don't lose anything and keep an eye on ebay as breakers sometimes sell all the hardware from the bikes they have broken quite cheap and most Yamaha stuff is similar.
You can get a good paint finish with rattle cans if you take your time and do the prep work
Mark

Having a professional paint job for all those donor signatures and logo's is gonna put you in mortgage territory.

After that much time and effort, I'll shell out for a pro job. At the end of the project, of course! 
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[ChristoT]

I plan a simple base paintjob, then the logos etc will probably be vinyl. Possibly a coat of laquer over the top to protect them.

[snapper]

I can see this thread ending up longer than the rebuild !  :lol

[Lez72]

Hi ChristoT,

Good luck with this, ive just done a similar thing with an R1 I picked up for £500, the only cost I got wrong was the price of missing nuts n bolts , cost me about £100, so don't lose anything and keep an eye on ebay as breakers sometimes sell all the hardware from the bikes they have broken quite cheap and most Yamaha stuff is similar.
You can get a good paint finish with rattle cans if you take your time and do the prep work
Mark

I love seeing peoples rebuilds.

:useless

[Mark YPVS]

[quote author=Mark YPVS link=topic=11731.msg128546#msg128546 date=1392920642]
Hi ChristoT,

Good luck with this, ive just done a similar thing with an R1 I picked up for £500, the only cost I got wrong was the price of missing nuts n bolts , cost me about £100, so don't lose anything and keep an eye on ebay as breakers sometimes sell all the hardware from the bikes they have broken quite cheap and most Yamaha stuff is similar.
You can get a good paint finish with rattle cans if you take your time and do the prep work
Mark

I love seeing peoples rebuilds.

:useless
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Don't want to hijack this thread so I will post a link to my photobucket  :lol :lol
http://s699.photobucket.com/user/fatyzfr...t=4&page=1

Mark

[Lez72]

[quote author=Lez72 link=topic=11731.msg128773#msg128773 date=1392975582]
[quote author=Mark YPVS link=topic=11731.msg128546#msg128546 date=1392920642]
Hi ChristoT,

Good luck with this, ive just done a similar thing with an R1 I picked up for £500, the only cost I got wrong was the price of missing nuts n bolts , cost me about £100, so don't lose anything and keep an eye on ebay as breakers sometimes sell all the hardware from the bikes they have broken quite cheap and most Yamaha stuff is similar.
You can get a good paint finish with rattle cans if you take your time and do the prep work
Mark

I love seeing peoples rebuilds.

:useless
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Don't want to hijack this thread so I will post a link to my photobucket  :lol :lol
http://s699.photobucket.com/user/fatyzfr...t=4&page=1

Mark
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You have obviously put a lot of time and effort into that R1. Top work fella  8)

[bigsteve]

Hi Christo 
  have you checked out carol nash six wheel insurance car/bike one policy ??? 

Just checked insurance. Well, tried to, two comparison sites were unable to quote!

This will be a looooong project.

[ChristoT]

Hi Christo 
  have you checked out carol nash six wheel insurance car/bike one policy ??? 



[quote author=ChristoT link=topic=11731.msg128702#msg128702 date=1392935864]
Just checked insurance. Well, tried to, two comparison sites were unable to quote!

This will be a looooong project.

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Interesting! I'll have to look into that! Thanks! 

The problem I'm having is that the insurers throw a wobbly when I declare all the mods!!

[Fazerider]

Someone should've warned you that might happen. :lol


I'm still interested to know if that Honda swingarm is going to suit it. Is the centreline of the tyre central with the pivot ends? (I don't even know that the Fazer tyre is central for that matter.)

[ChristoT]

Someone should've warned you that might happen. :lol


I'm still interested to know if that Honda swingarm is going to suit it. Is the centreline of the tyre central with the pivot ends? (I don't even know that the Fazer tyre is central for that matter.)

There must be a way to insure it somehow! There's enough custom bikes out there!

I have a stock swingarm, I have a Honda swingarm: only one way to find out!!  :lol :lol

[midden]

Come on christo......pictures of the head please 

Please oh please be careful of requests which can be lost in translation  :evil

[ChristoT]

[quote author=red98 link=topic=11731.msg128535#msg128535 date=1392919788]
Come on christo......pictures of the head please 

Please oh please be careful of requests which can be lost in translation  :evil
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:rollin :rollin :rollin

Doubly funny, as I was just re-reading Miss Handbag/PMSimon's anti profanity/anti homophobia hissy fit. Lovely double meaning there, Midden!!  :lol :lol

[Dead Eye]

Someone should've warned you that might happen. :lol


I'm still interested to know if that Honda swingarm is going to suit it. Is the centreline of the tyre central with the pivot ends? (I don't even know that the Fazer tyre is central for that matter.)

Based on Ruby's build thread, the tyres are supposed to line up centrally

[ChristoT]

[quote author=Fazerider link=topic=11731.msg128917#msg128917 date=1393024468]

Someone should've warned you that might happen. :lol


I'm still interested to know if that Honda swingarm is going to suit it. Is the centreline of the tyre central with the pivot ends? (I don't even know that the Fazer tyre is central for that matter.)

Based on Ruby's build thread, the tyres are supposed to line up centrally
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I'd be surprised if they didn't, as the bike would corner differently left or right.

[JoeRock]

[quote author=bigsteve link=topic=11731.msg128874#msg128874 date=1393013505]
Hi Christo 
  have you checked out carol nash six wheel insurance car/bike one policy ??? 



[quote author=ChristoT link=topic=11731.msg128702#msg128702 date=1392935864]
Just checked insurance. Well, tried to, two comparison sites were unable to quote!

This will be a looooong project.

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Interesting! I'll have to look into that! Thanks! 

The problem I'm having is that the insurers throw a wobbly when I declare all the mods!!
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Comparison sites will mate, you won't stand a chance on them. Only way to do it will be through phoning people up, and even then there's a very few insurance companies that will accept modified bikes like that.
Carole Nash do a streetfighter insurance where you basically say what you have, what you want it to be covered for (as in value of the bike), and they sort it - but there's minimum age requirements.
I did manage to get my Ninja insured through them and that wasn't standard by a long shot, but it wasn't structural work which is what will throw them off for you - I had a later model ZX9R swingarm on mine that bolted right in, they said as it was an OE part and could be used as replacement it was okay. Then I had a set of USD forks on mine, but I just told them it had modified suspension and brakes, and they were okay with it. That said, I am a bit older than you I think, and did have 4 years no claims. Couldn't get a similar thing done this year with them though as their underwriters had changed


Realistically, you are really, really going to struggle at your age, with an accident, and extremely highly modified bike - to the point where I suspect you may not actually be able to get it insured at all until you're older!

[noggythenog]

A question about insurance.....theoretical of course.




If you just passed your test and bought a bike a bike and it said Fazer on it & it didnt look obviously modified & then you got third party insurance...& when asked about mods youd obviously say as far as you know it is not modified..............then where the foc do you stand in a crash.....i mean your third party anyway but if you crash into someone else & damage their car for example are you legally classed as insured?????






Sorry sir get the handcuffs on...we've found that someone has previously do e a foxeye fairing mod and your bike should be a box eye so you arent insured.




Suppose what im getting at is that Christo surely you arent expecting to ever be covered for your bike if you trash it....you are just wanting to be legal on the road to avoid a criminal record.....obviously im not saying you should be dishonest or keep the mods more subtle but what if you were an idiot & genuinely didnt know.




One check of your  online profile would soon see you in the poop with that one, if they ever did anything so in depth.




Thats what all the knobheads on these tv police docs do & they seem to get away with everything.bastards!!! :evil

[ChristoT]

Yeah, I just want to be legal. The bike won't be worth a penny to anyone else.

You're right though. And of course the Peugeot 106 has a towbar as standard, it was on the car when I bought it, officer! :O

[Dead Eye]

I usually factor in whether its something that would make a large enough difference in the event of a crash - its all swings and roundabouts and personal opinion. Suspension and brakes are an instant declaration, body work... depends but usually irrelevant. Engine work gets a little more complex... changing the air filter, no - changing to pod filters and re-jetting, yes. The other flip side is things that you want covered in the event of a crash - not sure I have any good examples though as insurance companies are still hard to deal with; but exhausts, top box?

I had a 306 for a bit and that had had power steering retro-fitted - when declared, a lot of insurance companies wouldn't touch it. So it went undeclared... then blew a head gasket some 6 months later :\

[Lawrence]

I'd suggest if it's not a standard replacement then they need to know about it.  Top box, air filter, things like that won't make a difference to the price but they still need to know.

[red98]

Back to topic........you offered up the bros swingarm yet.........PICTURES.......I NEED PICTURES  :pokefun