beek Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levo Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Looks 'factory'.............fucking nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicracing Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Pure porn. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyfumi Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Are you going to polish the frame, or powder coat it? Looking forward to seeing what you come up with air-box wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenW Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I suspect he'll be going for pod-type filters that'll sit between the carb mouth and fairing. Otherwise it'll have to be some kind of ram system at the front with ducts/tubes coming around the sides. Do tell! Looks cracking so far! BW Are you going to polish the frame, or powder coat it? Looking forward to seeing what you come up with air-box wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted June 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 I suspect he'll be going for pod-type filters that'll sit between the carb mouth and fairing. Otherwise it'll have to be some kind of ram system at the front with ducts/tubes coming around the sides. Do tell! Looks cracking so far! BW The frame and swingarm will be powdercoated Black the main reason is that the anodise has been removed on a lot of it so it would either be a lot of work to remove it all or paint. so Paint it will be. plus the black frame will go with the looks that im trying to achieve i would expect to use some sort of pod filter but havent really gave it much though as yet. it for certain the original air filter set up cant be used but no great loss as this is pretty restricting anyway, but also im not convinced on results from the pod filters some of the $200 sets are no better than home made efforts so i need to work on this one, while the ram air would be suitable for a race type engine i see no benefits for a road bike infact a road bike will preforms better with still air rather than forced. Ive still a long way to go and almost eveything presents some problem so takes time to solve them. Things like the pipes that i planned to use were not really fitting right the down pipes were at the wrong angle so got inway of tyre and later fairing so im planning new tighter curves on the down pipes to solve this. then ive got to redo all the mountings and re cone the left pipe to exit on the right along with the left pipe. ala gp style all these things take time but is part of the enjoyment of building such a project. i must admit though i do get disalousioned every so often but once i get back into it i realise why im doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coose Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Nice welds! Great project, can't wait to see it finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Well ive managed some progress New header pipes have been made thanks Martin. all fit nice now so need to get them welded up and set to work altering the rear cones so the pipes exit at a better angle. Then the engine cradle needs to be made ive managed to lower but need to find some one local to bend square section ally if this fails then ill remake in round ally shows one of the old pipes and one new look better now Oyeah baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootall Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Looking great. Where's local to you mate? I know a guy in Glos who could bend the ally if that's any good to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbloke Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Beek is in Poole . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregorious77 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 lovely job, nice welding too I love ali welding when it goes right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abos Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 simply stunning!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battered636 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Wow, fantastic job. Have you got plans for the motor, Beek? A 110bhp RS250 would be a proper weapon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Good news first test run today and looks good, think ive got more power than i first thought video clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisexup Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Haha! love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Good news first test run today and looks good, think ive got more power than i first thought video clip I think you have a problem. I don't know how to break this to you gently, but the engine is running backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wow, fantastic job. Have you got plans for the motor, Beek? A 110bhp RS250 would be a proper weapon! I think achieving 110bhp is within reach fairly easily and not at a high cost. i do intend to keep as much as possible std more for reliability as rebuilds are not cheap so some cleaning of the ports. bore the carbs, head skimming and the pipes i have should make it breath a bit better. to be honest im not thinking to much engine wise at present but do know a few people who have done mods My aim is to rebuild the engine over the winter if i find on stripping that the cylinders are not to good then it will go to 570 if bores are ok ill leave alone and just rebore and refresh bits as i need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heds954 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Nice fabbing skills and lurvely welding *dribble* *thrap, thrap, thrap, nng, nng, ngg, spurge!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 I decided to make the engine cradle with round aluminium and found a local company to do the bending, pleased with the results, still got to get it welded but atleast some progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Looking rather good a must say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Good news first test run today and looks good, think ive got more power than i first thought video clip Looking good!!, and without doubt the cutest sounding RS500 ever!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted July 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 This is possibly the easiest mod ive done so far, and it works perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 With a few more of the jobs done im at this stage, Im pleased with how the engine cradle worked out . thanks to Paul who made the mountings ect without his help it would of turned out as good, Now working on reworking the exhaust pipes to fit luckly they dont look like it will take much work, the only one presenting a problem is the lower left as ive got to cut the cones and reposition them so it exits on the right side. Also been making lots of brackets to bolt things on. as you can see front fairng mount kind of taking shape got the pv actulater box and speedo position sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Really beginning to take shape now, looks amaaazin dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooble Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 those triple clamps are nice, what are they from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted August 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Harris triples from the good old ebay. A few more pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coose Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Just one thought, is the front mudguard going to hit your rather nice radiator? Good work by the way, and I think one boypower must be worth 110bhp easily! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 The plan is to trim the rear of the mudguard, but im holding off at the moment as the radiator may be changed or modified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootall Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Are you doing all your ally welding yourself? If so what kit are you using? Awesome bike BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beek Posted October 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 The project is still going on but maybe a bit slower than id like but things are happening thats the main thing. Floating rear disc is now done Thanks Paul. Im very pleased with it and looks the dogs. As im using cbr wheels there isnt anything available to buy so hence making one. the outer is a modified cbr disc with new inner and bobbins Also newly made silencer mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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