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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject: My Yamaha R1-Z Mk2 Project |
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Some of you might have seen my Yella R1-Z on display for Diffrent Strokers ?
It's about time I showed you folks my latest project
Basically I've been itching to do something else so when I spotted another R1-Z frame for sale on Alex RD Forum I quickly snapped it up
Thats was all I had '' The Frame '' .....
So I started searching for something cheep that I could use for its running gear ?
I found a cheep FZR 400 1WG 3EN1 that has a diffrent swinger to other FZR's and the front is simular to the standard R1-Z item ....
The FZR was soon stripped with me keeping the running gear and selling on the left overs to someone who wanted it for a Quad Bike ...
With much head scratching I managed to fit the rear end !
Swing arm was too wide but all it needed was the bearings pushing in 5 mm each side and the inner tube shortening ....
The shock mount took me some time to work out finally going with a mito 125 shock ! Complete with handmade '' Dog Bones '' ....
I tacked it all into place but got someone at work to do the final welding as I don't trust my '' Pidgeon Sh*t Welding ''
The front end required a stem swap as the FZR item was way too long .....
Tom Mac came to the rescue giving me a 350 Powervalve bottom yolk to use along with a set of headstock bearings
Finally I've just managed to fit my spare R1-Z clock / headlight bracket ....
And this is how the project looks at the moment ....
Still lots to get on with over the winter but I'll keep you posted ..
Thanks ...
Fred.
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gagster55 Show Star !
Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 219 Location: West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: |
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nice work so far, Fred
shame you didn't fit the Mito swingarm + forks too IMHO
what motor are you fitting - standard Yam or something diff'rent?
can I have the Yella one when you've finished this?
keep us posted! |
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: |
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gagster55 wrote: |
nice work so far, Fred
shame you didn't fit the Mito swingarm + forks too IMHO
what motor are you fitting - standard Yam or something diff'rent?
can I have the Yella one when you've finished this?
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I'd of like to use Mito / RGV / 3XV or 3MA stuff in the project but they all fetch silly money at the moment with '' Powervalve '' peeps wanting to upgrade
FZR came in cheep with left overs sold on for almost the same ammount as I brought it for
Its now going to get built up using another R1-Z thats coming over for a strip and tidy
Then '' I have other plans for it ''
Fred. _________________ It's never ever finished ! |
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Progress has been a little slow over the past few weeks ( Its too cold )
Sorted out a new rear calliper set up ... KR1S underslung jobbie just have to get ancor point welded for torsion bar
Also offered 350 YPVS motor up to see whats involved if i fancy a motor swap sometime in the future once the chassis been mot'd and got a reg plate
Fred.
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StrokerBoy Show Star !
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1293 Location: Oop North, UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Looking good Fred. Confident it'll be to your usual stunning standard. Wanna do mine ?
Is this a picture of you on the door by the way ?
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Tom Mac Show Star !
Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 227 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Plenty of room behind the engine to move it back a bit _________________ my TDRs from over the years:
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garye345
Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 25 Location: barnsley
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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StrokerBoy wrote: |
Looking good Fred. Confident it'll be to your usual stunning standard. Wanna do mine ?
Is this a picture of you on the door by the way ?
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is the lock on the inside of the door to keep the wife out?
nice work so far by the way. _________________ where do we go from here....... |
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Works been slow on the project mainly because i'd run out of cash
Over the last few weeks I've managed to shift some stuff out of the workshop and stick it on ebay but how people make a living out of it full time god only knows
Yesterday I finally collected enough £££££ to get its tyres fitted and rolled it out into the sunshine .....
Still lots to do but its now ready for my other R1-Z or a palls R1-Z to temp donate its bodywork ... motor ... electrics etc so I can get the bike tested and plated for the second stage of the build
Fred.
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gagster55 Show Star !
Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 219 Location: West Yorkshire
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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you have made a lot more progress than I have - it's looking good
even better when you get the swingarm and forks coated |
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belfastgeoff
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 44
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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lookin great chum will be a definate head turner when finished |
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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gagster55 wrote: |
you have made a lot more progress than I have - it's looking good
even better when you get the swingarm and forks coated |
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Finally a little closer to getting the bike road legal with a massive leap in the right direction ?
R1-Z Mk2 passed its MOT on Saturday morning
Attached should be a picture of the bike today and a few shots of R1-Z 3 thats with me for a resto
Fred.
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Darin Show Star !
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 444 Location: Isle of Wight
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fredjee Show Star !
Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 133 Location: Derbyshire , England
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Happy New Year 2012
Well i thought it was time to update whats been going on with my Yamaha R1-Z MK2 Project ?
Basically the project slowed to a stop while I restored John's standard R1-Z after using its motor / electrics / bodywork to get my MK2 Project Mot'd !
This allowing me to get it registered for road use after the bike had been stripped to just the frame on import 17 odd years ago
After all the work involved with fitting the FZR 400 3EN1 swingarm it never realy looked right when the bodywork was fitted ?
The rear wheel looked to far in ?
So out came the FZR swingarm and in went a newly purchased TZR 250 3MA swingarm and Yamaha R6 shock after the Mito 125 shock was too soft
After the swingarm its time to try and get my 31K Powervalve 350 fitted !
1st impressions show that the rear motor hanging point needs removing and turning to lift the motor and pull back towards the swingarm as the chain catches onto the swingarm pivot point ?
Here's some pics and hopefully more to follow as time is split between bike play and DIY Hell refitting the bathroom ....
Fred.
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Top-shaggy Show Star !
Joined: 05 Mar 2011 Posts: 1757 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Please keep us posted Fred - looks like another great build !
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