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I posted on here awhile ago when i bought my first bike. yamaha seca 2. It was in need of alot of work. i recovered the seat, cleaned and painted the exhaust/header, debadged it, got the mirror put on, gave it new grips and painted the windshield. all in all it turned out very nice since the bike already had new tires/brakes/forkseals/tune up. Anyways i bought it for 600$ and then sold it for 1000$ i put about 75-100$ into it. so i made a little profit.
Here is the new bike. Its a 1995 Yamaha FZR600. I bought it for 950$ and it ran but didnt ride. So i checked it out and its a 9$ fix. It actually rides now but it needs the nut and lock washer for the front sprocket, atleast i'd feel better if it had those parts. However i did take it out today around the neighborhood to see what it had. This thing is a different animal then my seca2 haha, twice the hp! 0-60 takes 3.6-3.8 seconds. im in love with it! it worked out pretty well. the clutch cable that the owner thought was broken was fine, just got disconnected. so i put it back on and adjusted it and it works awesome now!
Front fairing is messed up, It needs a new tire, new battery, new front brakes, new chain (might be able to reuse the one on it). My plans are to do all the mechanical stuff to it and then buy the FZR-r1 kit from airtech for 750$. i want to do the R1 tail conversion anyways which is 200$, and a stock front fairing is 230$ plus 60$ for the screen. might as well spend 750 and get all new plastic for it.
here are some pics and a video of it.
It needs its help. But since i just had surgery for my cancer i need to stay off of them so thats why i sold my old one and got this one to work on. The good news is that its it good running order, just the tires and chain are the only thing holding it back. Exhaust sounds good too, its a SSR2 V&H exhaust.
here is a video of it..
Picture185.flv video by trilkb - Photobucket
And here is what i plan on doing to it...the FZR-R1 kit for 750$...
It should be done sometime within the next 2 months! i cant wait
Here is the new bike. Its a 1995 Yamaha FZR600. I bought it for 950$ and it ran but didnt ride. So i checked it out and its a 9$ fix. It actually rides now but it needs the nut and lock washer for the front sprocket, atleast i'd feel better if it had those parts. However i did take it out today around the neighborhood to see what it had. This thing is a different animal then my seca2 haha, twice the hp! 0-60 takes 3.6-3.8 seconds. im in love with it! it worked out pretty well. the clutch cable that the owner thought was broken was fine, just got disconnected. so i put it back on and adjusted it and it works awesome now!
Front fairing is messed up, It needs a new tire, new battery, new front brakes, new chain (might be able to reuse the one on it). My plans are to do all the mechanical stuff to it and then buy the FZR-r1 kit from airtech for 750$. i want to do the R1 tail conversion anyways which is 200$, and a stock front fairing is 230$ plus 60$ for the screen. might as well spend 750 and get all new plastic for it.
here are some pics and a video of it.
It needs its help. But since i just had surgery for my cancer i need to stay off of them so thats why i sold my old one and got this one to work on. The good news is that its it good running order, just the tires and chain are the only thing holding it back. Exhaust sounds good too, its a SSR2 V&H exhaust.
here is a video of it..
Picture185.flv video by trilkb - Photobucket
And here is what i plan on doing to it...the FZR-R1 kit for 750$...
It should be done sometime within the next 2 months! i cant wait
