Bones's GSX-R

[Mr Bones]

Hi all, Misses Bones & I are starting to pull down our bike now & get it ready for the track. Thought id post it up so all can laugh at my pain when it comes. :cursing: I pulled apart my SV 1000 after I binned it at the creek a couple of years ago but apart from that i've always taken me bike to the shop for work. So this should create some entertainment for you all. Misses Bones will put up some pics of our progress a little later on, we only started yeasterday so it's all ony plastic progress so far. Bike has to be ready by the for the track day on the 27 of this month. I need to do my folk seals get me slicks put on get a new pipe and fit it, gotta cut me pipe and take it from a bolt on to a slip on, then get me race glass and put it on as well as. should be a fun couple of weeks. Hope you enjoy watchin our work and i'll see ya at the track "hopefully." :ayyy:

[Kat00]

Thats the way to do it mate.

Its not that hard.
If ya get stuck, yell out and some of us will give you a hand.

[MATTK6]

sounds like alot of fun mate, quite a few people on here have done that do there's so dont think your the first to go through the pain of it all or that you'll be the last:lmao:

[Mr Bones]

Hopefully should'nt be to many dramas.
"famous last words!" :)

[dungbeetle]

good one mate. its so much more fun doin it yourself....and painful :lmao:

[Mrs Bones]

Well here are the starting picsfor the Gixxer transfomation, with Mr Bones taking out a new time record................aproxx 12.5 seconds between picking up the first tool and the first swear word being uttered! Endless entertainment!!! :ayyy:
This is the first day we got the little fella.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/gixxersixxer006.jpg
up on the stand ready to start, (note Mr Bones innovative carpet underlay padding on floor - makes for a much more comfortable mechanic!)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike027.jpg
plastics and stand removed.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike033.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike034.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike036.jpg
Will keep you updated.............

[lilninja]

nice work mr bones, have a fun with the beast!

gottalove those ebay race stands! I have the same ones:ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

ahhh an srad 600....looks like its in good nic to...:D

[Mr Bones]

Nah me race stands are from Kaneg and pretty snazy too. :ayyy: The bike is in really good nic overall just gotta clean the carby's out and fix up a pipe.

[MadHatter]

Good luck.
It is always more satisfying to do it yourself.

[Mr Bones]

Righto boys the time has come, instead of lookin at the thing for another ten mins scratchin me head i've come to the brains trust. The front wheel on me SRAD 600 has a nut on one side and is flat on the other iv'e tried but can't move it without the whole axle turning. I sounds simple taking a frigin wheel off but im stumped? I've only changed me back wheel before never touched the front? any help would be good? :confused:

[dungbeetle]

keep undoing the nut. the whole axle turns and will eventually come out.
make sure the crimp bolts are undone on the side with the nut, well its actually a big bolt. make sure the crimp bolts on the other fork are still done up...

[dungbeetle]

if im not making any sense, gimme a call.....al 0412577052

[Mr Bones]

Yep i'll give it a go tomorrow got to go earn some dollars to pay for this whole show. Cheers :)

[dilbee]

sounds like your crimp bolts on the left fork aint tight.

[Mr Bones]

Righto boyz Mrs Bones will update our pics soon. For those following I've taken all the bits off, Just goota get me folk seals done and get my race rubber on.

[Mrs Bones]

Sorry for taking a while boys, it seems that whenever you try to sit down to a particular project, all hell brakes loose in a mojor conspiracy to ensure that whatever your project was - it never gets finished! Hence bike has been left in garage in a somewhat molested state for a few days (although work on the new pipe has been progressing) and by the looks of the recent weather - a pair of floaties may be neccesary for the poor thing in the not too distant future! (here's hoping not!)
Anyway 5 more pics - not much left. The only way is up from here! ;)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bikecontinued001.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bikecontinued002.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bikecontinued003.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bikecontinued1002.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bikecontinued1001.jpg
Cheers.
Mrs B.

[MATTK6]

looking good:ayyy: but what do you mean about the pipe work being on progress?, just get rid of the flange thats on it and you have a GP looking exhaust on it:lmao:

[Mrs Bones]

Getting rid of standard pipe and putting on a slip on Yoshi, but had to rebuild the Yoshi (it was mangled but the boys did a fantastic job with it - the trickiest part being the welding, that stuff is paper thin!) and cut the end off the standard exhaust system.
you can see the Yoshi on it in the last pic, but the pipe will be cut back a bit further before it goes on I think.
Mrs B.

[dungbeetle]

lookin good there guys....if ya need any little bits gimme a yell. i got a 96 gsxr750 here...

[Mrs Bones]

thanks Dungy. Will see how we go

[Mr Bones]

Righto our forks are at the shop gettin the seals done and our race rubber put on and we should have the glass by the end of next week. Yesterday I did the oil and filter changed my coolant to water and cut all the plastic crap from under the back off the bike. Tomorrow I should be able to put the finishing touches on me pipe. Hopefully Misses B will put some pics up tomorrow. :clap:

[Bigdog]

Good stuff guys :ayyy: , can't wait for the pics.

[Mrs Bones]

We have the pipe welded on now, anyone think that the scruitineers will have any probs with it at the track?
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2001.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2009.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2010.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2011.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2013.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike2014.jpg
new plugs in tomorrow and tyres and glass on in a few days.
Then good to go!........

[Dunno]

No worries. Cant wait to see the finished product :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

looking good....theres so much weld on there it is never gonna fall off!! :lmao:

[Mr Bones]

Yeah I no, the pipe is heaps smaller then the exhaust system so we had to fill the gap so to speak. If I bin it and have to change the pipe im up the creek :headshake:

[Turtle]

nice work!!!!

[Mrs Bones]

Update, update, update, UPDATE, UPDATE, update, update, update.............Hmmmmm too much Simpsons me thinks. Anyway back to the topic at hand - boys have been playing in the garage, here are the results.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3001.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3002.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3003.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3004.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3005.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike3006.jpg

[dungbeetle]

mmmm shiny new slicks:D
love the shorty pipe...

[Mrs Bones]

And it sounds so sexy too! ;)

[Mr Bones]

Today I put new plugs in, cleaned the air filtter and air box, put the forks back on and the wheels with the new slicks. hopefully the glasss will be here soon :)

[Mr Bones]

I sopoke to Racers Edge and should get my glass hopefully Thursday maybe Friday. After that it's almost done, Almost anyway. :ayyy:

[dilbee]

Looking good and almost into the home straight!

[Mrs Bones]

Hey guys, we are just about done! Yay! just a bit of foam for the seat to go on, and of course a bit of a paint and the all important stickers - but I'm sure that will wait till after the ride day. Of course I have every confidence it'll come back in one piece! - (it has to last long enough for me to drop it at least! heh heh)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike22jul025.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike22jul023.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k26/eeemia/bike22jul026.jpg

[Dunno]

The Bones Mobile :ayyy:

[kellz]

lol... love the last bit.. i agree....

[kellz]

oh and i know dungy has some spare pink paint if mr bones wants to go the new suzuki colour scheme of pink and black lol :lmao:

[Bigdog]

There ya go, it wasn't that hard now was it.;)
Looking good, I bet ya can't wait to give it a test run at the track.

[VINNIE]

Looks sweet.......:ayyy: