Nick_C_Hotrods

So a little progress after finding some clocks / seat foam, tail piece and an unknown headlight to get me going The cost is basically fuel at £60 and the seat at £25 at this point

So was given this GS550 as it was set to be sent to the razor blade factory. So will just see what I can find scrounge blag swop to build it under £500 Wish me well! Justified it by collecting my Kat aswell

And now I have a crappy seat that my mate made in steel, needs re covering

I'm gona be robbing the link pipe and can off this. For now.

So yesterday I returned HER now useless engagement ring to the jeweler where I bought it several months ago, and as I was loading the car up for a Road trip to Lancaster to buy a 600 Bandit donor, a nice swingarm came up for sale for the same money, and it was on my route, so I turned that into an arm for my Kat.

Silver Kat will have these M clocks, need to fit them to the top yoke, slight mod to the bracket

Do I fit these wheels and forks...? They are definitely longer but the rear wheel is wider so I bet won't fit

And then put the fibreglass fairing on the other Kat, I found that the ES750 fairing kind of fits. I need to move the headlight forward.

So today I fitted the new fairing and side panels to the Silver Kat

Well iv finally had to start spending!

Tonight I went down to Leighton Buzzard to collect some 6-pots for my ZX9C front end. Just need retainer bolts (fine thread)

Here's the original Kevin Marsden 1000 Kat with the motor more rearward and long exhausts - Iv got this bike for a rainy day but in the racer tradition the motor is in a million bits (gsxr1100), I dropped an ET /EFE motor in it - ET bottom end/EFE top end. Thems the carbs !

So now I hate it..... and wanna change the swingarm, the shocks and the front end! Here's a Pic of where it started, and a Photoshop quick mash up with my original ZX9R C model wheels forks and some virtual panels added and then the bike as is currently - finished (roughly) Is it just the white wheels offend me? I think I prefer the darker wheels contrasting subtly with the bright bodywork, not BLINGY! Then there's the ZX12 front...... I'm liking the middle one and it could be MONO'D

Who remembers this......was one off the late Dave Parker

Fairing frame off a 750 ES needs much therapy as it's hitting the forks / lower Yoke. Don't even know if the fairing fits with this.

Then, the bike fell over and dinged the tank !

Found another rear mudguard and fitted my rear light reflactor bit and that highlights the rear frame loop issue.

Bit of a bum day today, what with am unrepairable domestic which will have a big effect on my future, I went down to the workshop in the early hours. Managed to get a lot done, (great therapy), rear wheel adjusters in and wheel spacers made then fitted an EFE caliper...kind of with ZZR torque arm on the piss (needs proper bolts / spacers / bushes), - need to make a bespoke bent Torque arm ideally. Made a temp shock mounted Yoshi can holder. Std GS rear mudguard looks too big and clumsy.

Front end getting there.

Need some bodywork next

Does anyone have a SRAD 750 / Busa lower yoke?

Just cant help looking at this other one.....

Also found a WP top yoke (50mm)

more mucking about in a cold garage, glad to be back indoors, Brrrr Scored a WP Banana arm to try

I found that I had a top yoke that fits my BUSA forks so now I need a Busa Lower, hopefully fits the top, the ZX10 50mm Clip ons fit BUSA These need a rebuild, but I'm doing them as a back up - perhaps SRAD yokes 750 fit?