not sure if this'll get me thrown off or not!

[radiobloke]

cheers...I'll look around.

the regrec is working at the moment...i'll sort it if it goes up in flames!

seat unit is TDM850 as is the rear light

just won a set of GSXR1000 K5 Forks...

Big Bird will have new legs soon....custom yokes and radial brakes :yo:

 

[ericonblackbird]

TDM850 rear light

ahh no wonder I didn't recognise it!
I will be interested in seeing the GSXR fork front end when its fitted, are they plenty long enough ........... or will it be more nose down :dunno:

 

[ericonblackbird]

I'm glad you caveated that or there would be a dispute there He comes a close second, or third on the outside, but definitely second or third.

you think I wouldn't be careful when I know you are around :-0)

 

[elfrosto]

Please can I have a go??? :-0)

oh - and hello and w4lc0m3


:neenaw:

love the pic

 

[Ebiff2k]

love the bikes, Got loads of questions lol. I take it that the bike is a super quick carb model? and what have you mounted the exhaust to?

Love the swing arm. keep the good work up!!

 

[radiobloke]

love the bikes, Got loads of questions lol. I take it that the bike is a super quick carb model? and what have you mounted the exhaust to?

Love the swing arm. keep the good work up!!

96 carb...and exhausts is mounted to the centre stand mount ( from memory!

haven't been in the garage for a coupla weeksc7u8

 

[Ebiff2k]

Ahh, proper quick one then lol, another question, you've moved the oil cooler to the same place as where i am going to move mine, What have you done with the oil pipes, I have been trying to find where i can get a oil take off so i can use braded lines, then I can move the cooler down.

 

[radiobloke]

proper quick one?

hope so...JE big bore & pistons to 1200cc, tuned head, all built by Mistral. tweaked carbs etc...

and I bought some oil lines off the X11

 

[Ebiff2k]

proper quick one?

hope so...JE big bore & pistons to 1200cc, tuned head, all built by Mistral. tweaked carbs etc...

and I bought some oil lines off the X11

lol, that'll be quicker than my carbed one!!! I see hel do some nice braded hoses and take-offs but at ?110 a pop its a little costly!!

 

[radiobloke]

standard Honda X11 lines...?15 off ebay!:yo:

 

[Masterdanthegod]

Hi can i ask how much the bigbore and head tuning cost by Mistral as i have been keen to get some work done but not to sure who to trust with my bike i have checked out there site and there only based a few miles from me so it would be perfect!!

 

[radiobloke]

was done before I got the bike...a few grand tho

a phone call to Mistral would answer the question i guess

 

[radiobloke]

Its been a while...and I've made a little progress...so a coupla pics cos I'm sat here bored.

after playing around with rads & oil coolers...I grabbed myself a GSXR1000 K6 rad and cooler mount.

the rad is bigger than the blade one I was using before, so cooling issues should be less of a problem. just e-blagged an oil cooler for the bottom of the rad so mounting should be a breeze with the gsxr cooler mount i also eblagged.

the rad was a bit shite...so a bit of a rub down and 5 minutes being blasted with a black rattlecan..and it looks ok. and i like the shape of it compared to the blade one, or the R1 rad I also have

took a bit of thought mounting the rad, but got it sorted after a brainwave whilst half asleep on sat morning!

last week i was messing with seat foam...but lost the will to live with it so left it till later. the pics show the first efforts with a stanley knife....not good!!!

once the oil cooler is here I reckon I'll be able to get it running!
just have to pipe up the resevoir that I'm stuffing behind the engine and work out which pipe goes where, including a pipe from deep in the front of the carbs/airbox...forgot where it was plumbed into...I'll work it out...somehow

anyone on here know if that pipe goes anywhere? the overflow resevoir or just to drain...

also...the top of the engine...the two little valve things on top of the cylinder head...what do they do? and do I need em or can they just vent to air?

anyhoo...
here's some pics



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[bartonski]

looks great. was wondering if that is the original rear subframe as im trying to chop mine but not sure if its possible

 

[radiobloke]

chopped it to bits and re welded it.

this is on a go slow at the moment...got myself a CB1300 last week,...been out surfing the torque curve!

nice bike for me n the missis...bird build will continue once the weather finally turns and i find some more cash brok3

 

[rovinghawk]

last week i was messing with seat foam...the pics show the first efforts with a stanley knife....not good!!!

You might have more success with a serrated knife.

RH

 

[radiobloke]

fook me.......it runs!

didn't rev it too hard cos I wanted to check for leaks, also wanted to get the oil round the engine

seat is still work in process, i just put the seat cover over it to keep the foam dry

needs fueling for the pipes,...but at least it makes a noise now!


YouTube - Big Bird Streetfighter takes its first breath!

 

[Tinytim]

Nice one, ya nutter!:bow:

 

[ericonblackbird]

Great build, like it :-0)

 

[radiobloke]

So, it was sunny today so I took the bird out to see that yellow thing.
seems it was too bright for my phone's camera!...pics are a bit bleached out.

bit of a frustrating day.

started her up again to see if it'd run better when warm. ( and to hear it again!) but realised that it was only running on 3. Thats why it was so rough, thought it sounded like the crank was gonna snap!

so, mashed my hands getting the plug out. drove accross to Mansfield. First shop was closed, but managed to get a plug from the second shop. Friggin ?10.25!!!! seems my Mistral tuned engine is running some fancy titanium plugs. they aint standard blackbird anyway!

Got back, mashed up my hands putting the plug in...still runs on 3. looked at the coil diagram...swaped 2 and 3 over (manual says different way round to the parts diagram) still runs on 3 and its the same pot that aint lighting up. puzzled.

so, left that for a while and set about modding the front mudguard. I say modding, I mean attacking it with an angle grinder and cutting disc.
yep,...its a little shorter than standard! still got to be trimmed back and shaped, but its a start! (you can see where its gonna get trimmed to in one of the pics.

The seat has gone off to 'Gypsy' the seat guy....its gonna be sweet! I was gonna do it but would have looked like a bag of potatoes wrapped in duct tape....so I took it to a proffessional.

I also need to work out how those side panels should fit....but we've had that conversation already! It'll come to me...got a couple of ideas up in my head somewhere

as ever,...picture galore....
keeps me amused!





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