Right, Im planning to go legit on a bike this year instead of risking getting caught on other peoples bikes. So I decided to get my arse into gear and get something that needed a little tlc I could fiddle with in the cold months.

So last night I bought a 2001/Y Honda Fireblade 929cc. I bought it from a local stunt rider called Graham Aitken who used it for shows so it isnt perfect but has good potential for a nice bike.

Pulled it straight in its new home for now.




Started to take the crash cage off and 12 bar




The tail fairiing has been chopped down for purposes of trickery so off it came



Brother in law lending a hand


Star Boyz disks


The rear sprocket has stars cut in it too and is a 50 tooth iirc. You can make it out in a couple of pics.

Tank and fairings came off too as all could do with replacement due to damage and bits chopped here and there.









Got a list of stuff I want/need for it. Its all cosmetics, mechanically its sweet

Im off up Westgate Road on Saturday for a look about, no doubt Ill end up buyin somethin

Updates as soon as poss

 

 

Get in there mate always wanted a bike me bro got one wont let is on it for some reason lol

 

no fearing an renthals mate just leve it as a trick bike


and come let me have a go

 

nice bikes

this it what it should look like



me dragging my ass around cadwell last year

 

oh and i have a spare rear light idf you want it for postage costs

 

Cool project!

 

That would be fantastic mate

PM me your PayPal and how much you want and Ill try to work out how to do it

Do you have any other spare bits? I may buy other stuff from you too.


Your bike looks very nice, I had to strip mine straight away or I'd have been out on it

 

Right, the bug has bit me a bit more. I was going to just replace the fairings and give it a fresh paint job but now Im very tempted to pull the motor out and strip it properly and get the frame powder coated/polished/painted and all other bits too and go a bit bufty on it.

Decisions decisions

 

Well, it happened......... I decided to take a couple of more bits off.

Ill let the pics do the talking for me.....

Subframe off



Bars and top yoke off



Forks out




Lifted the frame off the motor




Rear disk, starry


Rear sprocket, also starry and in need of a good polish


Swing arm off, need to split chain


Swing arm off


Frame and swing arm off and ready to polish/paint/powder coat or whatever


Think I need a new back wheel


Small pile of bits



I got a spare engine with it too, one that has a hole in the block but gearbox and everything else is fine. Gonna go pick that up too and have the head fiddled with in the summer ready to fit next winter


Next step is to decide what I want to do with it colour wise. Frame & swing arm, plastics etc.

I jhave a few things in mind but any suggestions are welcome.

More updates as progress progresses

 

oooh , that didnt take you long lol

personally , id get everything polished ( speak to karl )

aint wise , depends what your into , could go sleek , black n silver tribal etc ,

or mental , go orange or candy red etc ,

sure it will be the tits lol


im still waiting on pics from lee of me r1

like a kid at crimbo

bk to work beginning of feb , so its high up me list lol

beef

p.s that fifty tooth rear may be a little high geared for roadwiding wnt it ?

beef

 

lookin good m8, so how many projects you got now? sumit new every time a come on here. Good luck mate! might let you kick me arse when a get the worth out.

 

Beef I dont hang about when I set my mind to it mate

I need to download photoshop and have a fiddle about with ideas.

The rear sprocket will be replaced with a standard one but Ill keep it for use at a later date along with the fairings that came off it. The 12 bar and crash cage are being kept in Grahams garage for me to use too one Im used to riding it and fancy fuckin about on it


Ad it will be out and about this summer I hope

 

yeah i wont be missing out this summer lol

one way or another

lol beef

 

Well thats gone from mini resto to complete strip-down pretty quickly

Don't do things by half anyway

 

Great project. For frame, sub-frame and swingarm i'd go black powder-coat. Bodywork I'd go satin black with ghosted honda graphics in matt black. Keeping to a subtle theme but of the menacing kind. Sort of themed on an all-black 2005 blade as seen here http://www.motorsm.com/AUS/bikes/pic...lade_Black.jpg

 

id personaly chrome as muck as pas as in frame wheels swing arm and urban cammo the body work would be realy nice once done
thats what ill be doing when i get a bike again

 

Id thought about urban camo mate as a lad I know did it to his fighter years ago and it was mint.

I like polished bits but cant be arsed to keep on top of it. Our boys R1 is stove enamel'd.

 

if you chrome it all its a quick whipe with a cloth and it right again

 

Not sure on chromed stuff really.

Need this photoshop thing to hurry up and download so I can fiddle about.

 

Can I fuck work photoshop so I give up and Im sticking to my original plan of all black, with maybe some airbrushing done too.

Bought a few bits and pieces for it over the past week. Mirrors, bar ends, levers, rear sprocket, undertray and couple of other odds an sods. Still need plastics and tank and I think thats more or less it. Im sick of looking on Ebay

 

do it black

 

 

Cool project, i wouldn't mind doing something like this myself.
Be brave a re-do a wiring loom and stash it in the frame.....it will be hollow right??

Any plastic type bits off to carbon delight......oooooooh send them your fairings aswell, proper job.

 

 

Right, a bit of an update on things so far.

I have been abusing the good old Ebay and have got most of the stuff I need now. Next thing is to get the front tyre off the rim and then the frame, subframe, lower engine mount and wheels can be sent off to be coated black.

I still havent decided on colour for it yet, its doin my head in.

Ill get a couple of pics of stuff next time Im down there.

 

Great project i think you should go for a bright colour nice and shiney lol

 

My old rd 350 lc


New one



C B R 900........ still shit my pants when i get on it.

 

Wheely Nice Blade mate .. Ive got my Bike ticket and Had a R46 before I left.

See if I can dig a pick out.

Nice chaser plate

 

any more progress on this will look cool when done

 

looks good!

 

i would get the frame and swing arm done gloss black and get fairings and wheels done the brightest white you can find.
white bikes with white wheels look cool i reckon.

i wouldnt mind a blade for the summer u can pick early ones up for Ł1500 ish.
are they quick ?
daft question really of course they are but are they much quicker than my last bike ( a 91 gsxr750)

 

Well things have been a bit slow recently, been doing other stuff and kind of put the bike on the back burner. I have still been popping on Ebay collecting fairings and other bits and pieces that I needed if they were priced right and I have had some powder coating done too. Only got a couple of pics tonight on my phone when I nipped down to pick up the plastics so I can take them into work and make a start prepping them for paint. Ill get the other pics off the camera soon and post them up.

 

its getting there matey
think you should fit the 954 rear end tho best thing i have done to mine

 

Oooooh that looks nice, what do you need to fit that? Everything from a 954 or do you still keep the 929 subframe?

 

That does look nice....as above do you need to swap sub frames??? Much hassle??

 

This should help a fair bit
http://firebladeriders.forumotion.co...422b4cc8025be0


You will need
954 subframe,seat unit,undertray,rear light,and a universal bike cable for the seat lock mech

like i said imho its the best thing i have done to the bike looks so much better

if you want any more pics with measurements just ask

 

Spent a bit of time in the garage the other night polishin me pipe


And then popped down and fitted it once it was back on its wheels.


Its gettin there slowly. The wheels on the above pic are its old flat spotted ones, they were just put on to get it rolling, once its more or less done Ill get the tyres swapped on to its new ones. Well once I find a front wheel anyway...... bloody hens teeth.
I have the footpegs and my steering damper at home in the garage to make a start polishing when I get the chance too

Fairings are getting 10 minutes spent here and there prepping between jobs at work or when I get a minute.

 

Bloody itching for it to be done now, passed loads of bikes along the beach today. I got 2 panels into primer yesterday, only the rest to do now

 

Awesome job with the exhaust wanna come and polish my pipe


so you8 gunna do the the 954 seat unit then