PROJECT BIKE ME! RACE BIKE PART III
by Dino
After recovering from the Wrong Way Down last weekend, I was finally able to get back in my garage and dick with my bikes, with special attention to the BIKE ME! 675 race bike.
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Dino's repaired radiator matches the spots on his garage floor perfectly |
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And this shot reminds him of someone |
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You may remember the condition of the radiator from the first post. Well, I thought it was time for a new one, but tried these guys anyway and got a great result.
It slotted neatly home behind the front wheel and was soon connected and topped up with coolant. Yes, I know it should be water for racing, but as I have a way to go yet, coolant keeps it from corroding in the mean time.
The forks arrived in mint condition from stateside and after dicking around a bit with the stock triple tree and talking to Steve Cutting from Weaponry (and with a bit of information from Our Ian) we decided to go with the complete Suzuki front-end. As it happened, the Suzuki triple tree was a perfect fit to the Triumph's steering head using the same bearings and locking nuts, with a slightly different offset. We think we may have a better track geometry than the original, but before giving this away I want to try it on the track first.
As for the Suzuki front wheel and rotors, I scored them off Weaponry as freebies, so give them your patronage if you live on the North Shore.
Did I mention they now have a shmick new dyno and a tuning specialist called Roger? Well, that's what I call him and he seems to answer to it.
So, to total up what it has cost me so far...
 North view of the racer northbound: so far, so good |
Purchase price | $3,500.00 |
| Front end | $400.00 | |
| Radiator | $75.00 | |
| New Hel Break Lines from UK | $90.00 | |
| Tank repair and Paint | $200.00 | |
| Micron Race Pipe | $550.00 | |
| Total to date | $4,815.00 | |
| Items sold | ||
| Rear Indicators | $70.00 | |
| Side Stand | $38.00 | |
| Pillion Pegs x 2 | $95.00 | |
| Pillion Seat | $48.00 | |
| Pipe Guard | $127.00 | |
| Ducktail | $50.00 | |
| Left Mirror | $40.00 | |
| Steering Damper | $40.00 | |
| Intake cover guard | $20.00 | |
| Stock silencer | $70.00 | |
| Head Light unit | $300.00 | |
| Screen | $100.00 | |
| Chain & Sprockets | $95.00 | |
| Triple Tree | $290.00 | |
| Tires with 500km on 'em | $260.00 | |
| Total made on parts sold | $1,643.00 |
Minus total to date $4815.00 = total cost so far $3170.00.
Not forking bad, methinks!
