05-25-2020, 07:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2020, 09:32 PM by Chief_Mechanic.)
And five-and-a-half years later....
![[Image: befafter]](https://gaijinagain.com/my-bobber-rebuild/befafter/)
Holy shit, I can't believe it took me so long. Now that I'm basically finished it seems like just a few months of good hard work would have done the job.
Anyway, the bike is now road-ready. I need to go and renew the mandatory insurance (jibai-seki) and then add it to my auto insurance to make sure I'm well covered and then I'll be able to ride it whenever the planets align and I'm allowed to cruise.
The last two days were spent fabricating silencers for the exhaust and brackets for the number plate, tail light and turn signals. Check out the post on how to build silencers to see the specifics on that. The bike ran 100% better after putting those in as they provided the required back pressure to balance out the air-fuel ratio. I've still got some fine tuning to do and probably need to sync the carbs, but so far it's running pretty good and fires right up.
I'll need to do some touch up on the paint here and there and also fab the side covers to hide the battery box. I've also got a carbon fiber rear fender for an fz1 (I think) that I'm going to mod and install. Those final touches can come little by little as with most other bike modifications. (Like a better tail light, higher quality turn signals, better mirrors, stiffer front end suspension, ...)
Check out the pics: (Remember, right click and choose "view picture" to see them in full
![[Image: complete_1-2]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_1-2/)
![[Image: complete_2]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_2/)
![[Image: complete_3]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_3/)
![[Image: complete_5]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_5/)
![[Image: complete_4]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_4/)
![[Image: complete_6]](https://gaijinagain.com/complete_6/)
Holy shit, I can't believe it took me so long. Now that I'm basically finished it seems like just a few months of good hard work would have done the job.
Anyway, the bike is now road-ready. I need to go and renew the mandatory insurance (jibai-seki) and then add it to my auto insurance to make sure I'm well covered and then I'll be able to ride it whenever the planets align and I'm allowed to cruise.
The last two days were spent fabricating silencers for the exhaust and brackets for the number plate, tail light and turn signals. Check out the post on how to build silencers to see the specifics on that. The bike ran 100% better after putting those in as they provided the required back pressure to balance out the air-fuel ratio. I've still got some fine tuning to do and probably need to sync the carbs, but so far it's running pretty good and fires right up.
I'll need to do some touch up on the paint here and there and also fab the side covers to hide the battery box. I've also got a carbon fiber rear fender for an fz1 (I think) that I'm going to mod and install. Those final touches can come little by little as with most other bike modifications. (Like a better tail light, higher quality turn signals, better mirrors, stiffer front end suspension, ...)
Check out the pics: (Remember, right click and choose "view picture" to see them in full
My Bikes: SRV250, Ninja 250R
