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Really NICE!! Those tires kick ass und your work looks great.

Need more money and a friend in a paint shop

Just found this thread....very nice. That Citroen paint color is really nice

make no mistake man, we are really glad you are continuing,

was just airing some steam about all those sad un-finished projects....

keep up the good work

and yes, that caliper hanger was hideous!

I should have trusted my own instincts. The machine shop I was using at the time said I needed a single piston MotoX style caliper because of the wheels. The cleaner Brembo style caliper I wanted needs to be spaced out a but but for some reason I went with their suggestion - they were just lazy I guess.

Anyway - this calliper is now going on a way more minimal and discrete hanger. Stronger, lighter and way cooler looking. The waste of time and money for the other thing stings but I need this to be just right. Besides, maybe its worth something to someone along with the swing arm.






Like this but right side obviously.

Great progress! Love the color!

nice work,keep us posted.

leon

that is pretty much the caliper i use in my race bikes, if i was you, would place the caliper under the swingarm with a torque spar, racier 70's look, lower CG.

i always found that with these brembo calipers you always need to step out the hanger. i do it with two simple plates bolted together just becuase i hate spending money on blingy CNC stuff i can do myself with a saw and press drill .

if you want pics, just say yes

That paint job looks like glass!

turboguzzi wrote: that is pretty much the caliper i use in my race bikes, if i was you, would place the caliper under the swingarm with a torque spar, racier 70's look, lower CG.

i always found that with these brembo calipers you always need to step out the hanger. i do it with two simple plates bolted together just becuase i hate spending money on blingy CNC stuff i can do myself with a saw and press drill .

if you want pics, just say yes

Not too worried about CoG lol!

I actually prefer the look mounted dead at 12'o'clock with a very discrete almost invisible bracket. This type of hanger is used on all the super bikes now as its simple, light and strong - 1-piece. Its only bling because none of the stock hangers will fit a custom and modifying one is not a good idea.

So am in the process of having the forks sent off and serviced / set up for a slightly heavier bike. Any advice on this appreciated as always.

But aesthetically, I'm in a bit of a quandary.Originally I wanted the gold legs / black sliders look as standard on GSXRs and nwere Kawa sports bikes.


Like so:





But now I've seen the bike in the flesh, I'm thinking I might go with some black on black crime?




What's the the thoughts out there? I'm really leaning toward the black/black. Because then the gold accents will pop more and it will look more tough / unique / custom.

I'd leave the axle clamps in the brown/green so should look a very unique set of forks.

I think the black is awesome. The gold has been done to death- dare to be different man- cause this bike is prime sex right now my man!

What bike did the forks come off that you need to stiffen them up? Did I miss the post? Probably.

CruisingRam wrote: What bike did the forks come off that you need to stiffen them up? Did I miss the post? Probably.

2006 ZX6 Ninja. A pretty light bike compared to a Z. I'm guessing the springs won't be upto it. Should probably check the actual weights as this bike will be about 20KG lighter than a regular Z.

Forks aren't to pricey to swap but full-on custom fork internals are out of control money. Not worth it.