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Well, here she is... 3 hours into the project....

Joe and I played hookie from work today, and got this project going...






Here is the swing arm alignment, ALL HONDA OEM BUSHINGS AND SPACERS! After some trial and error, I have found the Honda part numbers... Sweet!




The engine mount bolt WAS inside the frame cradle.. not any more! No welding required. The secret? I'll spill it later...




Same story on this side.






THe "Y" isnt going to be moved, just altered. It was ground for basic clearence to fit the motor. Ron will finish the reworking, and finish weld it back to stock.

The entire bike will look stock, like right out of Japan. Thats the key to any conversion I think.



Crappy photo of the perfect chain alignment.



Like I said 3 hours in, still have the make the head stay, coil bracket, pipe mount, tank reform and reassemble.

The bike should be done this weekend. Maybe 20 hours total.

After this one, its time to do mxracr121's frame, then Jays, then mine, then ???

Joe did a great job on the conversion so far...

These gen 3's are a piece of cake!

I have an extra gen-1 coil bracket, I wonder if it would fit the gen 3. If you want it, tis yours.
how does the headstay location compare to the gen1?

Lucky bastard, wanna trade for a REAL bike?? ('06 YZFOFITTY)

Looking good. Post up some pics of mine when you get it going! Sounds like you could make another business of converting bikes.

that front mount design looks really familiar...

Yeah, they look good but wayyy over priced!!

BTW Bob, I love the chain, it looks like something Brit would lube, then run!

Is there room for the exhaust springs without buzzing away on the fram?

dannygraves wrote:BTW Bob, I love the chain, it looks like something Brit would lube, then run!

I wouldn't even bother lubing it

nice

Sweet! So you did a gen 3 conversion without hacking the frame into bits, you should keep that a secret from the bitches on the "other" board, as well as the Honda part numbers for the swingarm spacers.

That is sweet looking Bob, but how much clearanceing are you going to have to do on that down tube?
Looks mighty tight now and you still have the pipe and springs to go.

The rest of the build looks damn good though now I wish maybe I shouldn't have passed on the Bakersfield bike!!!

sabreguy wrote:That is sweet looking Bob, but how much clearanceing are you going to have to do on that down tube?
Looks mighty tight now and you still have the pipe and springs to go.

It looks quite a bit different now... lots of room.

Ported&Polished wrote:Sweet! So you did a gen 3 conversion without hacking the frame into bits, you should keep that a secret from the bitches on the "other" board,

Folks do all kinds of weird shit to the Gen 3's... poor things...






As far as secrets..... aint no secret....just takes a handful of common sense and a sprinkling of Hoon.

That is friggin HORRIFIC!!!!!

AlisoBob wrote:

Ported&Polished wrote:Sweet! So you did a gen 3 conversion without hacking the frame into bits, you should keep that a secret from the bitches on the "other" board,

Folks do all kinds of weird shit to the Gen 3's... poor things...






As far as secrets..... aint no secret....just takes a handful of common sense and a sprinkling of Hoon.

thats a serious nigyver right there!!

dannygraves wrote: thats a serious nigyver right there!!

It took me a while to get this one....


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Bob, you ready to spill how you got the engine mount bolt pulled back from the cradle? I'm at this point now....

Its a $26,000 tool.

ya got to love high priced tools

AlisoBob wrote:Its a $26,000 tool.

thats a pretty expensive bottle jack.....

Step one: Buy a Tundra for $26000


Step two: remove mechanical bottle jack.




Step three: Jam in into the frame and start cranking until you have spread it enough to fit the mounts in.

This also helps allot in routing the coolant crossover hoses without doing the "Up and Over" path.....






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