Raptor Chapter

Looks great !

V4mp wrote:55 years agoLooks great !

Thank you! I'm doing my best to make a nice finished bike under 2000€ including the purchase of the bike and parts.
With the R1 shocker I had to relocate the battery as it wasn't room enough for both.
I have been making a new rear tray to day in aluminium just to make an idea were to put all electronic devices.
This same aluminium tray will work as mould for the composite unit that I gone make when every thing fits well

El Vikingo Tropical wrote:55 years ago

V4mp wrote:55 years agoYour project sounds interesting !
Can't wait to see it finished.

Try to find forks with radial brakes. 43mm usd forks should be pretty bolt on swap.

The ide is to make a low budget bike so I have to wait until the right parts show up.
A front fork means also calipers, discs and wheel =$€£.
Make a new gas tank is just some material as I have a composite work shop.
The tank will need some Gelcoat, resin and fiberglass for the mould and the 2m carbon fiber and some epoxi.
To day I have take off the bike the wheels, fork, swingarm to paint them

Hi mate,
Good work so-far. If you have a composite work shop - would you be interested in making race-glass for the cagiva?
PM me to discuss.
Like the below bike:

Sorry but I can't make any more things in the work shop at the moment as we have a lot of work.
We just make parts for Porsche and the seson just started.
In the photo is me with a compleat door that just weight 2.3 kg (the oem weight 34 kg without the window)

When I have made the gas tank for my bike I will have the mould to make more if you want.
It will weight much less than the plastic oem unit

Lexio62 wrote:55 years ago

El Vikingo Tropical wrote:55 years ago

V4mp wrote:55 years agoYour project sounds interesting !
Can't wait to see it finished.

Try to find forks with radial brakes. 43mm usd forks should be pretty bolt on swap.

The ide is to make a low budget bike so I have to wait until the right parts show up.
A front fork means also calipers, discs and wheel =$€£.
Make


Hi mate,
Good work so-far. If you have a composite work shop - would you be interested in making race-glass for the cagiva?
PM me to discuss.
Like the below bike:

raptor_post_thundersprint1.jpg

Hi.
Your bike looks stunning! Just ready for fight...
The tubes that you has going from the faring to the tank ( = ZXR750) is that some kind of ramair?

This is not my bike - it is a picture of a bike that I think was raced in the UK.
Very successful. I'm trying to build one up similar to that photo to race in Australia.
Yes, I believe that is a proper air intake setup - they've enclosed under the tank too.

I'm just going to focus on suspension to begin with.

Lexio62 wrote:55 years agoThis is not bike - it is a picture of a bike that I think was raced in the UK.
Very successful. I'm trying to build one up similar to that photo to race in Australia.
Yes, I believe that is a proper air intake setup - they've enclosed under the tank too.

I'm just going to focus on suspension to begin with.

Ok.
As I have sad before I don't want to spend to much money on this bike so I have put a limit of 2000€.
I like to make it this way because it's a trill and it puch me to search for cheap and smart solutions.
At the moment I have spent.
1000€ purchase of the bike
80€ RSV swingarm ebay uk
180€ DME box ebay italy
60€ R1 rearshocker
30€ racing stearing bars
60€ yellow and satin black paint
40€ Suzuki 1000rr passenger footrest suports from aliexpress
7.5€ exhaust wrapping aliexpresS

Things to get
Driver footrest and pedals
Front lamp
A seat or make one.
New chain
New mufflers
Rear lámp
Turn signals
Mirrors
And more....

I love the idea of turning the horns into ram air tubes, they've always struck me as being "fake ram-air" anyway!

Spyke wrote:55 years agoI love the idea of turning the horns into ram air tubes, they've always struck me as being "fake ram-air" anyway!

+1, but I think the way done above is bit too harsh.

Do you remember this one? It has the same ramair tubes ...
I made some races in superbike with the ZXR750 long time ago!

V4mp wrote:55 years ago

Spyke wrote:55 years agoI love the idea of turning the horns into ram air tubes, they've always struck me as being "fake ram-air" anyway!

+1, but I think the way done above is bit too harsh.

One funny thing is that I bought a pair of rear footpegs supports from a Suzuki 1000 RR and they fit!
I just need to weld a nut on each side.

El Vikingo Tropical wrote:55 years agoOne funny thing is that I bought a pair of rear footpegs supports from a Suzuki 1000 RR and they fit!
I just need to weld a nut on each side.

Do you know exact model where those rear footpegs came from?

V4mp wrote:55 years ago

El Vikingo Tropical wrote:55 years agoOne funny thing is that I bought a pair of rear footpegs supports from a Suzuki 1000 RR and they fit!
I just need to weld a nut on each side.

Do you know exact model where those rear footpegs came from?

Her you have the link!
BLOODY CHEAP!
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6888 ... 3072084216
The good thing is that the Suzuki has also two silencers and the suports integrated at the footrest

To day I have been working centering the swingarm and the rear wheel.
I have to bend the exhaust tubes to get the right angle and I need allso the suzuki gummy bushings for three silencers

She's coming along very nicely, does she have a name yet?