| Project: "FRANKENSTEIN" My design studio needs a shop bike! AND IT'S GOING TO BE MEAN AND GREEN! Mean as in bad a$$ and green as in made of of a bunch of recycled parts. |
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This is what the donor bike looked like, a 81 yamaha xs650. For those of you that aren't familar, these have quite a cult following and are a great way to do a budget build. |
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Harley Rapido tank of FleeBay and a motor from a 1972 xs650 and we are off and running. Front and rear disk brake calipers from a 06 GSXR will provide the stopping power along with duel disk fronts on a 06 Suzuki GSXR front end. |
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Above, 99 Harley Sporster wheels, below, Harley floating disks and GSXR front forks. |
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This GSXR front end, I have seen this done before but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. This has been a real headache, but now that it is mounted it looks awesome. Toying with running the GSXR clip ons up side down, but we will see on that. Motors in, next is rear fender and seat. |
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Well, those Harley wheels don't exactly bolt up to that GSXR front end either, basically had to combine a Harely and GSXR front axles into one, a bit of machining involved but man I like those wheels and disks on that front end! I have never seen this combo before, not saying it hasn't been done, I just haven't seen it and really wanted these together so it was worth the pains. |
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Harley rear disk, new Harely sprocket and longer chain set up. |
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For the rear fender, I wanted this thing to look like it was floating. I love the look of a really short fender, I may shorten it up even more but for now it's good. |
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Duel chopper shox set up, not much room but I got them in there. |
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Mid controls out of rear sets from TCBros. Decided to design a work shirt for my project and print some up. |
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| Well the speedo and tac proved to be a bit of a pain to get mounted on this front end, not exactly set up for old school guages. I designed a bracket to go mount inbetween my upper and clip on's and made a center to join them both and keep things from moving around. I really liked the way they came out. | |
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| Making a GSXR rear disk caliper work on my harley discs was a whole other pain in the A$$. Now that it's in there it looks great and was worth the headaches. Next, need to make a hinge for the brake linkage and a mount to hold it all. | |
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| This is my battery strap, like the way it came out. | |
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| On to exhaust, never done pipe before, going to keep it simple and use some scraps I rounded up at a muffler shop for 20 bucks, the exhaust tips I will be using came with my 72 project I picked up, I think they look very cool so planning on running those. | |
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| Well these are the first shots I have show you with the tank on, figured if I showed you this too early you wouldn't come back since that is the icing on the cake of a bike. I am really pleased at how this bike is coming out, Frankenstein is coming together! | |
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| Next is a tailight and then it's time to wire and fire! FRANKENSTIEN will be coming to life very soon! It's still raw but my plan is to ride this summer iron out any issues then maybe next fall I will have to break it down and spit shine but I have to say I love the risen from the dead look of it now even in the raw. Once I get it wired and running I will post some videos. |
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