Howdy gents, so some of you may have caught the last thread I posted up about my newly acquired 2004 YZF-R6 in team blue. Absolutely adore the bike but it needed some work to get it to where I was happy with it mechanically and aesthetically. This was always my dream bike, and I always had a theme in mind that I wanted to carry out once i got my hands on one. So....here is my progress so far.
The day it was picked up, mangled fenders (half spray painted) plasti-dipped rear wheel (which turned into goop - terrible to remove) all fluids in dire need of changing, hardware missing, R/R harness burnt to bits, bad battery, wiring all sorts of ****ed up etc. etc.
First round of the restoration, mirrors, ran a new harness and relocated the R/R under the seat for better airflow and other misc. tasks.
Found a discontinued blue Icon Airmada helmet in Canada that I was convinced would match the bike and purchased it at a premium. My luck paid off...
Started breaking the bike down
Cleaned and re-greased the bike. Started carrying out the color scheme...This is VHT gold enamel. Progressive sanding, 3 coats of high temp primer, 4 coats of color and 3 coats of clear. Very good finish after some wetsanding.
Rearsets & linkage on
Rotor carriers painted.
All fluids changed and bled, mostly reassembled.
At this point in the reassembly process it was dark, didn't have a chance to clean it up. Will be doing a full paint restoration to all of the new(ish) pretty fairings! New turn signals and some other bits. Still waiting on a lot of various parts to go along with the theme like seat cowl, gold lettering, levers and grips etc etc.
At this point here are the current mods on the (almost) finished product.
Looking forward to finishing up the project and snapping some better pictures!
The day it was picked up, mangled fenders (half spray painted) plasti-dipped rear wheel (which turned into goop - terrible to remove) all fluids in dire need of changing, hardware missing, R/R harness burnt to bits, bad battery, wiring all sorts of ****ed up etc. etc.
First round of the restoration, mirrors, ran a new harness and relocated the R/R under the seat for better airflow and other misc. tasks.
Found a discontinued blue Icon Airmada helmet in Canada that I was convinced would match the bike and purchased it at a premium. My luck paid off...
Started breaking the bike down
Cleaned and re-greased the bike. Started carrying out the color scheme...This is VHT gold enamel. Progressive sanding, 3 coats of high temp primer, 4 coats of color and 3 coats of clear. Very good finish after some wetsanding.
Rearsets & linkage on
Rotor carriers painted.
All fluids changed and bled, mostly reassembled.
At this point in the reassembly process it was dark, didn't have a chance to clean it up. Will be doing a full paint restoration to all of the new(ish) pretty fairings! New turn signals and some other bits. Still waiting on a lot of various parts to go along with the theme like seat cowl, gold lettering, levers and grips etc etc.
At this point here are the current mods on the (almost) finished product.
- Power comander
- Custom tune
- Yoshi Tri-Oval shortened
- Adjustable levers
- Vortex -1/+1 sprocket conversion
- Braided SS brake lines
- Fender Eliminator
- Integrated Tail
Looking forward to finishing up the project and snapping some better pictures!