You guys will have some competition when u get over here for Powercruise! We've got a new slut in the house
I've waited for a long time to post this thread so here it is!! Streetfighter_Brian and I bought an 01 F4i a few months ago from the auctions under the assumption it was to be a parting-out bike in case we smashed our own! It sat in the shed collecting dust for a while until Willis came over for Nightmasters. He told me that he had a complete F4i front end sitting in his garage...so we bought it! That was the biggest area of damage on this bike and with an undamaged front end on the way from QLD, we decided that instead of letting this bike rot away until we needed parts, WHY NOT MAKE IT INTO A STUNTER????
And so began the build. After acquiring the front end, we got some 2cd hand rotors from USA (the seller chucked in a free rear disc too which proved really handy when Brian put a crack in his about 2 weeks later ). The first problem arose when we fitted the front end...the rim was not an F4i rim :angry: It turned out that its off a CBR1100 Blackbird :rolleyes: F4i rotors dont fit on a blackbird A bit of searching found us a reasonable front rim from USA. We bolted the shizzle together and its working great now...well, the front brakes are pretty shit and need another bleed but we wont be going very fast on this bike anyway We were REALLY lucky to get a whole bunch of free stuff off a top bloke called Clint who was just gonna chuck it out! We scored a radiator, USA wiring loom and a box FULL of random f4i bits and pieces...a real treasure trove
We had to buy some headers from Hawaii, slap some liquid steel around the oil cooler cos it was creased and pump about a litre of oil out of the top of the engine!! Cylinders 1 and 2 were full to the brim of oil!! The bike must have landed upside down after the crash and drained a shitload of oil into the airbox which then found its way down the throttle bodies. Now, we couldnt start the bike cos we didnt have a key (Honda HISS systems cannot be bypassed). I just pulled my ignition barrel and ecu off my roadie F4i and loaned it to Natalie the wreck. She gave a few small coughs then started blowing the oil out of the engine like a good girl
Not having a key was probably our biggest drama. Joker (the legend) did some (alot) of research and figured out a way we could start her up without having to use my roadie's ecu & barrel. Obtaining an American ecu, main wiring loom, a special Zener diode + having a Military electrician doing all the electrical work made life a breeze because thanks to Joker, we now have a fully operational and running F4i WITHOUT USING A KEY!!! :boobs: :yay: This was all thanks to Joker so me and Brian owe him alot! We now start up Natalie using a toggle switch as "the key".
So after getting it running, Joker smashed the tank in for a seat. He did a GREAT tank dent! Nice and deep. I stuck some Sikaflex in the dent so we dont fall out the back. Then I cut the back end off the bike and welded up a 12 bar, but i actually think its more like a 2 o'clock bar. The bike is bullshit high when its sitting on the scraper!! To save cash/time I also made up my own crash cage! It is my first time welding anything so the welds are pretty ghetto but it "looks" strong and i'm doing a welding course soon so if/when the welds snap, i'll be able to fix them properly
There is a little bit of work left to do before this bike is finished but in a few weeks we should have made some good progress and have one of the best stunters in Australia as our learn-to-circle-wheelie bike! Things we need to do:
Figure out why the footbrake doesnt work. At all. Ive bled it HEAPS but still doesnt get ANY pressure
Make the front brakes work better (they are shithouse)...the handbrake is the only decent brake on the bike :lol3:
Make my own homemade subframe cage :2cool:
The bike how we bought it.
Pulling broken shit off
The new front end (with a homo Blackbird front rim)
Sizing up the scraper
Pictures dont really do this dent justice...its REALLY deep!
Stubby rear end :2cool:
Home-made crash cage goodness
f*** you Mr HISS!!! This is our "key" to turn the bike on and off
This dual caliper system uses two front calipers off any F4i/929/954. That means we've got a 4-pot caliper for the handbrake AND the footbrake! That might take a bit of getting used to cos apparently it makes the footbrake stiffer but more powerful...
Sikaflex'd tank
We decided to go -1 on the front and whack a 66 tooth rear sprocket on her. You just blip the throttle and she's at balance point!
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