Featured Daytona 900 Cafe racer project (CRK kit)

Big day in the man cave and thought i would share a few pic (i know how much everyone loves them)

First up - my new spray booth (aka £30 gazebo from Amazon) ...



and you know what it worked a treat ...



Got a good little system going and moved parts through the bay and onto drying station 1 ...



Wife was not so keen but it did the job. All parts now inside drying and ready for assembly tomorrow ...



More tomorrow !!

Now its time for a beer!

 

All in all a good weekend in the man shed.....

Shock and pivots reassembled



and married back to the frame ...



Old wheels back on for now as I don't want to get the shiny one dirty ...



New rear sub frame fitted...



Wiring going back in too ...



Had a quick check of the Arrows on the bike and they look amazing (IMO) but still need to do some work on the footrest before i can have a proper check. Pretty safe to say that I will definitely make it work.

Unfortunately the battery I ordered is not the right size so need to get that returned - someone said they had found a cheaper version that does that job - Anyone??

Finally the only problem of the weekend was on the front forks. One of the pinch bolts is completely stripped. I tried all my tools but had no joy so ended up using one of those screw extractors, which naturally broke. Now I am a bit stuck. If i try a bigger extractor from the back would that work ?? Alternatively I could try and use a really strong epoxy and glue something into the head of the bolt and then grip that?

Any advice appreciated.

 

Basically its part number 21 in the diagram.

As its a pinch bolt you can see the front and the back of it.

 

Thanks Boothy,

Although i am not sure I have the equipment to go the heating route. I think my mistake was using too small an extractor from the front side so may try a larger one from the back side drilled in deeper and see if that works.

Failing that I may try and find a local machine shop.

On the battery front I am seeing if WEMOTO have the right spec battery (they stock Skyrich) and will exchange it. If not I will have to go for one of the others. SO the Motobatt is not lithium Iron - I'm guessing it's much heavier?

Cheers

 

Good Sirs (and ladies),

I have come up with a few options in terms of paint schemes and was wondering what the general opinion would be. I have taken some inspiration from the old Triumph military bikes and also some elements of the classic cafe racers and come up with the following ....

Option 1



Option 2



Option 3



Option 4



Again please excuse my crude graphics skills but i think you get the overall idea.

I will be meeting with the painter in the next few weeks and will be discussing gloss vs matte vs satin but I think for this to work it cant really be gloss.

What do you think ??

 

Hi Boothy,

Sure i can send it over - would you like the parts white on a coloured background??

And yes Military style in gloss just doesn't seem to work. I personally don't have an issue with matt don't want to end up with a nightmare to clean bike.

I am torn on the designs - 4 is definitely most cafe racerish but its quite busy and like JTD says there is something to be said for a clean design. So far 4 seems to be the most popular though.

 

Thanks Ade,

Thats just the logo i grabbed off the net but the ones i have are like this



I have gone with silver outline and this will then be matched by the lighter of the colour stripes with the darker being black.