650r Project

Picked up a ninja 650r to work on as it seemed like an easy project to get on the road quick. In two weeks I accomplished enough to have an interesting little street fighter. Stripped about 20 pounds of ugliness off. Made my own clip ons, rearsets, subframe, tail section and seat. relocated a few electrical items, made a new headlight mount for a v-rod version, and a new gauge mount for the stock gauges. I only need to relocate the overflow tank to complete the look I was going for. Still undecided if a lower fairing will be added.

The Ride

Positive Attitude

Quiet

Getting this CX down to reasonable decibels required a muffler. I had some stock ZX10R mufflers laying around. Upon cutting into them, I saw the lovely white sparks I haven't seen in so long, realizing they were completely titanium on the inside! Problem was getting titanium filler rod quickly wasn't going to be easy. I managed to cut some strips from the internals to use. Originally this was a 2 chamber muffler, but I modified it to a single chamber and shortened it about 4 inches. I packed it with some Jardine glass from another leftover muffler hanging around. The bike now has a nice deep mellow tone.

Chick On a CX500

Video proof that Cristin can ride. Had to sneak this...

She Rides

Well the gf passed her test. Now our little grasshopper treks out into the real world.