Progress has be slow due to a new job and upcoming move. I've gotten the wiring basically all sorted out and started the looming. I ordered a new antigravity battery and reg/rec that will work with the new battery. I got the 8 cell battery and I was a little nervous it wouldn't be enough to turn over the engine. I'm happy to say that it has more than enough power to crank the engine.
The zx14r shock I ordered came in and that was easy enough to install. I left it on the stock dogbone for now. It does feel a little low but I'm on the shorter side so it works for me. I did test the clearance and I shouldn't have any issues with it lowered and the new subframe. I'm definitely loosing ground clearance, but I can actually flat foot the bike now. Which this will end up being my dd so that's a huge bonus when sitting in city traffic everyday.
I got in a new coolant tank. I haven't put it on yet as I need to make a bracket and haven't had the time to get to it yet. It does seem like a quality product and I'm not worried about it getting damaged.
I also purchased a Denali SoundBomb. Holy hell are those things loud. It's an incredible improvement over the stock road runner sounding pos. There's no doubt in my mind that this will get peoples attention even at highway speeds. I didn't grab a picture of it but I put the compressor on the left side off of the bracket for the forward most ignition coil. It nestles into the gap in the frame very nicely. The horn part of it was just stuck in where the stock horn was. I might end up moving it later depending on how it looks. But this thing is loud enough you could stick it under the seat and still give people heart attacks.
I finally got around to getting the fairings for the subframe, they are just sitting on there for now. I won't bolt everything on until after they get some new paint. Unfortunately with it being off of a 2016 bike there wasn't really anything on ebay so I ended up just ordering them new. Yeah, I don't like money...🔥💵 On the plus side I was actually able to sit on the bike with the new subframe for the first time, which I finally got around to getting welded. I just had the tops done and I'm just going to drill through the pipe for the bottoms. I'm still fiddling with the angle. I think it's a bit to high in the pics. Regardless, it finally feels like I'm making progress on this thing.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about the exhaust. I really like the look (and sound) of it as is with nothing on there. But it's so loud it's giving my neighbors corvette an inferiority complex. I'm not complaining about it, but I'm pretty sure the whole neighborhood will after a couple days of leaving for work at 5:30am. Does anyone have any experience with those cheap ebay shorty slip ons? My goal is to leave that rear wheel exposed to really show off that single sided swing arm, and have it sound angry as hell.
Next I'm going to finish up the looming on all the wiring, relocate the oil rad, make the bracket for the new coolant reservoir, trim the headlight brackets and respray them, sort out why it won't run (she fires up with starter fluid but dies after 10-15secs, 99.9% sure it's bad fuel as the bike was sitting for a long time before I got it), find a happy angle for the subframe and solidify that, sit on it and make vroom sounds as I pretend to rip through the twisties.