86 Ninja 600R

[Lucky]

earlier this year my son did a swap on craigslist, his Daytona Cag pocket bike that he bought used for $60 with birthday money, replaced the chain & clutch & cleaned it up. he swapped it for a 110cc Loncin (chinese knock-off) dirt bike. this summer he cleaned it up, replaced a few parts & last week sold it for $350.

A few days ago we found a beat up Ninja 600 on craigslist for $250. no carbs, head off, seat torn, wires cut, plastics mostly not salvagable, but the engine turns. he bought it.. Oy Vay!!!  :D  he better get a job soon.  8)

So he now has it stripped down to the frame (with my assistance) he's pulling the swing arm today & i'll help him removing the ft end later theis week.  we're (ok, he) is going to sandblast the frame. we have a service manual ordered.

oh it even had a rats nest, complete with dehydrated rat, under the tail cone, lol!!

anyone own or have owned one of these? who's brain i can frequently pick?

i'm sure i'll find a forum on it, but i'll allways turn to you guys first.

--Lucky

[YellowJacket!]

Ninja 600R... heh heh heh...  Once he finishis that thing, he's gonna outrun us!  But at least we can out-corner him.  :-)

David

[Lucky]

I figure he'll be 27 when it's done... at least that's what i keep telling Penny.

[Tiger]

 :) I have an '02 in my place which needs repair...One of our girls had a wee accident!!! The front fairing is $1,000.00!!! The two decals (Silver stripe) are $85.00 each!!!...from the dealer ::)

                    8).......TIGER....... 8)

[Kid Jedi]

worked on a few, whats up lucky?

[Lucky]

nothing specific yet, BUT, my son did discover some epoxy on the outside of the cylinder, & what looks like welding under the epoxy...
(how do you weld aluminum??!!)

once we have the engine together, out of the bike, i'll have to do a cooling system pressure test & see what's up with that...

[Re-Vision]

Punched a hole in my Vision radiator once, finally found a welder who knew how to heli-arc thin aluminum.  Cylinder welding should be fairly easy to find a welder.  Seen them rebuild broken fins on the engine.  BDC

[Tiger]

...how do you weld aluminum??!!

Easy...with the right wire ;) 8)

[sunburnedaz]

I had a guy tig weld some aluminum blocks to my aluminum swingarm on my F4i so that I could use spools.

[Kid Jedi]

welding is REALLY tricky on heads. they LOVE to warp. I had a head welded then i had to get it cnc'ed and decked and it was barley back to spec on a GPZ 550

[Lucky]

Kenny stripped the bike to the frame, i have borrowed a sandblaster from a coworker & he blasted the whole frame, primered it & painted it gloss black (appliance epoxy paint)

one thing i can say about this bike:
Wow! overengineered!, lol

--Lucky

[Kevin]

I wish we all lived close together. I can tig that up for you and you could fine tune the princess bike to get rid of the stumble. 

[Rick G]

The old name for is Heliarc , I believe.   In my youth I welded cracked Triumph primary covers , with an acetylene torch, aluminum rod and a powered flux !!!!  Its a lost art.

[YellowJacket!]

I wish we all lived close together. I can tig that up for you and you could fine tune the princess bike to get rid of the stumble. 

You're welcome to come visit...  I have a garage and a guest room.  :-)

David

[flyinbike]

I have an 03 GSX-R750, and i still keep my vision around for when ever I think i need a tune up. :police: :police: