C1 Rebuild

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Bertie_Mollie wrote:I was thinking exactly the same thing about RS250 cans. Jamie is fitting some too from a later RS. Do the flange fixings line up?
The Aprilia silencer has three threaded studs that line up perfectly with the flange on the kawasaki chamber. You do need to open up the silencer entry diameter to suit the flange though - needs to be increased by about 3mm.
geezagillard wrote:These fit on with no mods....from TZMike were $99US last time I checked
Yeah, they are still $99 but only green or red were available when I checked a couple of weeks back. The Aprilia silencers were free and hence I wanted to see if they were a viable option.
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=D> That looks the dogs lipstick mate, cant wait to see the finished article :)
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Beware of those $99 end cans of ebay. I bought a pair, nsr ones, holes are different so had to drill new holes on chambers. The looked fantastic, growled like a bitch on heat, but the rivets tore out within only 2 weeks. When I pulled apart the mufflers, I found that the rivets went straight into carbon looking material with no steel ring as support to the rivets and fibre look outer. In terms of quality construction, they make nice ornaments for the shed wall.
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Not much progress lately, got it all back to together try out the suspension and put some miles on the engine.

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When the KIPS open its puts out a james bond like smokescreen!
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Ian_B wrote:Not much progress lately, got it all back to together try out the suspension and put some miles on the engine.
That sounds like a lot of progress to me, especially when compaired to the last pics.
Looks very nice indeed. 8)
Ian_B wrote:When the KIPS open its puts out a james bond like smokescreen!
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Looks great.....

except the rear 'bum stopper' is on the wrong way up..... #-o
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Bike looks great =D> My favourite colour scheme!

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Other than putting a few kms on the bike (and putting the "bum stopper" on the correct way around - doh), not alot has happened since last April. The engine has been great and 1500km later all is still well. The front and rear suspension modifications have turned out really well for road use.

Other than that, the only other change has been a BAM Racing air filter support.

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Paintwork and caliper colour still to be sorted.
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Ended up going with Swarbrick exhausts. They are half the weight of the OEM cans but not excessively loud for road use.

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Would have stuck with OEM items if I could find any at a price that wouldn't have meant having to sell the cat.
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Bit of a thread resurrection. The JDM spec indicators on mine were a bit battle scarred but have now been restored.

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The other bits of bodywork are equally rough and so will get a refresh too.

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Just re - read your thread. ..Welcome back :)

The JDM indicators are a bugger to find arnt they. Good job cleaning them up :wink:
If it takes more than 2strokes then your just playing at it..
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Top-shaggy wrote:Just re - read your thread. ..Welcome back :)

The JDM indicators are a bugger to find arnt they. Good job cleaning them up :wink:
Thanks. The only JDM indicators that I seem to come across are either (1) damaged, (2) the wrong colour and/or (3) worth more than my car; it made sense to get mine repaired, it's just taken ages to get around to it. Still a long way to go but some progress after all this time.

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Some before, during and after shots of the belly pan clean up:

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The 'Kawasaki' decals are done in paint as previously there have been problems getting the clear not to react with the decal.

A bit more progress at least.

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The rear disc, brake caliper and mounting were the wrong colour when I got the bike...

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but I've started to return things back...

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Lovely standard of work Ian keep the pictures coming. Not long until spring then ringading ding and plumes of the blue stuff.

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