Larry's R3 Project Build

Quick update. My friend came down and worked on the body yesterday. Filling in some low spots, doing some fine tuning on the panel gaps. We should finish Monday then I will give vinyl wrapping a try. I ordered 5'x10' Avery Dennison Supreme satin in a light blue from Amazon. Figured it's worth trying myself for $100 worth of vinyl vs the guy near me that wanted $1000 to wrap my bike!!! I'm thinking with vinyl (if I am somewhat successful at it) I can always update the look of the bike if I start to get bored.

I also ordered a new tail section from AirTech down in Vista CA. I always thought the GGRetro tail looked a bit modern compared to their fairing so I am going to try to mount a TZ500 old school Yamaha race tail to the R3. They make them to order so it won't be ready for pickup for about 3 or 4 weeks. Hopefully I won't have to do too much fiberglass modding to make it fit. Will have to make mounting brackets and add a new taillight, license plate mount, and turn signals.

Larry

Greetings fellow R3 enthusiasts. I received my Chinese Akrapovic knockoff slip on exhaust. Took a little over a week from ordering on eBay. Quality seems good. Fitment is another issue. It comes in silver or black and they said they could make one without the 'laser etched' logo. I wanted to keep the stock muffler/catalytic converter box since I live in CA and I've been ticketed too many times for an exhaust system in the past. Just not worth spending a lot of money on an exhaust system. This was $112 including shipping. But I will have to do something about how it slips onto the stock pee shooter pipe from the muffler box. Huge gap and exhaust leak. And the stock gasket is too thick to fit inside the big split collar sitting inside the split muffler pipe. Maybe just wrap it with exhaust wrap. I did, however, buy an Akrapovic exhaust hanger so they did get some of my money

I also replaced the LED headlight for something more retro looking. New Cibie H4 light with a Hella yellow bulb.

Hopefully my bodywork gets finished tomorrow and I can start wrapping it. I did give the front fender a satin black wrap last night. It was a lot harder than it looks on YouTube videos! I ordered 3m Design Line knifeless tape and I plan on breaking up the wraps into separate sections on the parts where needed.

Larry

I think I'm mostly done for now. Here are some pics.

Parts list:
-Agras radial caliper mount
-2015 GSX-R 750 OEM Brembo radial caliper
-Brembo RCS 15 radial master cylinder w/ remote reservoir
-OverRacing rear caliper mount
-Brembo 2 pot rear caliper
-Custom made Earls Speed Seal stainless brake lines
-Vortex clip ons
-OEM R6 throttle tube
-Rizoma bar end blinkers
-CRG LS bar end mirrors
-Vortex rear sets
-No name slip on exhaust
-Akrapovic exhaust hanger
-TST Industries captive chain adjuster w/ GP lifter
-Puig rear tire hugger/chain cover
-Cibie headlamp w/ Hella H4 amber bulb
-R&G front and rear axle sliders
-Gold powder coated stock rims (with new bearings)
-GG Retrofitz body kit
-Vinyl wrap (my first try!) Dennison Avery Supreme vinyl (satin light blue, satin black, satin white), Harbor Freight 20 yo heat gun, 3M Knifeless tape, and many sharp ass blades.

I still have the Yamaha TZ500 race tail to install. It looks like a lot more work than I thought it would be so once I start cutting things off the frame there's no going back. I'll provide updates once that gets going. I probably won't update the suspension till next year. I'm waaaaaay over budget as it is.
Lastly, I did get a chance to see/hear the Wicked Motorsports R3 with the Banshee 2 stroke motor (80+ hp) and talk to the owner of the shop. That motor swap is putting horrible ideas into my head for the future.

Trying to insert pics here a different way.