My Cat is Home

Picked my Thundercat up today ready for stripdown and rebuild

https://s1363.photobucket.com/user/BadSanta2/slideshow/Thundercat

same as the one i have,
i love to do that " stripdown and rebuild"
but have no idea how to do all that :( try to repair my one last 12 month,

The cat is now in workshop(Shed)and ive spent a couple of hrs on it striping it down

Always love a good repair/rebuild thread, best of luck & keep us up to date with the progress.

Paul

Will keep you posted,only gona be a few hrs here n there as i also have Houshold jobs to do which are apparently more important. Stu

Oooh, another rebuild/refurb thread . . . . pulling up a chair and making myself comfy for this

stu wrote:I also have Household jobs to do which are apparently more important

who told you that . . . Blasphemy . . . Burn the witch . . .  

Cheers
Tel

Lol we just moved into new house so bits and bobs to do,as regards the bike still not sure what to do,gota way up cost of bits i need to rebuild standard or use bits i have knocking around and build a custom,hopefully get it striped on sunday. Stu

Stage 1 Complete

Time on Strip/Rebuild so far 6 hrs

That's a serious strip down, I've had mine in bits many times for maintenance & cleaning but never as far as that, fair play.

Paul

It needed a frame as it has corrosion round some points and the previous owner had bodged a few damaged areas,will start to put back together at weekend less the engine then take it apart again once im happy with fitment then paint everything. Stu

Done another couple of hrs today

Hi Fella,

I Spy a different are send . . is that an R6 sub frame tail  

Nearly its a baby R6 its a yzfr 125,i have one at the moment i like how slim it is,only tacked on at the moment while i fettle a few bits and sort side panels

The 125 rear looks sweet, going to be a cracking conversion I think.

Paul

No update this week(apart from finding out a Fazer top yoke doesn't fit)as I have stuff to do in the house as well as end of next week(off for 3 days),so will be in workshop all next weekend hopefully Stu

Still no updates yet,shed is full of new garden furniture and timber decking,doin my nut in she is,hope to get back at it soon Stu

still no progress still on house duties,decking nearly finished though lol,hope to be back at The Cat soon

Its been a while, hope you have not forgotten where everything goes mate.

Paul

That's me only twigged to the new back end...

Looks nice, but wondering where all the gubbins from under the old seat will fit.
(A small case lithium battery would save a fair bit of space)

yamahamad wrote:Its been a while, hope you have not forgotten where everything goes mate.

Paul

yeh lol I marked a lot of stuff and I bought a manual and I have had the odd half hr here and there waying stuff up just not long enough to make any progress really

Wooster wrote:That's me only twigged to the new back end...

Looks nice, but wondering where all the gubbins from under the old seat will fit.
(A small case lithium battery would save a fair bit of space)

I was actually having a look at that on sunday,origional battery is way to big for where I wanted it,most of the relays etc on the 125 are under the pillion seat(helps to have a 125 for reference)so may just need to modify loom a bit,hopefully get a couple of hrs in this weekend

Done a bit today but not much,mocked up the new bars so I can star to fabricate clock and headlamp mounts,also chopped a bit more off rear subframe where battery will go and mocked up a battery box to fit just need to find a battery that fits,if I cant I will have a look at Lithium Batteries as Wooster suggested

With that back end and them bars it's gonna end up looking like a fz1n haha

dudeofrude wrote:With that back end and them bars it's gonna end up looking like a fz1n haha

my m8 has an FZ1N and mine will look better lol

Had another hr or so today,had a rethink on battery and with a bit of jiggleing and messing with angles managed to mock original battery up in position,its close to the rear shock but ive jumped about on it and doesn't touch anywhere,just got to make the lower stays for the seat frame,infill around where the front seat frame/original bike frame meet,chop off a few brackets I don't need then take it apart so I can weld it properly at work with our big welder