Yamaha Thundercat!

Ok so here goes, my bike was parked outside work and some (person without a father) decided to to remove part of my fairing, nice of them I know!

So priced up replacing the side fairing and as I'm sure your all aware they don't come cheap, then got a price to have it painted, and had to sit down with the shock! My front fender was also cracked so I also needed a new one of them (some Idiot left the disc lock on) mentioning no names! (Cheshirecat).......

So has its Valentines day and I'm one romantic soul, I decided to get my tools out and strip all the fairings off, and as I know you all like lots of pics I decided to get the camera out.. hope this interests some of you!
Never attempted anything like this before..

Broken side fairing.....



Broken front fender.....




Oh what am I doing??





Will it go back together??



Got to love a bit of child labour and its free!!





I'm liking the exposed frame work! Yamacati? (ducatti x yamaha)





Also took exhaust off (can and link pipe) to clean and polish up......sounded lovely when I started it by mistake..
Well I'm picking up the new fairings in the morning, got them from . . so watch this space guys... expect loads of pics and the odd ,

Thanks for looking

ps. not sure how to resize pics (mods feel free to sort em out)....sorry in advance

Pics are ok . . . unless someone has already resized them before I posted . . .
The software you used to place the heart over the No. Plate should have a resize function to if it can place images on an image.

Just a note while I see it. You're getting Red/White Farings yes ?

Wheel rim tape (blue) needs to go . . . . it's gonna awful claaaaaaaash otherwise.

0ldcat wrote:Pics are ok . . . unless someone has already resized them before I posted . . .
The software you used to place the heart over the No. Plate should have a resize function to if it can place images on an image.

Just a note while I see it. You're getting Red/White Farings yes ?

Wheel rim tape (blue) needs to go . . . . it's gonna awful claaaaaaaash otherwise.

Rim tape is a job for 2moro, any ideas on how to get rid of it? never liked it anyway..

Yeah red/white and black Tel, added ebay link to post hope that's ok with you?

:(

TomCom wrote::(

Why the sad face Tom?

Cheshirecat wrote: added ebay link to post hope that's ok with you?

No probs m8 . . . made it look a wee bit better with the ebay button if that's ok with you

Oh and have a wee peek at your test post

Cheshirecat wrote:

0ldcat wrote:Wheel rim tape (blue) needs to go . . . . it's gonna awful claaaaaaaash otherwise.

Rim tape is a job for 2moro, any ideas on how to get rid of it? never liked it anyway

Hmmm . . . Wellllllllll . . . I always used to soak me old airfix model parts in warm water to get the transfers off


But seriously . . . . the old hair drier trick might work . . . can't remember who it was on here has done this before . . . . . Weasley ???

0ldcat wrote:

Cheshirecat wrote:

0ldcat wrote:Wheel rim tape (blue) needs to go . . . . it's gonna awful claaaaaaaash otherwise.

Rim tape is a job for 2moro, any ideas on how to get rid of it? never liked it anyway

Hmmm . . . Wellllllllll . . . I always used to soak me old airfix model parts in warm water to get the transfers off


But seriously . . . . the old hair drier trick might work . . . can't remember who it was on here has done this before . . . . . Weasley ???

I think your right Tel, Weasley had to remove some 'Rim' tape with a hair dryer!

New fairings all fitted what a pain in the ass but worth the trouble will post pics later on!

Ok so here goes,

Nose come on (what a pain had to do a fair bit of twisting and pulling)



Left side fairing on (was very easy)



Then fitted rear panels & tank shell (These rear panels were not an exact copy and took some alterations to make em fit)



Right fairing fitted (was easy)



So its all done and is looking pretty god damn nice in my opinion, over to you guys, what do you reckon?
Sorry pics are small I had to take em on phone as was out and about on bike.....









Hope you enjoyed looking!

Kit used was £331 off Ebay, £26 customs charge took about 3 weeks from order to delivery!

IMHO very nice job.

Filled her up yet? Does the tank overcoat obstruct much?

Nice one.

Looking good Kev.

Cheers
Rosco

What a sexy little mofo you have there Kev!

Have fun!

I was thinking about this kit from thesame seller last year when i crash my last bike. I was wandering how good they are.

Panzerbuilder wrote:IMHO very nice job.

Filled her up yet? Does the tank overcoat obstruct much?

Filled up twice yesterday £10 a time (don't like riding with a full tank extra weight)

No probs at all filling up, the shell does not affect opening the fuel cap...

TomCom wrote:I was thinking about this kit from thesame seller last year when i crash my last bike. I was wandering how good they are.

Quality ain't as good as OEM fairings but a lot cheaper and looks pretty good for the money mate ..

Thevbike looks good buddy you have me thinking about doing mine now lol

Nice looking bike, good job.

Looks good, always liked the Yamaha racing block schemes.

looks great... I got a new set off ebay for my rebuilt thundercat... they took twice as long to get here but i like the finish.... pics soon

ogzimbo wrote:looks great... I got a new set off ebay for my rebuilt thundercat... they took twice as long to get here but i like the finish.... pics soon

Yeah can see your bike in your avatar, looks nice mate!

oo same as mine sweeet

Wowey wrote:oo same as mine sweeet

Yes and clearly this is now the fastest colour scheme of all!!
I've just ordered another front fender (black one)....... I didn't leave my disc lock on and smash the red one up!!! where did you get the fairings from? and how much was they? please tell me to piss off If I'm being too nosey lol

One more thing get it to BC5 so I have a twin!!

Theres a few on ere now. I ordered the raised petrol cap too think i paid about 350 for everything. Still love it. Everyone comments

I've been looking at these too as mine aren't in the best condition. They seem helpful as they'll paint it whatever colours you want.

What sort of modifications did you have to do with the tail pieces to make them fit?

You mentioned a raised petrol cap, was this from the same seller?

Regards

Mike