2nd RZ and Aprilia RS/RZ hybrid build (NEW UPDATES)

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Re: 2nd RZ

#91 Post by motosapien » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:30 pm

Bottom part will have curved profile like the stock. Will do that once I get the fairing from the painter, so I can get the mounting and fitting rite.
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Re: 2nd RZ

#92 Post by motosapien » Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:39 pm

Cleaned with simple green followed by wash rinse and drying in the dishwasher
(Did it when wife was at work[emoji1])
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Re: 2nd RZ

#93 Post by motosapien » Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:30 pm

Putting bottom end together
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Re: 2nd RZ

#94 Post by two-stroke-brit » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:45 pm

wot no top yoke?
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Re: 2nd RZ

#95 Post by motosapien » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:29 pm

two-stroke-brit wrote:wot no top yoke?
not received the top plate and clipons from powdercoater
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Re: 2nd RZ

#96 Post by two-stroke-brit » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:36 pm

motosapien wrote:
two-stroke-brit wrote:wot no top yoke?
not received the top plate and clipons from powdercoater
Cool , the forks look huge. :smt023
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Re: 2nd RZ

#97 Post by motosapien » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:38 am

not much progress, got last bits of parts from the powdercoater. Will be ordering some mounting hardware from mcmaster today. Waiting on last couple of parts from yamaha to finish the bottomend.
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Re: 2nd RZ

#98 Post by motosapien » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:40 am

Oh and some polishing before clear coat
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Re: 2nd RZ

#99 Post by motosapien » Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:49 am

What side does the water pump bearing goes in. Mine looks like this Image
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Re: 2nd RZ

#100 Post by motosapien » Mon Mar 06, 2017 11:55 am

Some more progress.... Closing in on the dash layout and mounting.
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Re: 2nd RZ

#101 Post by JonW » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:02 pm

Looks like a very similar setup to the TDM dash I have, looks like this:

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Re: 2nd RZ

#102 Post by motosapien » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:17 pm

JonW wrote:Looks like a very similar setup to the TDM dash I have, looks like this:

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and gentle fitment pics in my 31k are here (4/5 way down the page):

http://2smoked.com/Yamaha_RZ350_RD350_Y ... inued.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: 2nd RZ

#103 Post by motosapien » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:28 am

With the tank on
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Re: 2nd RZ

#104 Post by hondaror » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:06 am

Wow! Really coming along.

Did you get a hold of the kick start parts?
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Re: 2nd RZ

#105 Post by motosapien » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:15 am

Yes made some progress today

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