Project WR350X has begun!

Thanks!

I bought the wheels online from a dealer in Denver. They had an employee buy the wheels/brakes/tires for his WR and forget to inventory them. When the dealer found them hiding in the back room they fired him and put them up for sale. I got a great deal on them. Brakes wheels and tires for less than the wheels retail for.

The distributor and dealer swear they are for this WR250R/X but I disagree. They did not bolt up and were a pain in the ass to fit to this bike.

I'm going to buy a 16mm Brembo radial master cylinder soon. It's next on my list of things to buy.

Having had several RZ350s in the past and being a current owner of a WRX I am really excited about your build. Congrats, she looks to be coming together nicely.

I finished welding the exhaust chambers. I also shaved off all the extra brackets from the rear subframe. The subframe looks nice and clean. I'm not the proudest of the exhaust. It's not bad but with all the cutting, bending testing, tacking, rebending, tacking, welding etc. it doesn't look as pretty. That's ok though. That's what paint is for. lol I also cut and bent in the muffler brackets so the mufflers go straight back like they should. It's coming along!

I also ordered a wiring harness for a shee. A SV650 rear LED taillight (I love the way the two vertical strips look), voltage regulator, shee clutch cable and four small round LED amber lights for blinkers. SHould be here next week.

The only fabrication I have left is to get a radiator made. Once that is done it is all wiring, cables, brake lines, etc to do. Little time consuming things but LITTLE things! I'm getting really excited.

I have the rear brake on now so I pushed it up a hill a few nights ago and rode it down. Feels like a big downhill mountain bike, not a motorcycle.

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Nice bike bud. Gonna be a beast. You may have to ride on the front tire to keep it on the ground :) one thought I had though is if the pipes are gonna hit the ground if you use all the travel of the bike. Just a thought to consider.

Yeah.

I'm working on a skid plate for the chambers and will reduce the travel.

I just cut off the rear of the subframe and welded some nuts on to hold these amber LEDs I picked up.











Eventually I will snake the signal wires through this hole.




Finally, on the docket for tomorrow it to make a bracket to hold this SV650 taillight up in the subframe.

Still looks nice and clean from the side




But get behind it and there is a fully functioning (and bright!) LED taillight and turn signals.




I also bought and installed a clutch cable for a Banshee that is 2" longer than stock.

I'm done with the making mounts for all the electronics in the subframe.

Made a little battery holder.




Blacked out the non-essential parts of the taillight to accentuate the twin strips. Parallel twin, get it?




Some subframe shots with all the new brackets welded in place.










And with everything mounted




And finally you can see the blacked out taillight and what it looks like with a license plate

It's alive!
 

Well not quite but it's getting close!

I'm so damn close! I can almost smell the smoke!

I got the SV 650 radiator on above the cradle today. I'm surprised to say that I am going to lose a couple degrees of steering lock with this rad setup. I thought it would be well out of the way but it touches the triple trees every so slightly at full lock. Oh well. When I get rich again I'll have two skinny custom rads made to sit further back beside the engine in the shrouds. This will do for now though. I'm getting tired of spending money on this bike. To be honest, I'm tired of working on it. I just want to ride it as I'm sooooooo damn close!

Still a bit of work as I want to add some mounts for the shrouds to the radiator mounts but the rads are solid and in place.

Tomorrow I am going to make a mount for the Trailtech Vapor, and modify the shifter and brake pedals.


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Did you cut the entire rear half of the front fender off to make room for radiator?

Hard to tell from pictures.

Yep, it's all gone.

Compromise 101

You gonna fashion some kind of radiator guard since it's going to be in direct assault from most things coming off front tire?

Yep, I have some perforated aluminum laying around the shop somewhere. The SV rad is perfect for that as it has two little threaded holes on each side for me to wrap the guard around and bolt on.

Don't forget about the throttle  

Do I need one?

TurbStLCards wrote:

Do I need one?

It looks too tall to paddle with your feet, unless you're 7'8"  

I wanna see that thing go!!! Been following for a year. Nice to see it getting close to completion.

I made a little plate type thing to hide the wires a bit when viewed directly from the side.




And I powdercoated it, the fairing stays, headlight mount, and radiator stays in gloss black. My first time powdercoating and it looks great! Admittedly it is an easy process.










Here you can see the plate thing post powdercoat as well as the front turn signals at the lower back side of the headlights.

Can't wait to see it run, those banshee motors are like music to my ears.

Powdercoated the rear motor mount gloss black. I was going to do it in cement color but when i looked at it more I think there would be too much grey there and some detail would be lost. SO the black should contrast well with the grey and show off the second most custom piece on the bike after the cradle. I also coated the crossover tube, clutch cable stay (had to make that as well), lower chain guide, rear brake res. holder, kickstarter, and maybe two other things I'm forgetting.




I also 100% finished the cradle and welded up all the little tabs and things that were just tacked in place. Then I cleaned it up and put in under a coat of primer to protect it until I powdercoat it during the winter. I also finished the pipes, added a gusset to the rear, relocated the spring mounts, and painted them black in preparation for the punk rock artsy treatment later.

This is the closest it has ever been to completion. I'll upload a list of things to still be done later so you can see one by one as I check them off until it is started.

Hope you like it! It's damn close! AHHHH I CANT FUCKING WAIT!

A can of Ford Light Blue powder arrived so I can start powdercoating some accent bits as I go.




Here is the official final checklist. I racked my brain and this is all I can think of that is left to do on the bike.

Completely stoked to see this run and ride!