gsxr quad

[dazzabhoy]

hi guys

i thought i would post up my progress on my gsxr quad conversion

i know it aint a classic but as we are all petrol heads here i thought some people may be interested,

pics arent great need a new phone badly

as it started life


Frame chopped


offering up front plastics to see how they have to be modified


more pics to follow

[carnegstar]

there some fat wheels you got onit like!

[Dell Balallan]

Ha ha great, that will be a beast, will be watching the progress

[dazzabhoy]

the wheels are around 10" wide, also i have lowered the back end around 6 inches to give it a better stance aswell as to improve the handling

[bluecorsab]

lmao thats proper cool, my sorta thing actually you using a gsxr600 engine? will be watching this one

[dazzabhoy]

yes its the gsxr 600, its a k3 engine only covered 6300 miles, have had it up and running on a bench before i started fitting it in the frame, shouldnt be too long before theres so vids of it on the go

[bluecorsab]

cool cant wait, are you going to have to run shortened k&n style filters because of the amount of room there is?

[dazzabhoy]

plan is for trumpets and socks

[bluecorsab]

yh that will keep the crap out

[D4N13L]

This is gonna be insane

[NOVADOSE17]

cool project, watching with interest

[Rallycorsa]

That looks like it could be fun

[bluecorsab]

i hope you intend putting the strength back into the steering head as there isnt much holding it to the rest of the frame anymore. could be pretty painfull with all that extra power

[dazzabhoy]

dont worry, i've put alot of thought into that

the engine mounts are on the side of the engine, when i put that bit of the frame back in its going to wrap around either side of the engine both securing the engine and providing twice the amount of bracing than there was originally

just heading off to do some work on it and the escort so should be posting up some progress tonight or tomorrow

[dazzabhoy]

not too much to add but i've made mountings for my enigne loom, ecu, rectifier etc, got the battery mount sorted,

i also got the engine lined up spot on for the chain, sits over in the frame a bit due to the sprocket being inside the swingarm instead of the usual place on the outside

i made up and welded into place the rear engine mount and started measuring up the left hand side mount and frame

[LeNnOxLeWiS]

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good luck with it!

[slowby]

i like it, makes a change to the usual conversions. looks pretty damn rude too!

[hay_lewis_68]

lol i like that. its gonna be a bit of a handfull too

[dazzabhoy]

got some more progress at the weekend

i made and fitted the left rear engine mount and welded a plate in to make my seat quick release, all welding is done with an arc welder



also i have made up my left engine mount it is also one of the parts i am using to put strength back into the frame after cutting the spine out





and here is the engine all bolted up on the left engine mounts,



i still have to cut down the front bar, make my fuel tank from scratch, fit the wiring loom which i have already mocked up, also i need to figure out where i am going to fit my battery,

p.s i know its not the best looking but the aim of this project is to refine my fabrication skills

[InsaneSwede]

this is going to be a nasty one

[LeNnOxLeWiS]

an idea:

you could get all the parts from the bike and do a kind of kart or kartcross of whatever with a wider track..

you can use the weells, suspension and all that stuff but with a built chassis, WIDER, and fit a steering wheel and a bucket seat

its just an idea! this is fine but i think the chassis is the weakest link...

it will be a nice engine and hard to play with, it will turn over easy, will be great just in straight line fun..

my opinion, but the best is that you have fun building it!

[LeNnOxLeWiS]

this is a simple, cheap idea

[dazzabhoy]

it was originally going to go into a buggy, but i had this quad knocking about then the coil pack died so i binned the engine from it and started fitting this one,

i dont reckon it'll be that slow in the corners but obviously it isnt going to corner at 70-80mph,

i will do a buggy when i have the time, this is a little side project, helping my mate build his saxo from scratch, build my escort and working so not got much time to build a frame from scratch

[timrud_]

Your going to have a lot of fun on that!!!

[GaryVaux]

looks insane!! Will the steering not be really heavy with such wide front wheels?