feliks

So 12k kms later after the rebuild, a lot of pushing to the redline, and quite a few wheelies and the old girl decided to blow her shit out of the front of the engine! Luckily I was only doing about 50km/h when it happened and was able to just pull the clutch in and coast into a parking lot, lots of oil and smoke everywhere...and almost shed a few tears. Few days before the incident and one of our last rides together. Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr As it happened! Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Think I found the issue, this hole isn't supposed to be here. Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr It was kind of a blessing in disguise however..... because I ended up picking up my beautiful 1999 R6 a few days later. My wife saw how depressed I was and actually allowed me to blow our line of credit to purchase a new bike. Crazy... I know... but, you know what... you only live once. I'm going to ride this year and work my ass off to pay it off now, but I'm going to have fuckin fun while I'm doing it! I'll post up the new bike in a new thread.

Well here's an update... been lurking the forums but haven't had much to post lately as I've mostly been out enjoying the ride, no problems to report other than blowing the timing chain tensioner off once! I put the bike down a couple of times as well by combination of gravel in the road and taking corners a bit too fast for conditions and skill, but she's still running strong and no injuries to report either! The bottom fairing took a hit, and the other side blew off on the highway at 190 never to be seen again..... LOL Good times.... Here are some gratuitous shots for your enjoyment! Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr Untitled by feliks.ca, on Flickr

Just don't zip-tie it together lol

Beautiful shot! Nothing like being on 2 wheels at speeds that just feel wrong....but oh so right!

That turned out wicked buddy! Nice job!

Sweet find!

Nice that fairing will be a lot stronger now!

Ah if it was cheap enough just ride it for what it is and part it out when you're done, giving the scrapper what's left! Have fun with it!

Hello and welcome!

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome!

Welcome to the forums!

lol!

Looks beautiful, you did a great job on this!

This sucks!!! Damn cagers.... glad you're alright, sucks to hear about your finger, at least there were some witnesses (on your side!)

Ended up googling it and finding it... that's not something you want to see coming at you sideways!! lol

Good luck! What else could it be??

Wooooooo!

Haha or you slide all the way to the guy wire holding the pole straight (you can see the wire I nailed my leg off of in the video, about 30 feet away from where I went down) - I'm just super glad I had my leathers on! Thanks man, hand probably ended up hurting the most, jammed my thumb, it's the only thing that still hurts today but could have been so much worse so I'm not complaining! Riding fast around unfamiliar turns... brought this on myself. Still had a wicked fun time the rest of the day! Yeah good thing I know how to fix plastics!

Welcome, looks like a cool bike whatever it is! Sorry I can't be of more help, I'm a newbie when it comes to bikes....

Welcome aboard! Great group of people here!

Welcome to the forums! Hopefully you can nab that FZR, would make a cool project for restoration!

Welcome to the YOC!

Haha all good man, I'm still walking. And the bike still works!

Yeah, I'm a newb. lol Glad I learned to fix shit on my bike or this would be expensive after a while lmao Thanks bippo, all is good.. it happens! Just glad I went into the shoulder instead of oncoming lanes!