WIP: Yamaha R1 Tuner

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wow dude, that muffler is great. very impressive.

[joelwideqvist]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

Hi,

looks great, but why didn´t you sand the rings in the middle of the muffler under the carbon decal?

I will do some aluminum brackets out of Bare Metal Foil. They will be easier to install and get a bit of structure if the rings are left where they are.
/Joel

[sportracer02]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

I will do some aluminum brackets out of Bare Metal Foil. They will be easier to install and get a bit of structure if the rings are left where they are.
/Joel

Ah, I see, thanks for the info

[Roca46]

Bravo Joel!!

Awesome exhausts... I think that you are every day improving And it is because of it that we see every day excellent pieces.

Thank's again!

Roca.

[slightfan]

Joel Very impressive as always ,You and Roca ,man I tell yeh this site is always a pick me up
Shayne

[91p10nizmo]

Looks great. That carbon work is awesome.

[joelwideqvist]

Oh shit...
I was going to install the mesh on th einside of the tank yesterday. I thought it would work fine to use the hole on the bottom of the tank but that was totally impossible. I was planning on putting some styrene over that hole later and cover the styrene with CF but that is just to forget now.
To install the mesh I had to cut nearly the whole bottom tank away as the tank has some curves that makes it tricky to reach in. I also had a smaller mishap wich made the hole a bit too wide on the right side. Now it will be almost impossible to cover the hole. I just have to try the tank installed on the frame and see how visible it is and if it can be left untouched.
This is why you dy fit...
/Joel

[robrex]

Oh oh!! Hopefully this problem can be fixed?

[BugZilla]

You can do it, I have faith in you and your skills.

Dave

[joelwideqvist]

I'll try my best to fix it, hopefully I can hide away the most ugly parts of it.
/joel

[rrutherford]

Hi Joel,
don't you just love making a mistake, lol. One day you will be able to laugh at it, anyway how did the colour of saddle work out ?

[joelwideqvist]

I put it away for a few days and today I started planning for a way to solve it. I'll see what I can do about it during the following days. I've installed the first mesh and will fit the other one today. I think it looks quite good. I have to paint the inside of the seat cowl black before installing the mesh on that one.
I haven't painted the seat yet. But I think I will soon.
/Joel

[Spike123]

WOW, awsome detailing you're doing, can't wait to see the finished bike.

[joelwideqvist]

Some days off and trying to make some progress on this sucker. I've started to correct the tank mishap. Going slowly but It will turn out quite ok. After all the tank bottom isn't that visible is it? I've also dropped the idea of scratch building an airbox. R1 as many other bikes use a tank dummy over tank and airbox and I think it will just be to much work to make it look good.

I've finished off the top cowl. I painted the head light glass clear yellow and the wind screen with smoke. Had to put a lot of smoke to make a clear finish. This also made the paint run quite badly leaving me with a small dot in the middle of the screen where there's no paint. Not that visible though.
Mirrors are painted black and Alclad gold and the black areas are covered with Scale motorsport CF decals. Molded in rivets are sanded and Model Factory Hiro rivets installed. Inside of the cowling was supposed to get CF treatment but I was satisfied with flat black. I put two washers on the inside to recreate mirror fittings. Enjoy.









The lower cowl and side cowls come in one piece. On the front side of the lower cowl there is a V-shape. I've painted this one Alclad gold and installed Studio 27 mesh from the inside. Side cowls are cut on an earlier stage. Inside is painted flat black and the panel line is painted with a Gundam marker.
Sorry for the bad lighting.









Front fender is painted flat black on the inside. Two Model Factory Hiro rivets installed on each side. If you missed out on it earlier on this fender comes from a GP500 Yamaha YZR.



I testfitted the seat and tank cowls on the frame with engine installed. Frame is so far painted Alclad gold, white parts will be flat black.



Best regards
Joel

[pjesus]

Hey, it's coming along great!

Too bad you can hardly see the CF in the headlight housing with the yellow-ish window. but it sure looks nice!

Looking forward to seeing that swingarm!!!