I got this bike from my brother's friend that got it from a junkyard in March. At first I was just going to fix it up to stunt but then I decided to fix it all the way. I got a new frame, new forks, new swingarm, other misc. parts. Painted the wheels and frame with spray can enamel.
Then I had a bad lowside but got lucky as the only things that broke was the instrument cluster and the fairing stay. Both of them had to be replaced anyway as the cluster was already cracked and the stay bent. Also dinged up the tank but it was my bad tank so that was ok.
Then I painted the the plastics with spray paint and clearcoated it out of a gun with 3 part polyurethane. Spray paint is great because it saves a lot of time when working with several colors. The poly clear makes it fuelproof and have a mirror shine. I also got an aftermarket upper and cut out the turnsignal humps out of it and made it flush. The turnsignals are integrated in the mirrors. It ended up pretty well. There is a small chip in the rear left plastic from where I accidently dropped it onto concrete and there's one small run in the clearcoat on the right lower from where the gun hose got caught and yanked the gun.
Also I'd recommend a 180/55 rear tire for the F2/F3. You don't have to worry about running out of sidewall. Even if you're dragging the pegs you'll still have half an inch strip left over. I also put a manual timing chain tensioner in and new friction plates, steel plates, and firm springs.
The first pic is what it was like when I got it, 2nd pic is after I put it back together, 3rd is after the lowside, last is what it looks like today and then her in action.
And she is now for sale as 5 bikes is a bit much: http://sportbikes.net/forums/showthread.php?p=102422#post102422
Then I had a bad lowside but got lucky as the only things that broke was the instrument cluster and the fairing stay. Both of them had to be replaced anyway as the cluster was already cracked and the stay bent. Also dinged up the tank but it was my bad tank so that was ok.
Then I painted the the plastics with spray paint and clearcoated it out of a gun with 3 part polyurethane. Spray paint is great because it saves a lot of time when working with several colors. The poly clear makes it fuelproof and have a mirror shine. I also got an aftermarket upper and cut out the turnsignal humps out of it and made it flush. The turnsignals are integrated in the mirrors. It ended up pretty well. There is a small chip in the rear left plastic from where I accidently dropped it onto concrete and there's one small run in the clearcoat on the right lower from where the gun hose got caught and yanked the gun.
Also I'd recommend a 180/55 rear tire for the F2/F3. You don't have to worry about running out of sidewall. Even if you're dragging the pegs you'll still have half an inch strip left over. I also put a manual timing chain tensioner in and new friction plates, steel plates, and firm springs.
The first pic is what it was like when I got it, 2nd pic is after I put it back together, 3rd is after the lowside, last is what it looks like today and then her in action.
And she is now for sale as 5 bikes is a bit much: http://sportbikes.net/forums/showthread.php?p=102422#post102422