My Suzuki Katana ay50 2004 project

hi everyone, ive recently bought a suzuki ay50 that i got off ebay, i bought the bike to use as a project just to kill some time, here are some pictures of what the bike looked like at purchase..











picture dont give justice on how SH*T the bike looked, the exhaust was falling off (exhaust engine mount snapped!) the bike was scraped and scratched all over, had a couple of cracks in the fairing and the indicators were taped on.

so.. i took the bike home and decided the best thing to-do first was to clean the bike and take the horrible Learner plate off the rear numberplate..







then i went out to a local hardware store and bought a bracket for the new Learner plate to sit on..





i then went out and bought some grips from my local motorbike shop..





the rear indicators needed to go..



the next step was to replace them with something more modern, so i ordered some new indicators and later that week they arrived..



the second they came through the door i went to my ped to fit them





then i decided the exhaust had to go, then had great difficulty getting the bolt out from the head, GRRR...



but i didnt give up there, WD - 40 and some strong will power



off it came!!! was only held on by one seized up bolt :/

here are some pictures of what it looks like so far after a clean up









that is it for now will be carrying on from monday onwards

 

went out to the bike today and was thinking of what colour to spray the bike, i had many thoughts and have been thinking about this for a long time! so i looked at everyone elces peds on here on scootershack and decided that i didnt want to have a 'paint' job as such, so i have planned to get sticker bomb books 2 & 3 to sticker bomb the outside pannels of my ped after that i will apply 5-6 layers of clear cote! this will protect the stickers from the weather theres allways someone who wants to be different.. pics soon to follow..

 

look's proper clean now, good job! i have one of those books and there's plenty of stickers so don't be worried about running out

 

thanks, yes cant wait for the book to arrive, will post pics as soon as its done

 

Hello again, still waiting on the sticker bomb books to arrive, so couldn't do much today, however i did go to halfords and bought some tyre cleaner and some adhesive..



i cleaned the bike up all over and if i do say so myself it looks stunning (aside the paint job),(going to be stickerbombed), here are some pictures of the cracks i used the adhesive on, and also the bike as it stands for now..

















I also went to halford again... haha.. and bought some lacquer for when ive stickerbombed the bike to make the stickers waterproof! and resistant to the weather..



more to come soon..

 

halfords clear lacquer is not the best. it as an bad finish and its not hard so cant be polished.

you need a 2k clear, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2K-Clear-..._Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item43bb6d1887
only thing thats better is a spray shop

 

ok, thanks for the info will look into this

 

Went out and bought this to polish & clean the engine up.. but got the wrong polish!!! grrr...

 

small update; took the stickers off today to find the bike was badly scraped down the front fairing. grrrr! annoyed that it was hidden under a sticker, allthough not the end of the world, just means more sanding i suppose. still annoying tho..








that is it for now, update soon to come.

 

just to update, the project is still ongoing however because of work i have not as much time for the project,however i still have my days off next thing to-do that ive started doing is preparing the pannels (sanding down) to make them smooth ready for paint and stickers, pics of how it stands now..









will be doing more preparing tomorrow ..

 

half done, used stickerbook and laqure so have to order more, to be continued, pics..






one of a kind.

 

arent you going to take the panels off to get the edges?

 

yes, as soon as the other stickers arrive, ive ordered different ones for round the edges, simply because they need to be stronger stickers on the edges

 

and the mud guard is getting deleted looool

 

use heat when putting the sticking on the edge. if you pit a sticking on a sharp bend it will want to bubble or peal off, heating the plastic makes it hold the new shape better

 

Yeah ok thats mad

 

anyone know what could be wrong with the bike, started it today and lots of smoke comes out the exhaust and dosent stop after being left running, also im left with a puddle of oil on the floor directly under the manifold, anyone know what itis?

 

sorry also the bike sounds like the revs keep getting higher and higher... ?

 

oil pump seals. Flooding the case. Should clear after about 5 minutes. But need to sort it.

 

Forgot to add, got the same problem with the one i'm doing at the moment.