Stuntbike: FZR400 Tail...

**ZeroIndex** · 27th June 2007, 08:02

Hey fellow stunters... got my 54 tooth rear sprocket now, and wheelies are a lot easier to get up, and I'm having loads of fun

Problems that I have found though: I'm getting better at keeping the front up and even though I've had the bike very far up (close to scraping the tail-light), I haven't seemed to find balance point yet...

Pretty much all my wheelies so far are sitting down, as my bike being the FZR400RSP, it has the horrible tail that sits quite high at the back which really gets in the way... I'm gonna be chucking a crash cage and a 12 o'clock bar on the little beast when I have money again (hopefully in 2 months), and I'm just trying to get some advice on what I should do about the tail section as it is at the moment (chopping it up etc tips/advice)

*Here's a some pics of the tail of my bike, if someone knows how to fiddle with photoshop or something if they can give me some rough examples?

**mark247** · 27th June 2007, 09:22

Here are a few fantastic ideas i photoshopped up.

haha but, yeah, seriously, you could probably take that rear plastic off and modify it with a grinder and some fibre glass. If you made a decent mold on it out of cardboard or osmething ( i know this sounds rough ) you could probably fibreglass over it easily enough and do an alright job. You will need to have a good muck around with the fibreglass first.

**moT** · 27th June 2007, 18:59

Dude give me a weilder a grinder and some metal and i will make you one for half price! it may look tacky but it will do the job as for your fearing just use concrete tape its the best tape to use better than duct tape

**ZeroIndex** · 27th June 2007, 19:46

Originally Posted by Tom

Dude give me a weilder a grinder and some metal and i will make you one for half price! it may look tacky but it will do the job as for your fearing just use concrete tape its the best tape to use better than duct tape

Cool... sounds like a plan

BTW: I don't have any fairing on the bike anymore...
Am starting to think to make it stronger etc, might be better to rip the rear off and rebuild the rear subframe with a 12bar on it as opposed to mounting a 12bar seperately onto the rear subframe...

...now I just gotta get some money together...

**moT** · 27th June 2007, 20:07

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

Cool... sounds like a plan

BTW: I don't have any fairing on the bike anymore...
Am starting to think to make it stronger etc, might be better to rip the rear off and rebuild the rear subframe with a 12bar on it as opposed to mounting a 12bar seperately onto the rear subframe...

...now I just gotta get some money together...

not a bad idea just make your own subframe just make sure all mounts are the same for the vital bits and add a grind bar... mean! it would be wayy stronger.

**ZeroIndex** · 28th June 2007, 11:57

Still trying to think of the easiest way to chop up my tailsection with as little work as possible... One of the things that is annoying is not having rear footpegs which would help with the whole standup wheelie thingy, and probably almost eliminate the tail chop at the same time...

Argh, this is so frustrating...

**mark247** · 28th June 2007, 12:07

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

Still trying to think of the easiest way to chop up my tailsection with as little work as possible... One of the things that is annoying is not having rear footpegs which would help with the whole standup wheelie thingy, and probably almost eliminate the tail chop at the same time...

Argh, this is so frustrating...

lucky for me i do have rear footpegs and an article on how to make a FZR400 into a F3 race weapon... which includes a bit on how to chop up the rear part of the frame to make it lighter and stuff...

**Kflasher** · 28th June 2007, 12:24

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

Hey fellow stunters... got my 54 tooth rear sprocket now, and wheelies are a lot easier to get up, and I'm having loads of fun

.........my bike being the FZR400RSP and I'm just trying to get some advice on what I should do about the tail section as it is at the moment (chopping it up etc tips/advice)

Hey dude I have the same bike I have chopped at the rear subframe to do a single seater with a wheelie bar at back (unfinished), I have found a few issues with mounting the exup and electrics.
I will do some photos tonight to show you what I have done... I am thinking it may not have been the best Idea.

I am also looking for a rear axle....

**ghostrider** · 28th June 2007, 14:36

grader blade saw horses all round

learn to scrape it raw 1st then put a 12 bar on

**ZeroIndex** · 28th June 2007, 14:56

Originally Posted by Kflasher

Hey dude I have the same bike I have chopped at the rear subframe to do a single seater with a wheelie bar at back (unfinished), I have found a few issues with mounting the exup and electrics.
I will do some photos tonight to show you what I have done... I am thinking it may not have been the best Idea.

I am also looking for a rear axle....

yeah, I'm thinking of modifying the tail 'hump' to make it shorter and to have a hole-style foot rest area like this (SEE PICTURES) + the 12 bar (which by the looks of it on deciding where it's gonna be for 12 square, is exactly where my tail-light is

**ZeroIndex** · 28th June 2007, 14:58

Originally Posted by mark247

lucky for me i do have rear footpegs and an article on how to make a FZR400 into a F3 race weapon... which includes a bit on how to chop up the rear part of the frame to make it lighter and stuff...

Another trick for turning the FZR400 into an F3 Race Weapon is dropping from 15/41 to 14/41 with sprockets, but I'm not after a race weapon, so I got a big chunky 54 tooth rear instead

**Kflasher** · 29th June 2007, 07:24

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

yeah, I'm thinking of modifying the tail 'hump' to make it shorter and to have a hole-style foot rest area like this (SEE PICTURES) + the 12 bar (which by the looks of it on deciding where it's gonna be for 12 square, is exactly where my tail-light is

Hey can't upload images from work, but basiclly cut rear frame off at seat catch, cut lower rails and raised up to mate with upper rails.
I have tried to attach a pdf.

**Drew** · 5th July 2007, 19:06

Originally Posted by Kflasher

Hey can't upload images from work, but basiclly cut rear frame off at seat catch, cut lower rails and raised up to mate with upper rails.
I have tried to attach a pdf.

I did this to my FZR 400, there is a thread around here somewhere, I'm sure a geek could put a link up.

It's incredibly hard to get on the ground, and mine was about a half past ten bar!

GRs comment about draggin the number plate is a good one here, a cock up with a solid twelve bar would create quite a nasty grab effect, where a number plate gives a bit, so it's saveable.