Malcolm and I have been working on transforming my FXR from Bucket Commuter to FXR Racer only. Most of you will remember this wee gem, the cardboard number board was genius, well I reckon anyway:
After three weekends of grinding, welding and sanding and bogging the bike started to take form. Won't bore you with all the painting and bogging photo's (I was kind of proud of myself, lol) I did all the cleaning and sanding / bogging (not a great job for my first time but OK) and Malcolm did all the hard work. Look at the lack of all those pesky wires!
Three weekends and a few days later and we have:
I am really stoked with the results so far and happy with the lack of cost involved with the transformation. Most of the $$ saved was because I have an awesome BF who has the patience, tools and skills available to him. The rest was minimal $$ for paint which was not really necessary. I also learned some new skills myself! Patience was not one of them!!
I am posting this thread up to a) Show people that an FXR is simple to transform and b) does not have to be costly.
This FXR has cost me less than $1000 all up at the point it is now. The engine has been round the clock (almost) so I may be on the look out for a new engine soon, still a cheap bucket.
Now to quieten the exhaust..... See ya'll at the NI Series!
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Originally Posted by F5 Dave
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