I thought i'd share my on going ( 10 months and counting) project...
So last year I bought a 02 Raptor and completely dissasembled it and sold most of the parts off of it except a few bits that I wanted. I did some measuring and found that with "a little work" it wouldnt be too bad to get a GSXR 1000 motor to fit pretty good. I am using dual radiators so there is no worry of overheating ( well for the most part). The exhaust does hang below the frame by about 2-3" but i'm not slamming the bike to the ground and its mostly just for sand use so i'm not that worried.
So after all the BS of tearing it apart and selling off most of the guts this is what I have come to have sitting around. Its not done yet but I hope to have it finished in the next week or 2 for a trip to the dunes next month.
I am just finishing up the wiring, fuel tank, and then I have to make the swing arm and thats about it...
a few of my goals for this build was to be able to keep the factory air box assembly as many of these "conversions" I have seen were hacked up and did not have the intended performance. I also wanted to mod the plastics and try to keep the more "stock" look to it.
here are a few pics of the progression I've taken.
Here it is with a free set of blue plastics (the ones that are for the bike are black)
Here is how it was a month ago. I now have it mostly apart finishing the last few bits.
The stock swing arm was cut and had a piece of AL welded in there for now, just so i can get some measurements and placement for most of the parts. I have a chromoly one that I will be building shortly.
I live in WA so pretty much anything from Oregon to ST anthony's. I used to live in Phoenix and go to Glamis every month. within 1-3 hrs of me there are 3 good dunes, Beverly, Moses lake, and Juniper Dunes. I wanted to go to Dune Fest in Florence but I've been busy at work.
I was trying to do the same thing with a 600rr motor but since I can't weld found it was going to be quite expensive to pay someone to do that for me. Still like to do it some day......
Its actually not all that bad. I have the bike setup pretty good so the front end doesnt just fly up at your face whenever you hit the throttle. you pretty much gotta be at WOT above 10,000rpms to get the front end to come up without thinkin about it.
I'm still trying to clean everything up so it looks even less hacked up.
Well done!
I wonder how well it would perform on the east coast in the appalachian mountains? No problem getting up the hills just coming to a stop at the top. --OH! watch out for that tree!
I have had it on a few dirt trails and gravel pits before and its actually easy to ride. Turns very easy, doesnt feel any different really than a "normal" quad. just throws dirt and rocks everywhere easier....
I used to go to glamis all the time from 01-03 when I lived in AZ. I hope maybe next year I can make it down there some time.
I got a new chain for it and a few other little bits that i'm going to fix before i have any problems with them. I think we're going back out again in about 4 weeks....
holy crap the R1 raptor is LONG and it has a huge swingarm, is that swingarm homemade??
looks kinda scary actually.
Id love to do this one day but i wanna keep it as original as possible so its nice and short. I do trail riding so exhausts hitting rocks are a huge issue since the trail is full of rocks.
I keep on looking at builds and they all freak me out at how big they get.
Still havent found a spare 660 frame here in canada or a rolling chassis 660 or yfz450
Its a custom built tank made from .063 5052. Its about 3.8 gallons. It fits between the throttles and the seat.
I actually currently have the bike all torn apart, cleaning, tweaking, and painting the frame. I also have the motor apart going through it. Doing some head work, larger cams, and a few other bits. Hope to get it closer to 200whp up from the 170ish whp that it was. I will post up some pics next week of the progress.
I'll be down at coos bay the last week of march if anyone wants to meet up. I got a whole bunch of people heading down from WA.
very nice build ... im wanting to do something similar with my old 450 frame thats just laying around but i was just going to go with a r6 cuz my buddy has a spare that im gana get from him
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