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Here's some pictures of my 1996 Katana 600. I was practicing for the cone test in the first couple of pics - ones a close up so you can see the original condition of the bike a little more clearly, although the fairing damage on the right side doesn't show up too well, the purple seat does.
The last pic is it's present state as of Friday before I took it in the garage for an extended visit.. I painted the seats with duracoat (I own a gun shop, it was handy), flat blacked the frame, and did a temporary repair on the seats with black duct tape so they wouldn't soak my ass after sitting in the rain... also got the rust off the forks with CLP and some elbow grease, cleaned and greased the chain.
I've got about 50 hours of maintenance on the bike so far - the bulk of this was just getting it to start & run - that took the better part of two weeks. I've put about 900 miles on the bike so far, and yes, I passed my test at the DMV and got my M on my license!!
I paid nothing for the bike - guy owed me $500 and we cleared the debt for the title. I have put about $250 in parts, solvents, and paint in to it so far, have $250 in tires sitting in the garage waiting to go on. I also have $1276 in parts on the way right now, so in a couple of weeks it'll look much better (I hope!!).
The last pic is it's present state as of Friday before I took it in the garage for an extended visit.. I painted the seats with duracoat (I own a gun shop, it was handy), flat blacked the frame, and did a temporary repair on the seats with black duct tape so they wouldn't soak my ass after sitting in the rain... also got the rust off the forks with CLP and some elbow grease, cleaned and greased the chain.
I've got about 50 hours of maintenance on the bike so far - the bulk of this was just getting it to start & run - that took the better part of two weeks. I've put about 900 miles on the bike so far, and yes, I passed my test at the DMV and got my M on my license!!
I paid nothing for the bike - guy owed me $500 and we cleared the debt for the title. I have put about $250 in parts, solvents, and paint in to it so far, have $250 in tires sitting in the garage waiting to go on. I also have $1276 in parts on the way right now, so in a couple of weeks it'll look much better (I hope!!).
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