This post is a follow up to this post: https://sidyoung.com/zx9r-crash-and-rebuild/
During my holiday break I spent two days working on the zx9.
Tasks completed include:
- Cleaned the frame free of grease, oil and dust.
- Cleaned front end and removed front wheel and guard.
- Assembled Dashboard back onto top clamp.
- Assembled front fairing Ram-Air parts
- Removed the tail section as it is damaged and the hand grip on the left side has scratches on it as well.
- Installed new rear blinker. The aftermarket ones have leads that are too short so I needed to make extenders from the original blinker assembly.
- Re-fitted the headlight after doing a test fit into fairing first.
- Installed top fairing mounting bracket (had it powder coated back to satin black).
TODO
This week I will route out the front blinker mounting holes to fit factory blinkers. Once that’s done, I can mount the front fairing.
The test fit of the headlight revealed that the mountings are posts in the new fairing but clip mounting in the old fairing. I tapped out the holes to make sure the screws will fit correctly. Everything appears to line up OK.
Fairing assembly
I washed all the original RAM Air parts in detergent and then fitted them into the fairing. The fit is not bad but not perfect like the factory originals. I needed to also fit some new
Assembly is almost complete, need blinkers and then a test fit on the bike.
Final shot for the day, test fit of headlight, appears to align correctly to mounting posts and headlight cutout.
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