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LKey
Joined: 06 Jun 2018 Posts: 6 Location: Queensland
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:31 am Post subject: NEW YB7 OWNER |
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Hello everybody,
I'm new to this forum. I've been a member of the 400greybike forum for quite a while.
Boris (Evilchicken0) sent me a link to your forum. Thanks again for that
I recently acquired this beauty.
She looks a bit sad at the moment, but she will soon be a Bimota YB7 again.
I'm planning to use her as a track bike.
I do not have the original fairing.
I'm wondering if there is another fairing that fits the bike.
Does anybody here race a YB7 (or know someone that does) and use another fairing, rather than the original genuine Bimota part?
Thanks in advance.
and yes I will upgrade those forks |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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GeeKay
Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 1767 Location: West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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welcome to the forum. Can't help you with your fairing problem, but wish you success.
Unless my spare Tesi 1D body work could be made to fit............... _________________ Bimota SB6 and Benelli TNT 899S road bikes.
Beta Techno trials iron. Project bikes:- Suzuki V4 500, TS185 cafe racer, XR11/71, Kettle/Katana, TDRGV250, OR50, Gag125,Triumph T595 and a Triumph X75 Hurricane replica.
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laminator
Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 320 Location: Midlands
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a spare airbox top if you need one.
Good luck with the rebuild. _________________ Bimotas, Yamaha FZR 2TK, Honda NC30, MV Agusta F3 800, Aprilia RS250 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Why do any new members never fill out the Profile boxes....where you live...interests...hobbies etc......Just a country will do....helps us to help you...no point saying "I have a spare fairing"...if you live 10,000miles away....and helps us gauge our responses if we know your interests/job...if youre a bike mechanic then we dont need to step you through one by one...etc
Welcome to the Forum by the way....some task ahead of you....I'd start by tracing previous owners...bodywork will be somewhere no doubt....do you have a tank and seat cover/unit? |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a good response from 2 bims, normally hes grumpy _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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LKey
Joined: 06 Jun 2018 Posts: 6 Location: Queensland
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the warm welcome
Boris:
I've contacted Moto Forza (the YB8 fairing is way to big)
Laminator:
Thank you for the offer. I have a spare airbox
2Bims:
Advice accepted.
I've updated my profile. (Your location is "Posts: 4976"? )
Unfortunately I'm anything but a trained mechanic.
Distance has never been an issue for me.
Yes I have a tank and seat cover/unit. Might take a mould of it.
I'm actually trying to find out whether there is any non Bimota fairing kind of matching the YB7. Something which would be easily replaceable if I would get a bit too confident on the track
[img[/img] _________________ YB7 (nice one), YB7 (not so nice yet), FZR400SP2TK, Laverda 500SFC, Laverda 500 Formula |
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pkay
Joined: 16 Dec 2016 Posts: 150 Location: Brizvegas
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:57 am Post subject: |
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Hey Lkey
Welcome and hello from Queensland- I have a YB7 also.
Where did you get your bike from? If it was old friends at Simca (or his son) at Springwood he has quite a few Bimota parts and may be able to if not source then at least send you in the right direction (I bought my YB7 from him). Given he also does smash repairs he'll be able to answer your fairing questions. Simon is a motorcycle nut and been in the industry for years. I'd probably go and see him face to face then lob up out of the blue. _________________ pkay
SB6, YB7 and many other assorted Euro and Jap bikes and one Triumph....... |
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pkay
Joined: 16 Dec 2016 Posts: 150 Location: Brizvegas
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:57 am Post subject: |
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Hey Lkey
Welcome and hello from Queensland- I have a YB7 also.
Where did you get your bike from? If it was old friends at Simca (or his son) at Springwood he has quite a few Bimota parts and may be able to if not source then at least send you in the right direction (I bought my YB7 from him). Given he also does smash repairs he'll be able to answer your fairing questions. Simon is a motorcycle nut and been in the industry for years. I'd probably go and see him face to face then lob up out of the blue. _________________ pkay
SB6, YB7 and many other assorted Euro and Jap bikes and one Triumph....... |
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LKey
Joined: 06 Jun 2018 Posts: 6 Location: Queensland
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:46 am Post subject: |
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Hi pkay
no I didn't buy from Simca
Both bikes were bought in Japan
But asking Simon about other fairings is a good idea - thanks _________________ YB7 (nice one), YB7 (not so nice yet), FZR400SP2TK, Laverda 500SFC, Laverda 500 Formula |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:21 am Post subject: |
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The main issue with 90's bimotas is their original "one-piece" clamshell fairing....that gains its strength from being one piece....and only really fixes to the bike in 2 positions on each side.....theres 2 others at headlight frame brackets but really thats for wing mirrors.....Thus theres very few mounting points to fit anything else to it without making up frame brackets, drilling, welding etc....I'd say FZR400/FZ600 etc...but fairings for those 90's bikes may also be in short supply...I have seen a Bimota DB2 that had a Ducati 916 fairing grafted onto it.....so thats a ducati engine bike with a Ducati fairing....and width of engine and layout, rads etc...you'd be best looking at bikes/Fairings from the same engine manufacturer.....there are a lot of in-line 4's out there |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Evilchicken0 wrote: |
Thats a good response from 2 bims, normally hes grumpy |
_________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum Lkey. I'm also in QLD but live in Mackay. Although I'm currently laid up in St Andrews hospital in Brisvegas... I had shoulder surgery today. I love the 400's and currently race a Honda 400 (hence the recently busted shoulder )
Cheers
Brian _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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brian wrote: |
Welcome to the forum Lkey. I'm also in QLD but live in Mackay. Although I'm currently laid up in St Andrews hospital in Brisvegas... I had shoulder surgery today. I love the 400's and currently race a Honda 400 (hence the recently busted shoulder )
Cheers
Brian |
Yeah but it's only an nc29 _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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Bud977
Joined: 03 Mar 2013 Posts: 525 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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The added complication with a replacement race fairing is that it will need an enclosed belly pan if you plan to race it.
MotoForza make a nice lightweight fairing for the YB8 but, apart from not suiting the YB7, it's not enclosed on the bottom. |
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