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German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:29 pm
by Dominik
Hey ho guys,
time has come to show you some pictures and information of my 400. It´s an L3 with around 50.000 km now.
I rebuilt it to make it better and lighter but it needs to pass the german TÜV so I had to follow some rules...

However, take yourself a look:

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It´s not finished at all and will get a new design in silver/ black/ white with brushed alloy accents.
Right now it weighs around 150kg without fuel.

Mods:
-Kawasaki ER6/ Verys 650 rims, lighter Z750 sprocket carrier and damper
-Lighter Front (300mm) and Rear (220mm) Discs
-Brembo rear brake caliper (one piston only)
-Oil cooler removed, fitted an alloy connection with included temperature "feeler"
-Engine work, lighter Flywheel, modded oem Airbox and Carbs
-Zx6r Rear Shock
-Dellorto Vacuum Fuel Pump
-Single Seat unit with PC40 Rear light fitted (integrated indicators), Rear frame modded and lightened
-Brembo Braking-Pump front and rear (with integrated reservoir)
-Braided Hoses front and rear
-Koso Rx2 Tachometer
-Jollymoto Carbon Endcan
-Modded Oem Rear Sets
-Alloy Sidestand
-Hollow Handlebar and swingarm axle (thanks for translating banner!)
-Alloy Bolts here and there
-Lightech Carbon mirrors
-Afam 3D lightweight racing chain, modded front sprocket, alloy rear sprocket
-smaller coolant reservoir

Still to come:
-electrical wate pump with silicon hoses and alloy tubes
-Higher Racing windshield
-Lightweight polyester fairing
-Zx6r Front forks with monoblocks and 280mm discs
-Uk Headlights
-Good Downpipes
-some more enginge work till around 70 rwhp

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:26 am
by banner001
Hollow handlebars and swingarm is what you wrote.

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:35 pm
by CaNsA
How much of that bike German?
:smt005

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:38 am
by Dominik
Huh? And i thought no one would realise that...
Well license plate is and maybe some selfmade parts if you want

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:01 am
by Dominik
Some news, it´s slowly getting finished :)

Mra Racing windshield
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Gearing Linkage removed, more direct (inverse) shifting
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Rear Brake, master cylinder and caliper finished. I also made a lighter and adjustable bar.
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some selfmade nuts, saving alsmost 100g (rearwheel, swingarm axle and top yoke nuts)
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New fairing. Tank is getting brushed today :) Fender will be carbon with the zx6r fork lying around here
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Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:08 am
by richyrd5
:smt023 .some nice mods done there chap..looking good....some good ideas as well winks

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:38 pm
by Dominik
Thanks :)

Couldn´t do the fuel tank as far as I wanted... Surface is prepared for finish only. Hope I´m getting finished tomorrow :smt015
If you ever wondered how the tank might look without... well without anything: now you know ;)

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Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 11:19 am
by Dominik
Green is getting rarer...

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Alternative headlight mounting as there was none in this nose cone. You can uninstall the front mask pretty fast now^^ The mirrors will be mounted on the handle bars soon
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Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:52 pm
by Dominik
I started installing the Zx6r Front fork today. Pretty good, all measurements are done and distances will be made this weekend. The Uk-Front light came today and was installed (half) today either. Thank you banner for shipping and help!

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Tankcover went carbon/white from green/white
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First hang in with 280mm front discs

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Special made part for Koso RX2 speedometer, fits zx6r fork as much as the zxr 400 one

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Tadaa, half installed UK-headlights. Almost a pound lighter and looks much better! Only need another cable as our loom has only one...
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Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:31 am
by banner001
no worries bud, build is looking good!

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:37 pm
by Dominik
Finished! :excited

Weight: 144kg / 317lbs with everything but fuel
Power: ~65rwhp

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I´ll gather some experience with the new suspension and tell you how it works after some rides ;)

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:36 am
by richyrd5
smiler sweet;!

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:07 am
by masterofinsanity
nice!! where did you get the carbon tank cover from?

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:08 am
by Dominik
Hi,
this isn´t a real carbon cover. It´s the standard one covered with a 3D-foil with elevated carbon pattern. Did this myself and worked quite ok but not overall. That´s the reason why the area where the tubes go in are still white.

Cheers

Re: German Zxr 400 L3 - Lightweight & Road Legal

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:29 pm
by Flatcap
Good work! With all the weight saving, make sure you don't put any weight on otherwise you wasted a lot of time and money :smt003