Wow, I can’t believe how well the bike is coming together. It’s not back together yet, but a major part of getting it put back together is hunting down all the parts we need. When I estimated the price for our parts list we were looking at close to $2500 if we bought all the parts from the dealership. I knew it would be a lot cheaper getting them off Ebay and the YZF600r forums, but I still figured we’d take a big hit before our friend/my cousin has a chance to pay us back.

I’m happy to say I’ve already got most of the major parts we need, and I’m still sitting below that $1000 mark. Our biggest concern have been the front forks. We found one set on Ebay that sold very quickly. I’ve called numerous motorcycle junkyards all over the country with no luck. The cheapest price I’ve found anywhere for a brand new set, $324.26 EACH. Yeah, that’s a big blow.

Hubby finally tracked down a set on the 600r forums, and it looks like I got my wish. We found a full set for under $300 including shipping!

For now our plastics are still usable to get it to a point where it’s just ridable. I don’t care what it looks like. We’ll rock a rat bike all summer if we’ve got to. So really right now all we need to get it on the road, the front seat, front rim, front rotors, passenger pegs, r6 battery tray, front stay, and r6 battery.

The mounting blocks for the subframe are being machined this weekend, and then we’ll be able to weld the blocks to the new subframe and the existing bike frame. Just to get an idea what it’s going to look like Hubby tied the subframe up last night and suspended it roughly where it will sit. It looks hilarious though. He couldn’t find a rope around here long enough to suspend it, so he used a long CAT6 cable I had lieing around. He better be glad the subframe doesn’t weigh much!

I figured it would take at least a couple months to get everything back together meaning we’d miss most of this year’s riding season.  Looks to me like it’s going to be complete by the end of the month if we stay on top of everything, 4th of July at the latest!  Yeah!