Pigsticker - Yamaha FZR750 OW01

As there seems to be a flurry of bikes being built right now...

I've been working on this one for a while for a CBP on the TPB forum.
Tamiya 1 1/12 kit engine wheels & rear end. Scratchbuilt frame & girders. Revell Chopper Tank modified to fit (fuel in the front - electrics in the back). Thepartsbox 1/18 scale velocity stacks.

Pigsticker because Hogslayer was taken...








The wheels took 3 paintjobs until I managed to get the tyres on without chipping paint off of the rims.

thats lookin tops

Wow that's wild !!!!.......and I likey

I wonder why there ain't more bikes like this in the 1:1 world, would be a hell of a lot cheaper to build than OCC style choppers.

Paul wrote:Wow that's wild !!!!.......and I likey

I wonder why there ain't more bikes like this in the 1:1 world, would be a hell of a lot cheaper to build than OCC style choppers.

suspect it has a lot to do with all the BS red tape u have to get through to get a modified vehicle registered

Spot on dv8.
Getting a full on custom frame registered would mean meeting all the ADRs and getting it past an Engineer.
A lot harder than getting modifications to an existing frame approved (if you even bother).
I imported my (1993) Triumph from the UK and if i'd known how hard it would be to register i'd never have bothered.
1st - Engineers inspection to ensure it met the ADRs. Fine except that I had to change the brake hoses as my aftermarket braided stainless weren't legal here as they were not plastic coated.
$45 for a set of 3 hoses from a wreckers (from god knows what) which were as spongy as hell but met the ADRs and so passed.

2nd. Roadworthy. It failed on discs worn below minimum thickness (fair enough), worn pads (bollocks), worn gear change linkage & indicators not legal (too small & smoked lenses - although they were OK for the engineer who did the ADR inspection!).
$1000 for a set of 3 new discs, same pads, gear linkage shimmed with VB can and the biggest indicators the wreckers had ($15 a pair - orange and the size of chest freezers).

3rd Vic Roads inspection. A very cursory look to check the numbers matched the paperwork.

Needless to say it's now got the old braided steel hoses back on it and I found a set of indicators that are even smaller than the ones they didn't like.