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#1 · (Edited)
All right, bought my baby 2007 summer in bone stock condition with 16k kms on clocks and my sincere intention was to keep it close to that, just some small mods OEM style.

Couple days after getting her home:


First things to go were those hideous stock turn signals and rear fender assembly, rear light has signals integrated and front signals are self made:



After my gf got a bad burn on her leg, stock slip-on was changed to a one with a bit more sound and a bit less weight and heat.


While doing 18k kms service on the bike I noticed secondary butterflys were stuck open and bought myself a second set of throttle bodies to address the problem. Turns out it's the ecu that's faulty. Also added some stainless steel brake lines front and a K&N filter.

In autumn made the cauge color swap to see those revs better, helped a bit but analog tach is seriosly needed:


Last days before taking the bike for it's winter sleep installed HIDs for some improved visibility on dark roads:



During winter got my hands on a kit ecu (thanks for MeangreenRR, eventually :D) which solved the problem for those secondary valves too.

This summer went mostly commuting, nothing special - some new tires, new selfmade front signals, a duck tail.

But this winter is going to be a different story.

This is the situ now:

A lot of stuff is going to be changed, including suspension, brakes, wheels, rear sets, exhaust and color. There will not be a lot of expensive aftermarket stuff though. Stock rear light will be back and front light will have a projector retrofit if everything goes as planned.

I have been postponing this thread times and times for the lack of progress.
Now the frame along with some other parts went for a powder coat. The shop is busy so it will take a week or two to get them back and start putting the bike back together.

Please stay tuned.
 
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#2 ·
Sounds like your sweet ass ride is coming along nicely.
I love the 1st gen 636 in black just so clean & good looking.

cant wait to see what else you end up doing, should be sweet, guessing you are the frame in black?
 
#8 ·
Swap out the stock Master Cylinder for a Brembo Master Cylinder. It made all the difference in the world for me!

does a master cyclinder really make that big of a difference?
 
#10 · (Edited)
Front master will be 07 nissin, as will the calipers. Gonna add some EBC HH pads and braided hoses. But I do need a rear master from 07 cause it's black so it will match the frame and oncoming rearsets. :)

GreenRanger & Warbuk: the cat converter on stock can gets hot as hell (it does need over 400 degrees celcius on the inside to work properly, so it's hot on the outside too) and my girlfriend touched her leg on the can while climbing. Got a real bad burn... :|

But anyways that slip-on is going to be history, got my self full exhaust waiting on top of the shelf. :)

Jesus, it took a while to get it. :D English is not my native, and finnish doesn't have different words for different sexes. :D Have to fix that up immediatly. :D
 
#13 ·
Front master will be 07 nissin, as will the calipers. Gonna add some EBC HH pads and braided hoses. But I do need a rear master from 07 cause it's black so it will match the frame and oncoming rearsets. :)

GreenRanger & Warbuk: the cat converter on stock can gets hot as hell (it does need over 400 degrees celcius on the inside to work properly, so it's hot on the outside too) and my girlfriend touched her leg on the can while climbing. Got a real bad burn... :|

But anyways that slip-on is going to be history, got my self full exhaust waiting on top of the shelf. :)

Jesus, it took a while to get it. :D English is not my native, and finnish doesn't have different words for different sexes. :D Have to fix that up immediatly. :D
Don't sweat it...we were just giving you a hard time. I was guessing that's what you meant.
 
#14 ·
this is what it will look like with a black frame and subframe. i did the swingarm too but no pics of that.


 
#15 ·
Looks sweet... There are chances that the bike might not come out black anymore though... ;)

The oncoming can is titanium but could get my hands on a gixer Micron polished MotoGP for reasonable price.
But I think I'm going with the side exhaust.

GreenRanger: kept laughing for that the whole morning, so don't worry. :)
 
#16 ·
Bought some misc items from Kawi dealer today, $135! And that's with the company discounts I'm getting. :D
Basicly there were swingarm bearings, exhaust gaskets and couple of bolts and washers. Could have done all the latter cheaper but I was just too lazy.

Other than that nothing new. Chances are high to get that frame and stuff back next week. :)
 
#22 ·
Tough-Guy: MC stands for master cylinder, that thingy on your clip-on. ;)

03'636: Your bike is pretty awesome, have seen those pics around times and times. :)
The wheels I have now are matched to forks, with polished lips. I'm gonna see them in place if they'll look good, before I decide what to do with them. They need new bearings anyway so powdering them would come in a good time.

Gonna have silver forks (which might turn black...) and black calipers coming though, so nothing else will be golden and that's one reason to stick with them.
 
#24 ·
Tough-Guy: MC stands for master cylinder, that thingy on your clip-on. ;)
Sooo...why do people keep calling it a "RADIAL MC"? That makes zero sense. Radial calipers vs. axial mount calipers makes sense, radial master cylinders does not.
 
#26 ·
I'm still lost as to what this configuration is people are talking about. I have never heard that term until now. We always just called the masters, never really got all "scientific" about it. lol
 
#28 ·
Hmm... I see what you mean, I just don't get why people are calling it "radial" mount. It would more appropriately be called "vertical" or "perpendicular" rather than radial. Maybe I'm examining this a little too much, but terminology was always stressed by my technical instructor in school.
 
#29 ·
It's amazing how good looking the original 636 is even after 3 new generations. They look hot in black as well! Nice project!

I just bought an 05-06 MC to replace the 03-04 one I have on my 650, I'll let you know what I think once I get it.
 
#30 ·
Rear sets arrived today, as came another packet which presumably contains rear master & caliper...
Those sets are sexy sexy sexy but not going to give up more before I get some pics. ;)

Nothing new on the frame, have to call the shop tomorrow. It does slow down the progress of rebuilding a little bit to not have the frame around... :D
 
#34 ·
OMG, that's like over $800.00 USD. You should have shipped it to me I would do it for a fraction of that.
 
#36 ·
Actually it's $521.00 USD

That is still a lot for powdercoating. I buy powder for $8.00usd a lbs. It takes about 1 1/2 lbs. to do what you are doing.
 
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