Cutting into a Kan-a-tuna

well here it is. 97 Katana 600. Just bashed up. most fairings are cracked up. fairing mounts bent, bashed, broken ot just plain misssing.


I have some work ahead of me.

 

Another squid bites the dust? I know absolutely nothing about the bikes owner but most people I see with paint jobs like that ride in tank tops and shorts. You definately have alot of work ahead of you. Looking forward to your progress pics.

Rollin

 

Yikes! :fear:

 

I'm starting day 3 on it today. Man these are ugly bikes. Enter the SawzAll.

 

so what is this one gonna be??

 

That tank looks like something went "splat" all over it.

 

Streetfighter-nakid bike if I can pull it off. Pics maybe late tonite of progress.

 

About 0015 hrs local time here. in the shop posting on the mobil site huffing fiberglass fumes from the tail swap.

 

those were some of the worst bikes ever made. Why are you wasting your time?

 

I don't think it was one of the "worst bikes ever made" but I do agree with Keager about it being a waste of time. My 04 Tuna is a pretty sexy bike after much $$$ and painful labor hours in the garage. It sounds great with a Two Brothers slip on and it makes a decent "daily driver". That said, I think its worth about 2500 bucks on a good day. I decided to take the Tuna to the track in Louden last year to see how she would run...well, nothing but disappointment. She had enough power to get me around the track and actually held he own on the front straight, but the brakes gave up quick and the stock suspension gave up shortly after. It's been a reliable rider,,but that's it, that's all and nothing else.

 

Bothering with it cause it's a bike for a guy's wife after he upgraded to a BlackBird. And if I can make it a bit cooler and make a few $ all the better.
One weekend in on it....

 

so maybe not the worst bike ever made, but as far as sport bikes go, they defiantly are in that list.

 

I still wanna keep watching the progress on the old Tuna. Anything that rides is worth a few weekends in the garage. Nothing feels better than to bring old junk back to life. I'd be interested in what the $investment$ is in this little project is.

 

VFRHusband is my hero. Nothing daughts him.

 

I just came up with a brilliant idea. Can your daughter get some explosives from the Army base?

Rollin

 

I like the Katanas......

 

The $ invested in this thing so far is about $15 in a can of fiberglass. Add to that whatever it end up costing me in paint. The tail was in my "spare" stuff on a shelf off an old Honda FT500. The rest is just my time and I enjoy the challange of the IMO UGLY Katana. After priceing out new plastics all around and all the missing and bent to hell mounting brackets it's going to cost the owner a fraction of just fixing it back to stock.

 

Where I at the last couple days...

 

at least you got rid of those hideous flames......LOL.... looking good as usual
maybe you should start a bike related reality show.... you would have to hire some dude that you could yell at and then go outside and blow shit up while he works his butt off....