After a month or so I got this beautiful looking photo in my whatsapp, and this did put a smile back on my face. The 2002 fairing set was sourced and also had a matching cowl this time.
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This was truly one of the most legendary bikes of its era.
It sure was and still turns head by the plenty, everyone has seen the Panigale, 10R and the S1000RR, this always piques interest of people who have never seen this bike before. I have had many more enquiries on this bike then the others I have owned while out on a spin.
Coming back to part 2 of our story, I got connected with Yassar and he told me that they had prepped the bike for me to pick up the next day when they realised that the bike was running dry and they should get it fuelled up. The mechanic took it to the pump nearby and while returning had a slip on oil spill, since it was night he did not see the oil spill and could do nothing to save the bike from falling. Luckily since it was close to garage, he was at very low speed and bike just low sided and thank god that he was wearing a helmet so he only had some minor injuries and bruises. The bike low sided on the right side which led to cosmetic damage to the bike. Luckily I had the frame sliders which took major impact and there was no damage to the engine. This was the photos I got.
Along with the fairings there was a damage on the clip on and the front headlight cowl, luckily the headlights had no damage. The last damage was a dent on the tank. He was very sorry about the incident and felt extremely bad that a project that we had almost finished is going to take some more time. He told me that he will make sure that the bike is returned in a much better shape and form compared to how he received it. Where in I was feeling sad about the incident, I was also relieved that the mechanic walked away with minor injuries. Bikes can be fixed and made better, Bones never repair the same. I told Yassar to forget about what happened and get the guy medical attention, and we will get back to bike after few weeks.
After few weeks I called Yassar and told him to dispose of the old fairing set as I was always planning to inverse the colour scheme from 2003 to 2002, I had posted about it here in the thread also, he said he will take care of sourcing the fairings.
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Design 3 (Stock 2002) (will remove some more yellow from this and make it black, mudguard for example, yellow will also be matte yellow and not glossy)
After a month or so I got this beautiful looking photo in my whatsapp, and this did put a smile back on my face. The 2002 fairing set was sourced and also had a matching cowl this time.
This meant that with body kit sorted, next we had to take care of the tank dent and paint it. Yassar went all out and sourced OEM Honda paint and after tinkering the bike was sent for painting for a super gloss finish.
OEM Paint that Honda uses.
Some photos from painting and curing steps.
From here
To here, we came a long way.
All the parts were ready, next was to source all the cosmetic parts, we ordered a new set of upper panels, the right side clip on, windscreen, new switches and whole new bolts and screws to give the bike a brand new look.
T-Stem was taken out to check for any possible dents or misalignment.
After confirming it was in absolute perfect state, greased and ready to go back in.
This particular part had lost paint due to the key chain, I think the previous painter could have done a much better job.
All fixed now.
The new upper panels.
Some new Ball Bearings.
This meant all the heavy lifting was done, now all that remained was to put everything together to hopefully finish a project that I thought will be done in 2 weeks, but was now finally nearing completion after almost 2 Years.
The work finally begins to put it all together.
In my next and hopefully last post for this restoration, I will take you through a photo journey of setting up everything and how the final product showed up.
Stay Tuned.
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