GPX Project

[Spuddy]

Firstly, to address the people who are inevitably going to ask why I would bother spending money i will never get back on a GPX: a few main reasons;

• I like the GPX - to me they are this everlasting staple of 250 riders, and theyre pretty iconic too, having been pretty much unchanged for 20 or so years.
• I always wanted to keep this bike as a commuter, even after i get a larger machine - fuel efficiency and a pretty large tank equal large distances between fuel stations!
• With the introduction of the new Ninja 250, the resale price of the GPX is going to go one of two ways - either theyll go down, or theyll turn into a collectors item! (im guessing the former)
• I learned on this bike - i had a stack when i was on my L's, I had the typical stop-drops, and i had this last stack 7 months ago... its not exactly in pristine condition, and repairing it to new would seem kinda boring...
• I do things that seem odd just to be unique... I always have. Sometimes, its the stupider the better, but mostly the big appeal is that you just dont have modded GPX's here, and so it will be different.

Some of you may remember this thread, which has been a bit of inspiration.

Some may remember this thread, which is the first step of modification to my bike.

I've always liked fighters and fighteresque bikes, and mentally toyed with the idea of a fightered GPX, but couldn't justify hacking into mine when it was still in good condition, especially when people dont usually keep their 250's longer than a year.

So to fix that problem I threw it down the road back in December, and its had cracks in the fairings and missing a screen ever since (see images).

So this is what I want to do;

• Fairing chop: Something very similar to the Ninjatard (see 1st link above).
• New headlight(s)/headlight fairing: Not sure which way im swinging here, i havent seen anything that really catches my eye and makes me want it... I like the simple twin headlight setup, but that seems a little default... or there is headlight fairings, many of which look really cool, problem is you have either cheap and nasty or super-nice but kinda costly...

The above two obviously presents their own problems with things that currently attach to the front fairing, like;

• Mirrors: probably bar end ones, i like the CRG Lanesplit mirrors, but that could be because i havent really thought about it much
• Indicators: Probably custom rig of some variety - maybe attached to the new and improved side fairings or to the sides of the headlight fairing, depending on which way i decide there...
• To bellypan or not to bellypan: Not sure if i want to keep the bellypan there, the headers are by no means attractive, and i could pretty easily leave it attached as is - it bolts on just in front of the foot pegs on both sides and just under the radiator - but it also usually bolts to the front fairing so i would need a bit of chopping to make it look less like 'something should be attached here'

The 'supplementary' list:

• Bars: Woodcraft make some lowered risers which lower the riding position by about an inch - not much but any lower and they would collide with the oddly shaped/positioned tank. They arent cheap though, and dont look much different from the stockers so im undecided here. Maybe something completely different.
• Exhaust: Thinking a 2 into 1 kit for my zorsts, although... again, if i could do something like that ninjatard i would be very happy, and would clean up the rear of this bike a lot.
• Tail: I'm pretty much unimpressed with the tail end of this bike, again the one in the ninjatard is pretty cool but he has done some frame chopping to achieve it and it looks like it may have pretty severly weakened the whole tail section of the frame. I'm a pretty small dude and im not that concerned that my weight alone would cause buckling of the frame if i chopped it up, but have a prang or hit a pothole and it could be a very different story.
• Colour: I'm halfway between a matt black, and a white... completely undecided and subject to change.

Budget comes into play a little here - only in that if its real expensive it will take longer... if i really like an idea i'll damn well save my pennies rather than scratch it off due to price...

I'm posting before I do anything basically because I want ideas and (for some unknown reason ) I respect the opinion of the members on these forums, especially the usual mob that frequent this section. So any ideas on any aspect of this project are completely welcome.

[semi]

I think you should hacksaw your mirrors, personally.

[Spuddy]

Originally Posted by semi

I think you should hacksaw your mirrors, personally.

I like the idea, but only because it would be a good stress reliever to hack into them at the end of a work day

what do you mean Sam?

[Stephan]

Good onya! Have fun with the project!

[Weapon_X]

sounds like a cool project!

[rudleo]

yeh. go the gpx motard! would be a pretty interesting thread if u decided to go down that path..

good luck with it

[arwon]

Street fighter GPX with mono rear seat ( race ducktail off a new 2008 fireblade ) with a dump pipe like the Taylormade or the standard pipe on the KTM RC8.

[Spuddy]

Originally Posted by arwon

Street fighter GPX with mono rear seat ( race ducktail off a new 2008 fireblade ) with a dump pipe like the Taylormade or the standard pipe on the KTM RC8.

Hahaha what a mutt the bike would look like then

anyone with any suggestions as to the headlight fairing/where to get? I've looked at ausfr, nothing really grabs my attention yet, except for maybe these... opinions?

[esquire]

Check out Moto Madness. Prices seem pretty good and they ship worldwide.

Streetfighter risers handlebars levers

[Spuddy]

seems you get what you pay for, with this kind of thing
ive always quite liked the Demon headlight fairing but it is an offroader only thing... it looks cheap and nasty, and doesnt have low/high beam...

[Milo]

I will keep an eye on this. I got a bright green GPX.

Might steal some ideas. See what suits me.
So far done.... nothing
Added an extra 1 tooth to the front sprocket. Thats it.

[nicka]

good choice, like to see a modded gpx

[Weapon_X]

so whats the progress spudmeister?

[Spuddy]

nada as yet - cashola is first roadblock, headlights dont come cheap

probably going with the twin lights, maybe a screen above it in the future

[Murley]

Do you want a 13T front sprocket? I have one lying around you can have, was going to put it on my GPX but I fear the whole back end will fall off (it's a super bunky '91)

[Spuddy]

sure, ill take it off ya hands. Havent thought long and hard about a sprocket change actually...

[Murley]

It'll cut your top end but give you better poke overall, should really help the low end on the GPX - I just had a rear sprocket change done on the Ninj this morning, +4 on the back (thanks K-Tec!), feels heaps better throughout the rev range however on the Freeway feels like I'm stuck in fifth and it maxes out at only 160 now, oh well - that was to be expected! Gets there a lot quicker but

I'll bring it to the next ride that you'll be on

[Spuddy]

bompin dis

I've been busy saving pennies (and purchasing other toys ) but I've decided to pull the finger out and get this done, my target date for 'phase 1' is the end of August.

I'm pretty set on getting these so I really just need to sort out mirrors and indicators (or a sexy mirror/indicator combination) so i'd love some opinions and some links! I'm wanting to go bar-end for the mirrors, i like the look of the CRG hindsight lanesplit mirrors, but theyre pretty costly and im struggling to find somewhere good to get them from.

So, collective, please lend me your brains!

Cheers,

[Bendito]

So you want bar end mirrors?
Search for bar end mirrors in thread title on here and you'll find a few different kinds.


Shouldn't have much of a problem mounting indicators on the mount for that light.

Time to stop procrastinating and buy something

[Spuddy]

yeah i want suggestions for the mirrors, whats good, what sucks, dont buy from here, this shop is good, etc