Oh yeah.. After my "rims" comment I meant to say that this is just one astounding bike. Fantastic job. :thumbup:

 

Wow, Ruby... that's an amazing-looking bike you built there! I love it. It looks so good (and comfortable)!

Ride it in good health! :thumbup:

 

Really amazed at all the positive comments from everybody. Feel very honoured. Thanks guys. On holiday in Spain at the moment where the sun is shining and the roads are twisty. Wish I could have packed the Daytona in the hand luggage!

 

Wow just checked out this thread for the first time and i have to say that is seriously one amazing piece of machinery. Really its gorgeous, i personally think it should be an article in a magazine. Nice work!!!! Good luck with her on the road.

 

Thanks Lone Dog, glad you like her. I dropped an email to one of the UK bikes mags about a month ago, but no reply yet.

 

Well done Ruby!

Now I think you should take a Speed and turn it into a fully fairing-ed sport bike (Daytona 1050?). It will probably be a lot easier, assuming you can find fairings that are at least close to fitting.

Scott

 

What's the point if it's easier!? :laugh:

 

HOLY SH** thats absolutely gorgeous!! very well done... you must be very happy.

 

I'm getting really embarrassed guys. I can't believe all this positive feedback. Thank you so much SoCalDaytona. :icon_redface:

 

Love the concept!

..... but not a fan of the headlight unit But that's my own opinion

Great work none-the-less

 

Thanks Shvlzz. I knew that last comment of mine would be tempting fate. :laugh: But at least that means at least one person won't be copying me.

 

this is one f*ing great Autobot you got there!!! beautiful! Congratz!!

only one slight cosmetic upgrade i would add if it had it in my hands:

I would paint the radiator side panels blue.

:bowdown:

 

this is one f*ing great Autobot you got there!!! beautiful! Congratz!!

only one slight cosmetic upgrade i would add if it had it in my hands:

I would paint the radiator side panels blue.

:bowdown:

Many thanks Kazanakius. Are the Autobots the good guys or the bad guys?

Yo'll have to make one of your own if you prefer the rad cowls in blue! :raspberry:

 

Autobots are the good guys. Decepticons are the bad guys.

Great project btw!

 

That's all right then! :rofl2: And thanks. :thumbup:

 

I love the look of this bike. Almost makes me want to try and convert my bike.

The one thing I think I would do if this was my bike is change the exhaust to the low mount exhaust I put on my bike. I think it would look killer. but that is MHO.

 

I love the look of this bike. Almost makes me want to try and convert my bike.

The one thing I think I would do if this was my bike is change the exhaust to the low mount exhaust I put on my bike. I think it would look killer. but that is MHO.

You're very kind Decipral. Well, this was my idea of what a Street Triple should look like. I say go for it yourself and make your own unique bike. It's a hugely rewarding experience. Testing at times, but sorting out problems is what makes it so enjoyable. I'm kinda sorry I'm finished. But I'm looking for another project already!

 

I ventured from the stock exhaust setup to the GSXR 600 tip being used now. That's currently how I made my bike unique.

I do not have the time and the monetary resources to complete a project like have completed. Congrats on a successful and killer project.

 

Great job mate
Definately looks factory

 

Factory was what I was after. Many thanks. :thumbup:

 

Very very nice bike !
The 250mL radiator overflow bottle was enough? I've been wanting to relocate that terrible piece of plastic for a while and want to do something similar but still translucent for fluid check.
Thanks

 

Thanks very much.

So far so good, but not ridden her in summer yet. Actually that reminds me I haven't checked the level since fitting it. Yes, 250ml appears to be OK. I did want to use a bigger one, but the location dictated the size.

 

When I did the conversion I fitted a small header tank behind the radiator cowl.

I also tig welded some nuts on the end of the radiator caps so I could fit the Street Triple rad cowls.

 

When I did the conversion I fitted a small header tank behind the radiator cowl.

If you read through my posts, you'll see that's where mine is located. :duh:

 

Hi Ruby,
Just found your post re Project Trixie and spent most of the evening reading it all. What an amazing detailed diary of events. Being an engineer and something of a perfectionist (not to mention also breaking a collar bone a couple of years back) I can really appreciate all the trouble you have taken and your determination.
I have a one month old Street Triple R in Phantom Black and am very tempted to do a Daytona rear end conversion but being a new bike I'm rather hesitant, never-the-less, I keep scanning eBay and pricing up the parts. Seeing Racecomps it would look very much like that but with black forks. :cool2:

 

Much appreciated BlackThou. :thumbup:

I'd say, do yours. If you keep all the STR parts you can always put it back to standard when you want to sell it. Doesn't matter that it's a new bike. If anything it'll look better as it will all be fresh and shiny. There are a couple of areas which let mine down, as it's a 5,000 mile bike which was used in all weathers by my mate who I bought it off. I considered a damaged bike to modify, but I thought why not get one I know runs properly? Except for the damned R/R which seems to be a ticking time bomb on the earlier bikes.

From what I can see it's more than just a subframe and exhaust swap though, as I think there are things under the seat of the STR that are in other places on a Daytona. If you go for it don't forget to post it up as I don't think anyone has put a Daytona rear on a STR.

 

Hadn't thought of things under the seat that may be located elsewhere. Thought it was "just" a panel and parts swap. Anything spring to mind in particular? I've only had the seat off once and don't recall much being under there. Hmmmmmm.

 

Struggling, sorry. I do know the ST has the expansion bottle under the seat and it seems quite a big one. You'd have to fit a Daytona one under the left frame rail (if it'll fit) or do a mod like mine. To be fair there's probably just the battery under there on the Daytona. Hmmmm. You might have a bigger battery on the ST. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

 

Crazy transformation looking at the before and after pics.... great project. Thanks for sharing your work, always fun to read.

 

My pleasure and thanks.

Summers coming, so got my first French Raid booked. On the ferry on 5 May for two days of riding around Northern France. Can't wait.

 

NICE!!

very very nice, inspiring. please post picts in different angles

 

very very nice, inspiring. please post picts in different angles

Thanks very much. If you look back around page 21 there are plenty of pics.

 

That is a beautiful conversion!!

 

Cheers Dude. :thumbup:

Off to France with her in 8 days, so we'll see how she copes.

 

Time for an update.

I managed to get a second hand Nitron shock from a race bike. In excellent condition and a huge improvement over the standard shock. It is just as firm, but oh so compliant over the bumps. It doesn't bounce off the bumps and feel rock hard like the standard one. Very pleased with that purchase. As a bonus Nitron shocks use blue springs, so it blends in well. At some point I'll get the bike to my race bike suspension guy (Darren of MCT) to get her set up properly.

I also wanted the security of a steering damper and have purchased a HyperPro one. I went for black fittings with a silver damper body and gold adjuster dial. After removing the horrible purple HyperPro stickers it looks perfect and blends in well with the rest of the bike.

I finally got over to France to ride her for a weekend and she was the best. I love that triple engine sooooo much. She handled very well although I was experiencing an oh so slight twitchiness from the front end that did make me feel a little cautious. I get a similar feeling on my ZRX. I'm trying to decide if it's the steering damper or the new tyres causing the problem. On both bikes I have HyperPro steering dampers and brand new Metzeler Sportec M5 tyres.

I went for Metzelers as I have used their Rennsport then Racetec race tyres for over ten years on my race bikes and have nothing but total confidence in them, so I'd be surprised if it was them. My suspicions point towards the steering dampers and I think I will have to try riding with the damping backed right off and see how that feels. The strange thing is, is that the twitchiness I feel happens at very low speeds, like 30 - 40 mph.

One of my main concerns was that the Street Triple radiator would be too small for the task. This doesn't seem to have been a problem though and she ran at 5 bars whilst moving, going up to 7 bars in slow town traffic and then coming back down to 5 bars once out of town. So I think that I should be OK with the smaller rad.

I did have one small problem whilst away and that was my headlights failing. All four of them! The side lights still worked though. As we were only riding in the day this wasn't a problem. However in France, by law, you have to ride with dip beam on, so I was worried about being pulled over and made to call a recovery vehicle. Luckily that didn't happen.

I checked the fuses and they were OK. One of my mates on the trip is an electrician so he helped with some make shift testing of circuits with some wire and the side light bulb. We could get the lights to come on and he reckoned that the relay had blown. A standard Daytona has two lights. When you switch to main beam both dip and main are on at the same time. With my Tuono headlights if I had left things as they were then all four lights would be on when switching to main beam. I had done this a few times early in the build when testing and my mate reckoned that I had fried the relay, but it had taken some time to completely fail. Early on when I started riding her I have only had one dip and one main light connected so I don't fry anything.

When I got home I ordered a new relay, but when I fitted it the problem still persisted. I now began to think that something I had done during the build was causing the problem. So I checked all the connections to the block connectors that hide near the left side of the airbox. There are three there. One connects to the left and another to the right handlebar switch gear and the third connects to the ignition. I checked every wire and found one that thad come loose from its spade connector. So I re-crimped it. It was the wire that ran from the front brake switch to the brake light. It was the only wire I found loose and after I fixed it the headlights worked again, even with the original relay. I was very glad to have solved the problem. Or had I?

Bearing in mind my knowledge of electrics is fairly non existent I took a look at the wiring diagram not expecting to "de-code" it. I traced the route of that loose wire on the diagram and found it has no connection with the headlights. I showed the wiring diagram to my electrician mate and also asked my dealer. All agreed with my thoughts that reconnecting this wire should have no effect on the lights at all. My dealer thinks I still have a problem that I haven't found yet. Gulp!

The headlights have held up for a couple of months now and have also endured three sessions at a track day at Le Mans a couple of weeks back. This was my first outing with her on track, (CLICK HERE FOR PIC) so I was taking it easy as I thought I would have front end issues as I had changed the geometry. It didn't take me long to feel very at home on her and by the second session I was going for it. The front end felt great through the corners, none of the nervousness that I was feeling on the road, the bike was handling far better than I imagined so my confidence was up. The Sportec M5 tyres were superb.

The front still dives a bit too much for my liking, however I still had a lot of travel left in the forks as the cable tie around the fork still had about two inches to go before hitting the end of the fork travel. Not sure what's going on there.

It was about 26 degrees, so pretty hot. The radiator seemed to be coping OK although after my third session it had got to 8 bars on the dash as I stopped. I will need to check the coolant level.

There was a slight amount of oil dripping from the crankcase breather and I thought maybe it was because there was slightly too much oil in. I had bought one of the later, shorter dip sticks and filled to halfway on that. Maybe I should have stuck with the longer original. I also noticed a very slight oil seep from the front left of the sump where it joins to the bottom of the motor. Disappointed to see this as I have a new gasket from when I fitted the second hand sump that has the lugs to mount the belly pan. Maybe I didn't tighten the bolt fully, or maybe if there was excess oil it was creating too much pressure. I'll have to keep an eye on that. Although I was at Le Mans in May with a mate who was riding a Street triple and she had a similar problem with her bike leaking slightly from the same place.

So there we go. All in all very happy with the bike and enjoying riding my creation.

 

It's your bike. To each his own.

Personally, I can't stand the look of naked bikes. The beautiful and uncluttered fairings and the high tech look of the front fascia/projector headlights was one of the main reasons why I bought the bike.

I'm not going to bash your build, it looks like you put a lot of work into it. Just not my cup of tea.

But it still would have been a lot less work to buy a "de tuned" street triple and give it more power and add the cosmetics of your choice.

On a naked bike, every bracket, fastener and cable has to look like it was designed to be out in the open. It has to look like it's supposed to be there.

 

It's your bike. To each his own.

Personally, I can't stand the look of naked bikes. The beautiful and uncluttered fairings and the high tech look of the front fascia/projector headlights was one of the main reasons why I bought the bike.

I'm not going to bash your build, it looks like you put a lot of work into it. Just not my cup of tea.

But it still would have been a lot less work to buy a "de tuned" street triple and give it more power and add the cosmetics of your choice.

On a naked bike, every bracket, fastener and cable has to look like it was designed to be out in the open. It has to look like it's supposed to be there.

If you were to take the time to read this thread from the beginning you would understand why I started with a Daytona and not a Street Triple. You would also understand why making less work for myself didn't come into it. I'm interested in why you would think starting with Street Triple would have meant less work though? Can you enlighten me please?

I agree that "on a naked bike, every bracket, fastener and cable has to look like it was designed to be out in the open. It has to look like it's supposed to be there". I call that the Factory look and that was the look I was trying to achieve. From the compliments I have received about my build that is the comment that I often hear and that's the best praise anyone could give me. Do you feel something looks out of place?

I respect that my bike isn't your cup of tea and you don't like naked bikes. Just as well really otherwise we'd all be after the same bike and chasing the same girl! And that would get very messy.

 

Well, I think your bike is flippn sweet, awesome job and attention to detail...

 

You're too kind. Thank you very muchly. :thumbup:

 

i am not a big naked bike guy but i must say it looks beyond sweet. my god the amount of work you put in it is astounding and it shows. it is honestly one of the best builds i have seen here to date. just my 2cents.

 

Really appreciate that, thanks. :thumbup: