Bandit tail swap

Posted by Scrapyard on Friday June, 26th in Features

With my newly aquired welder it was time to fuse metal. My buddy brought by his 03 Bandit 1200 and the tail section from an 05 ZX10R. He handed them both over and said, make it work. Not a problem.

First thing was getting the rear end stripped.

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Test fit the tail and start chopping out brackets.

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Moved the seat latch plate and reused the removed grab rail for the retaining bar for the passenger seat.

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Bodywork and seal latches in place with new tabs and brackets welded in.

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The stock 1 piece seat was cut down into a solo, reshaped and recovered with the factory seat cover.

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Front seat latch instaled, factory undertray cut down, welds ground down and the whole thing treaded to a few coats of Gloss Black paint.

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Final fit of the new tail and seats.

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And for a nice custom touch, we added a filler panel under the tail with a Custom Fighters Skully logo that is back lit with LED’s when you hit the brakes.

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Here she is. Ready to hit the road.

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