Hi Guys,
I havent posted for some time but I just scored a 2010 xt660r.
it came from a damaged auction and was the worst looking bike out of a hundred or so. its quite bad!

My plan is to transform the bike into one bad ass motherplucker of an xtr!

anyway I love a challenge and will have to replace the front end and the rear end, and the plastics, ooh, and the tank, um and the bars, mirrors, headlight, rear frame section & taillight assembly, possibly the swingarm, radiator, bars, maybe some switches... well lets call it everything except the engine & dash and maybe the rear wheel as they look pretty good. It actually has a set of beowulf cans! hope they arent smashed too...

so its a budget build, again! hahaha, suck eggs you blokes with wads of cash to throw at brand new fancy ohlins suspension and aftermarket pipes! This will be a budget build with a difference.

So what do I have to start off with (except one very badly smashed xt)?

I have a few spares including:
kawasaki 3 spoke alloy rims from a 'balius' 250. front wheel has a nice big single disc, rear has a 180 battlax and a single disc. nice looking rims.

forks and triples from a zx250 balius (same as the rims). I may have to fit fork extenders if I were to use these forks, but I dunno, they look a little thin and I want fat! other forks I have are from a suzuki dr400 or a suzuki GSXR1000 2001. but no triples for either.

I have a ducati 998 monster radiator and fans (I may run 2 fans).

the rear end may be a hybrid (out of whats not too damaged) from the xt and a yammy R1 rear with clear LED lights.

I may use the kawasaki balius alloy swingarm, or find another alloy one in place of the crappy looking steel one, that may be damaged anyway.

bars will be renthal fatbars, more than likely with risers.

I may fit 2x projector HID's, but Im unsure of this.

the tank I hope to have repaired so it suits the seat and plastics but i wont know about this till i pick up the bike on Monday.

so any help in regard to replacement parts would be most helpful. (eg fitting KTM tank & plastics to it, the DR forks with triples? whatever! I dont mind swapping and changing things as long as they are an improvement on the original!

I'll update with some better pics as soon as I pick up the bike on Monday, and keep you guys informed on the progress...
cheers guys!