Photoblog of my Kinetic Laser mods...

sabret00the · 6th August 2007, 03:17

On 20th of February I decided to restore my Kinetic GF170 Laser complete from the terrible state that she was in...Lack of spares and not being able to take her out had resulted in the bike lying at a corner of my house...
Anyways took her to my friend Anil's workshop called "Vroom" where drew up the restoration plans...
Agenda :-
1)New Paint
2)Mono shocks
3)Engine & Clutch overhaul
4)3 piece handle bar fitment
5)Gf 125 style gear shifter arrangement

These pics are just after the body has been removed....(bike was sitting idle in my garage for about 3-4 months before that)

Pics after the mono (from unicorn) has been mounted:-

Full pic with mono mounted on chassis

The engine (dismounted and disassembled)
before paint

after paint

Chassis after paint without mono mounted

Shockers mounted after chassis has been painted

Spares

Almost finished pics

Bike is done and got her back today after 6 months...will post the pics soon

CrAzY dRiVeR · 6th August 2007, 07:48

Although we have some photo-blogs of car mods, bike mods have been very rare i guess. I haven't come across any yet!
Howz the engine?

Waiting for the final pics!

Amey · 6th August 2007, 07:56

Nice photolog Sabre.Although i am not that interested in bikes, its good to see the pics.

sabret00the · 6th August 2007, 11:20

hey thanks a lot guys...Here are the Final Pics...

Anil the guy who made all this possible in front of his workshop

By sabret00the, shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

Pics of the bike at Anil's workshop(taken yesterday)

By sabret00the, shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

6th August 2007, 11:37

Nice! Very Nice!
Not into bikes alot but WOWOW what an awesome restroration job! Would have been nice to see some pics with the original body though. The comparison would have been phenomenal...

Ajaybiz · 6th August 2007, 11:38

Nice mods man BTW hows ride quality and cornering after mono shock?
Put pics of gear shifter also as wants to see that, one of my friend tried the same stuff but he came back to stock due to shifting issues.
What about filters, bigger jets and engine head work?
Put some nice decails on her.

sabret00the · 6th August 2007, 11:49

Note:Sorry for posting twice but stipulated time for editing a post was over..

shot with K790i at 2007-08-06

shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

shot with K790i at 2007-08-06

shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

sabret00the · 6th August 2007, 12:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajaybiz

Nice mods man BTW hows ride quality and cornering after mono shock?
Put pics of gear shifter also as wants to see that, one of my friend tried the same stuff but he came back to stock due to shifting issues.
What about filters, bigger jets and engine head work?
Put some nice decails on her.

Thanks a lot..straight line stability is perfect..cornering will take a little practice though..ride quality has increased by a huge margin..I wish I cud fit usd shocks in front to match the rear's quality..

Gear shifter mod was done 1 year back and is still working fine(little snags coz I'm using Karizma shifter kit thanks to the callous people at kinetic who failed to supply a Gf125 shifter kit to me in the last 1 year)

Engine is stock...just got an overhauling done

OEM decals are with me...just waiting some time to check if any flaws with the paint is found...

ramie2400 · 6th August 2007, 12:15

this bike when launched was a killer it had a car dashboard dials with the gear shift indicator which made me think of buying it the GF170 but ended up buying a kinetic marvel

and yess ofcource the sad A.S.S.

cheerz

sabret00the · 6th August 2007, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by ramie2400

this bike when launched was a killer it had a car dashboard dials with the gear shift indicator which made me think of buying it the GF170 but ended up buying a kinetic marvel

and yess ofcource the sad A.S.S.

cheerz

The bike was a brilliant product with lots of firsts in India...however wat went wrong against it was the company which manufactured her in India...Kinetic(the word is jinxed)...moreover bad marketing and different tastes of Indian consumer led to this bike not catching the fancy of the potential customers coinciding with heavy weight launches like Pulsar and Karizma led to her slow and gradual death...this restoration is a tribute to a great bike and the way I would have had built her (with passion) if I was heading Kinetic's Pune R&D team

Read more here :- Trying to rediscover the lost motorcycle

sabret00the · 13th August 2007, 00:45

Few more pics here:

shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

shot with K790i at 2007-08-06

shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

shot with K790i at 2007-08-12

shot with K790i at 2007-08-05

shot with K790i at 2007-08-12

jkdas · 13th August 2007, 01:08

the headlamps were twins ? or it was modded?

you need a new tyre for rear! 120's pls!

sabret00the · 13th August 2007, 01:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkdas

the headlamps were twins ? or it was modded?

No they were not modded the twin headlamps,the housing and the whole fairing is stock...

Quote:

you need a new tyre for rear! 120's pls!

The front and rear set of tyre+wheels from the P200 coming soon..which will be part of phase II of mods

Only things that have been modded so far are as follows:

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

Agenda :-
1)New Paint
2)Mono shocks
3)Engine & Clutch overhaul
4)3 piece handle bar fitment
5)Gf 125 style gear shifter arrangement

hellspawn · 13th August 2007, 01:47

the bike looks good but the rear tyre looks too skinny....

sabret00the · 13th August 2007, 08:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

The front and rear set of tyre+wheels from the P200 coming soon..which will be part of phase II of mods

Exactly the height of the rear overhang has increased so much that the 100/90-18 is looking very skinny..

6th August 2007, 03:17	#1
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	Photoblog of my Kinetic Laser mods... On 20th of February I decided to restore my Kinetic GF170 Laser complete from the terrible state that she was in...Lack of spares and not being able to take her out had resulted in the bike lying at a corner of my house... Anyways took her to my friend Anil's workshop called "Vroom" where drew up the restoration plans... Agenda :- 1)New Paint 2)Mono shocks 3)Engine & Clutch overhaul 4)3 piece handle bar fitment 5)Gf 125 style gear shifter arrangement These pics are just after the body has been removed....(bike was sitting idle in my garage for about 3-4 months before that) Pics after the mono (from unicorn) has been mounted:- Full pic with mono mounted on chassis The engine (dismounted and disassembled) before paint after paint Chassis after paint without mono mounted Shockers mounted after chassis has been painted Spares Almost finished pics Bike is done and got her back today after 6 months...will post the pics soon Last edited by sabret00the : 6th August 2007 at 03:18.
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6th August 2007, 07:48	#2
CrAzY dRiVeR Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore / TVM Posts: 17,177 Thanked: 73,485 Times View My Garage	Although we have some photo-blogs of car mods, bike mods have been very rare i guess. I haven't come across any yet! Howz the engine? Waiting for the final pics!
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6th August 2007, 07:56	#3
Amey BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 679 Thanked: 248 Times View My Garage	Nice photolog Sabre.Although i am not that interested in bikes, its good to see the pics.
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6th August 2007, 11:20	#4
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	hey thanks a lot guys...Here are the Final Pics... Anil the guy who made all this possible in front of his workshop By sabret00the, shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 Pics of the bike at Anil's workshop(taken yesterday) By sabret00the, shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 Last edited by sabret00the : 6th August 2007 at 11:29.
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6th August 2007, 11:37	#5
vidvai Posts: n/a	Nice! Very Nice! Not into bikes alot but WOWOW what an awesome restroration job! Would have been nice to see some pics with the original body though. The comparison would have been phenomenal...
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6th August 2007, 11:38	#6
Ajaybiz BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,440 Thanked: 320 Times View My Garage	Nice mods man BTW hows ride quality and cornering after mono shock? Put pics of gear shifter also as wants to see that, one of my friend tried the same stuff but he came back to stock due to shifting issues. What about filters, bigger jets and engine head work? Put some nice decails on her.
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6th August 2007, 11:49	#7
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	Note:Sorry for posting twice but stipulated time for editing a post was over.. shot with K790i at 2007-08-06 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-06 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05
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6th August 2007, 12:15	#9
ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	this bike when launched was a killer it had a car dashboard dials with the gear shift indicator which made me think of buying it the GF170 but ended up buying a kinetic marvel and yess ofcource the sad A.S.S. cheerz
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13th August 2007, 00:45	#11
sabret00the BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YYC \| BLR \| CCU Posts: 692 Thanked: 55 Times View My Garage	Few more pics here: shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-06 shot with K790i at 2007-08-06 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-12 shot with K790i at 2007-08-12 shot with K790i at 2007-08-12 shot with K790i at 2007-08-05 shot with K790i at 2007-08-12 shot with K790i at 2007-08-12
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13th August 2007, 01:08	#12
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	the headlamps were twins ? or it was modded? you need a new tyre for rear! 120's pls!
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13th August 2007, 01:47	#14
hellspawn Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: noida Posts: 1,686 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage Infractions: 0/1 (10)	the bike looks good but the rear tyre looks too skinny....
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