MrSober88

So I saw my SubyClub T-Shirt in the robe the other day and starting getting a little nostalgia, didn't realise it had been such a long time since I had been on here.

Figured I would update the build on the R1, As almost 2 years ago I had a accident on the R1 which took me out of action for awhile. In fact I'm still not back 100% as I've still got ongoing issues with my knees and back. Had two surgeries on my right knee so far, so the first one was to replace my torn ACL with a harvest from my hamstring and to fix up some meniscus tears. Some how managed to injure the meniscus again after a few months and had to go back in to get that fixed, managed to tear the same one but instead of being vertical I did it horizontal this time.

Right knee was a bit of a melon for months.

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Bike after I got it back after being in hospital for 7 days.

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Bike started up first go, had a quick look over it and seemed to be mostly cosmetic. It got a bit boring being stuck at home not being able to go anyway as I wasn't even able to drive, so then the strip down started.

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Mount for the headlights was cooked and managed to find a new one pretty cheap on eBay

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Cracked the rear subframe so had to get another one of those.

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Needed a new tank, which I managed to get one off eBay in perfect condition for $80. Basically stripped it all back.

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Then it ended up sitting for a year as I wasn't in a position to work on it and wasn't able to ride it anyway so kinda hit the back burner. Most of the stuff I needed was fairings etc, but took awhile to decide what I wanted to do as the side fairings were fine. But the new tank was gunmetal, after looking into getting just the fairings I needed which was the front around the headlights the bit over the fuel tank and the whole rear sections for OEM was very pricey haha. So I ended up dropping the coin on a whole new set from China painted in the colour scheme the tank came from.

Must say they ended up coming out pretty good for a full set, even the paint was pretty good quality. Had a few small issues with the fitting as the OEM fairings appear to be made out of a softer plastic but the aftermarket ones are a more hard plastic.

I'll leave it there for now and will update with the rest of it as I find my photos etc, but basically I've been able to get back on the thing in the last few months which has been great.

Really makes me want to buy another one and do it all over again, I kinda miss my old GEN III RX that I did the WRX conversion on.

Looks good mate.

Good to see the site is still kicking along, Been awhile since I have been here.

I use to really hate the look of these, But after seeing a tidy WRX STI Spec R in that purple mica colour and nearly buying it instead of the Forester S-Edition. I fell in love with them.

Should be nice once you have finished with it.