Show Us Yours | Darren’s Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP

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I have owned this bike for 11 years and spent the first four years acquiring the performance parts, getting it painted and hand-fabricating aerospace billet aluminium parts.

This was my first ever bike-build which was completed in my garage at home. I wanted to put a modern twist on a classic sport bike, but wanted to improve on what came out of the factory. The paint scheme is standard but with modern Yamaha colours including R1 purple blue metallic.

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The whole bike has been highly modified to a high standard as I’m very fussy (my occupation is aerospace quality engineer). I also have a 1997 Honda CBR900RR FireBlade which has undergone the same treatment and just waiting for candy red custom painted tank and bodywork back from same guy who painted my EXUP.

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