Fangs "new" toy!!

joeboy · Post by **joeboy** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:54 pm

I like the projectors side by side...I was never fussed on those alien type ones, the gixer one makes it look like a fazer type bike..

Post by **Stig** » Sun May 08, 2011 5:17 pm

i'd go for the side by side or the gixer fairing

but i'm not an creative person at heart so its prob the boring option too

Post by **nugget** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:00 pm

Not keen on the original idea in pic 1.

Not sure about the GSXR bikini fairing. I would have to see it hacked up a bit.

I like the projectors side by side too.

The MT-03 headlight looks good.

Tricky decision mate.

There's no wonder you were rocking to and forth deciding which way to go.

nasty · Post by **nasty** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:02 pm

Cuut the fairing above the intake

yzfpaul · Post by **yzfpaul** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:40 am

geeso i like them all

it took me months to get my fairing right

i dont envy you at this point cos all those ideas look good to me

itsnotagenesis · Post by **itsnotagenesis** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:05 am

I like the MT light.
My work bike is an XT660 and the light is similar to the MT's but it has a small screen on the top which may be better and hide the back of the clocks.
If you can get one of those cheap.

fang · Post by **fang** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:27 pm

Too many choices aaarrrggghhhh

Will look into the XT headlight and see what else MAY be an option.

Think I'll have to get the clocks mounted properly first then see what space is left for the headlights to flow with....if that makes sense.

After I do the fork seals on the Exup that is.......

fang · Post by **fang** » Tue May 10, 2011 2:02 pm

Footpegs and spacers arrived today, so that'll keep me occupied for a bit.

Post by **nugget** » Tue May 10, 2011 2:33 pm

They look very nice

fang · Post by **fang** » Tue May 10, 2011 6:26 pm

Well, just spent a couple of hours cleaning the rearsets, making a couple of spacers and now the pegs are on (replacement toe posts will be fitted later)

fang · Post by **fang** » Mon May 16, 2011 7:56 pm

Right then, in fitting the footrests I have discovered that the right hand mounting points are twisted, so they need to be straightened at some stage. ARSE!

In the meantime I've been playing with photoshop to try and resolve the headlight issue!!

See below for many, many, many choices.

Quite like the idea of a bikini fairing like this

so here are the options

low mounted, no clocks fitted (photoshop pasted...lol)

low mounted with clocks

higher mounted, clocks behind screen, hopefully

Or the MT03 route

low mounted

Higher mounted

low with clocks

high with clocks

I think the gixxer route has gone out the window, too bulky.

I like both options above but may have to invest in a small digi dash instead of the GPz clocks.

my only concern is how long the fairing is as I want to keep the front as clean and light (no pun intended) as possible.

Photomash of a similar fairing

The MT03 light fulfills this but they do seem to be the new "chrome dominators"
Whereas the ducati "styled" fairing is still few and far between.

Its a pain not being able to get hold of these to try them out without having to buy them first, hence all the dithering, as I already have a collection of bits to put back on Ebay...

Oh my aching brain................

itsnotagenesis · Post by **itsnotagenesis** » Tue May 17, 2011 6:39 pm

I like the MT light , but the clocks are going to look wrong with it.
Can you not use different clocks, you get clocks nowadays that are very small and easily hidden behind screens.

fang · Post by **fang** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:39 pm

Right then, small update, not much done today as I've been doing the fork seals on the Exup and using all Stigs bandwidth
FZR 1000 RU fork strip down

Any how, inbetween things I managed to straighten the twisted footrest mounts with a little applied heat and a fair bit of BFAFI.

This is with the bottom mount done up tight, the spacer in my fingers is against the top mount. Its not obvious from this picture but the mounting plate is pushed in towards the back of the bike and twisted out at the top.
Evidence it had been down on its side at some stage.

after a bit of fettling all is well, just waiting on some toepegs to arrive and thats another job done.

fang · Post by **fang** » Fri May 20, 2011 9:11 pm

Replacement toepegs arrived today, whoop whoop

fang · Post by **fang** » Thu May 26, 2011 3:08 pm

Afternoon gents.

Been a while I know, not much new to report apart from the arrival of a last minute impulse buy.

This WILL be the headlight thats going on, Lisa reckons I can no longer comment on how many handbags she has

Not as fat as the gixxer unit

I think it'll fit nicely with the overall shape of the bike once fitted properly.

It should meet my requirments of giving a decent amount of light for night riding, and its something a bit different to the usual streetfighter headlight fitment.

Now that the indecision of what headlight route to go down is over I can get on with things again.