JJAM
Member
Hello, I recently bought an 06 FZ1. Its my newest bike. When I bought it, the fairing had been damaged & mainly everything that goes with it. I decided that all new stock was just out of my budget & I wanted something that was all mine. I started picking up parts off ebay & other places. I got a fighter style fairing for it & I'm in the process of making the mount for it.
I wanted the triple clamps to be black, so I had the lower powder coated & the top I had to spray. I didn't want to drill out the ignition rivets & go through all that.
I didn't like the plastic radiator grill so I got a suitable one for the bike. I need different bolts for it but haven't got that far yet.
I got a set of used Vortex rear sets off of a R1 or R6? I'm not sure. I modified them to fit the FZ & they are now getting re-anodized black. They were gold. They fit perfect! I like it.
I bought a set of Graves velocity stacks for it, I hope they were worth the $75.00 I paid for them? I read all of the mods that I could do & have set forth with them. I'm cutting the secondary buttery fly valves, rerouted all of the wires that run through the air intakes, cut out the bottom of the air box, removed the stock can & am installing an 02 R1 can that I modded to fit & removed the guts. I will be working on finishing that within a week.
I will be painting the bike Canary Yellow & installing custom made old school ala Kenny Roberts graphics. It will look cool. IMO
I hate the stock bars, so I made my own risers & got a set of RC bend Renthal fat bars for it. I really like them on the bike. I had the bars & risers powder coated black to go along with the triple clamps.
I also got new rubber for her front & rear.
For the suspension, I'm installing an R1 shock & will be rebuilding it & making it work. For the forks (not sure it will work yet?) I'm wanting to install R1 cartridge internals. I know they are shorter, but I think I can make them work. Plus the front will need to be shorter to equal out what the R1 shock will do to the stance. We will see if I can make it work?
Did I mention that I have only started this bike up ounce & have never ridden it. I don't ride stock bikes & have torn apart every bike & rebuilt it to my likings every time. I have only begun working on this thing. Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Well now that I have talked your ear off. I will see how to put pictures on this web site. Hopefully it will be like the CB1100F site that I belong to. If not? I may need some advice? Here is what I have done so far. The fairing is only zip tied on in the pictures. I had to see what It would look like.
Keep it in a wheelie, JJAM
I wanted the triple clamps to be black, so I had the lower powder coated & the top I had to spray. I didn't want to drill out the ignition rivets & go through all that.
I didn't like the plastic radiator grill so I got a suitable one for the bike. I need different bolts for it but haven't got that far yet.
I got a set of used Vortex rear sets off of a R1 or R6? I'm not sure. I modified them to fit the FZ & they are now getting re-anodized black. They were gold. They fit perfect! I like it.
I bought a set of Graves velocity stacks for it, I hope they were worth the $75.00 I paid for them? I read all of the mods that I could do & have set forth with them. I'm cutting the secondary buttery fly valves, rerouted all of the wires that run through the air intakes, cut out the bottom of the air box, removed the stock can & am installing an 02 R1 can that I modded to fit & removed the guts. I will be working on finishing that within a week.
I will be painting the bike Canary Yellow & installing custom made old school ala Kenny Roberts graphics. It will look cool. IMO
I hate the stock bars, so I made my own risers & got a set of RC bend Renthal fat bars for it. I really like them on the bike. I had the bars & risers powder coated black to go along with the triple clamps.
I also got new rubber for her front & rear.
For the suspension, I'm installing an R1 shock & will be rebuilding it & making it work. For the forks (not sure it will work yet?) I'm wanting to install R1 cartridge internals. I know they are shorter, but I think I can make them work. Plus the front will need to be shorter to equal out what the R1 shock will do to the stance. We will see if I can make it work?
Did I mention that I have only started this bike up ounce & have never ridden it. I don't ride stock bikes & have torn apart every bike & rebuilt it to my likings every time. I have only begun working on this thing. Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Well now that I have talked your ear off. I will see how to put pictures on this web site. Hopefully it will be like the CB1100F site that I belong to. If not? I may need some advice? Here is what I have done so far. The fairing is only zip tied on in the pictures. I had to see what It would look like.
Keep it in a wheelie, JJAM