Hello guys, wanted to show you how I installed this FE kit on my bike.
I searched all over this forum for a detailed description of how to install this and couldn't ever find one, although I did have several responses here and on "that other FZ6 forum" that were definitely invaluable as far as giving me an idea of how to get started and the courage to try! So, I am posting this here in hopes that it will help others like myself.
Here's the bracket I used. At the time I wasn't able to find FAZR6 bracket or whatever it's called, and frankly I like this one better because it sits far back enough to look stock to cops (so, hopefully no fix-it tickets) and to allow the license plate itself to act as a tiny fender for water spray (at least compared to the FAZ6R kit). I got it from eBay for around $35 shipped. It's made of heavy duty anodized aluminum and seems very stout:
I used the stock signals and license plate light. Here's the deal:
I removed the left side panel and unplugged the 4 wires (2 DC for the plate light, 1 square harness type connector each for the signals) and cut a couple of zip ties holding everything together. Then you can pull the wires through underneath the passenger seat to unbolt and remove the fender.
Regarding the turn signals:
Once you get it off, you unbolt the signals from the inside and they come off with a rubber boot around them. Inside this boot is a little steel insert which the wiring harness-like connector will not allow to slip off; rather than try to incorporate this into the new FE, or cut and rewire the harness connector, I carefully used a Dremel to make a tiny cut on the insert so I could bend the insert and get it off of the signal cord. I also used the Dremel and scissors to cut off the rubber boots.
Make sure you test out the right and left turn signals once you strip everything down! They are not marked as far as I could tell and you definitely don't want to signal left then turn right!
Regarding the license plate light:
I removed the license plate light assembly from its larger housing and wired that using (I think) 16 gauge electrical wire (with black wrapping) to wire it up through the screw holes in the assembly (the ones you unscrewed to remove it from the housing) around the little "T" under the exhaust tips and back around underneath that metal bracket. Yeah, that part of it could look better and probably I will try to figure out something else once I get a free moment to think about it.
I also heard that in CA we must have a red reflector on the back end of the bike, so I took one of the 3 available reflectors on the stock fender (1 on each side and one in the back) and bolted it through the larger central hole in the FE just below the light.
I shimmed the main bolts using some small washers, so the bracket wouldn't bend when I torqued the bolts.
This is the finished product:
Here's the stock "before" pic:
