Fz6 Naked

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Got the headlight today! Will be painted and mounted tomorrow.

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Here it is out of the box. Going to paint now.

[eastBAYer]

yeah... that's gonna look gooooood


taking my newly naked machine out for a long ride down 1 and the surrounding backroads starting tomorrow.

should have some new pics to show of 'er soon

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Ok the first problem I ran into were the fork clamps... the rubber inner "gasket" (anti-vib) was too thick to fit the forks... so I cut them into smaller pieces and made them fit (pics to come). I also adjusted the clamps to the height I want them to be.

Then I realized that the aluminum side "brackets" (which also had to be painted black), looked like they would fit -somewhat-, but did not have a matching bracket on the headlight itself.

So I proceeded to paint the mini fairing (good thing it was easily detachable from the headlight itself) and brackets...

While doing so I thought about what to do about the headlight mounting problem, and my first idea is to drill a small hole in the side of the headlight (where I think the hole should be), and stick a piece of toothpic down there to check the clearance I would have. I think the side wall of the headlight is thick enough to be drilled through and used has bolt (with lock washer, rubber grommet and threadlock...)
I know what you`re thinking... why not open the headlight (since it has 3 screws on the top of it and looks like it could just slide out), and bold it down from inside, well I tried it and it didn`t seem to move a bit. I think they "gasket sealed" it.

Any ideas?

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Looks like my idea actually worked out:

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I just need to clean it up a little and put threadlock everywhere... but for now, I am going on a ride to check it out...

[girmic]

Looks sweet, hope it works out during your ride, my own naked should be semi ready to go by this weekend, i'll try and get some pics up when shes all done wohooo.

[fxclm5]

whoaaaaaaaaaa that thing loox wicked!!! verry nice!!

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Thanks guys The ride went very well... did about 200miles

Ortega HWY with PCHBreeze... decided at the last minute hehe...

Here are some better shots (I have to re-paint the mini-fairing):

[thatguyx]

got any pics of the light pattern? how's the quality of the lighting? if i were to go naked I was thinking of using this headlight.

from an angle it looks like a hornet. it looks great.

[Ducksridingbikes]

good job, looks sweet

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Originally Posted by thatguyx

got any pics of the light pattern? how's the quality of the lighting? if i were to go naked I was thinking of using this headlight.

from an angle it looks like a hornet. it looks great.

It's the same bulb combination as the FZ6... so light it bright and great! Here are a couple of shots in full Cali sunshine

[oso2k]

Originally Posted by wavex

Thanks guys The ride went very well... did about 200miles

Ortega HWY with PCHBreeze... decided at the last minute hehe...

Here are some better shots (I have to re-paint the mini-fairing):

That looks fuggin hot!!! I'd give that mini-fairing a gloss coat but it still looks awful hot.

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Originally Posted by oso2k

That looks fuggin hot!!! I'd give that mini-fairing a gloss coat but it still looks awful hot.

Thanks bro... about your comment, I tend to agree, even though some people seem to think that keeping it like this matches the engine/frame/forks color (matte, greyish black)...

So I am not sure: keep it as is, or get it done properly by my friend (who did the tank) to get the same deep glossy black as the front hugger/tank/belly pan.

I`ll give it a few more days to make a decision... in the mean time, you guys give me your thoughts...

[eastBAYer]

i love flat black and all, but i would say go with the gloss/official paint job
it will add a nice contrast with all the matte black components already on the bike.

my $0.02