NAKED as a mole rat! - Page 2

crx81 · 06-12-2008, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wavex

OK, BMW G650X Moto

nice pick man!

how come it did not come with the side panels the stock headlight has?
Waiting for the pics

have a good Monday!

Actually, it's the light and fairing off of the G650X Challenge. I originally wanted the fairing off of the Moto, but that one is unavailable for now. Not only is there not a single piece in the country, but there's not one available anywhere. The dealer told me that all the pieces are currently allocated for the bikes in production. He said that once there's enough orders on a part, they will produce some for customers. According to them, if I were to order it, I'd be the FIRST order for that fairing. I'd probably have been waiting for a year or so to get it. I may try again in 6 months or so, but the thing was ridiculously priced.

crx81 · 07-06-2008, 03:04 AM

Here's an updated pic. I finally hacked up the mounting brackets to move the light closer to the forks. The pic below shows just how much I cut off. I like the look much better now. Only thing I need to finish it off is the FZ6N cover for the back of the instrument cluster which I have on order from Team Moto in Australia.

wavex · 07-06-2008, 03:08 AM

That`s what I am talking about! Looks amazing!!! Great job man

More pics!!

Galavoxx · 07-06-2008, 03:29 PM

Looks reeeeal good!

cws6fan · 07-06-2008, 10:11 PM

Lookin good crx81!!!

TX-Aggie · 07-06-2008, 10:12 PM

Maybe I missed it in your original post but if NONE of these are available....how did you get one?

I do like it...I was thinking about the K1200R headlight.....but 500+ killed that plan

TX-Aggie · 07-06-2008, 10:13 PM

Maybe I missed it in your original post but if NONE of these are available....how did you get one?

I do like it...I was thinking about the K1200R headlight.....but 500+ killed that plan

crx81 · 07-07-2008, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TX-Aggie

Maybe I missed it in your original post but if NONE of these are available....how did you get one?
I do like it...I was thinking about the K1200R headlight.....but 500+ killed that plan

Yeah, you missed it!

Actually, maybe I wasn't clear in my wording. The headlight is exactly the same on the BMW G650X Moto and the G650X Challenge, but the fairings are completely different. I originally was going after the fairing from the Moto, which is currently unavailable. However, I was able to obtain the fairing from the Challenge.

I too had originally thought of going with the K1200R headlight. That would look absolutely sick! I never looked into the price though, and just assumed it would be too much. However, it did get me searching BMW's lineup since they seemed to be into the "quirky" headlight styling.

I really wanted an OEM headlight setup so that I could be confident that it would throw out an acceptable amount of light for riding at night (since that's over 50% of my riding) instead of going with an aftermarket setup and hoping for the best. Thankfully, there's some really cool looking OEM lights out there nowadays.