Post by: xlewisbdx on 01 October 2012, 09:21:40 pm
I wanted something like this but with a single headlight and normal mirrors.
FZS600 streetfighter (ish) - paint job, bates lamps, Wileyco exhaust (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kq2uQmjxUY#)
Post by: Paul on 02 October 2012, 06:36:35 am
In essence you use the underside of the handlebr mounts as a starting point.
I had over-size nuts made so they would tighten up the handlebar clamp and provide a fixing point for the clock bracket, which was just a piece of flat steel bar with some heat shrink over it.
If your interested I will endeavour to describe the whole process in more detail and I think I may have some of the over=sized nuts left as the Engineering company made a batch of about 10 if memory serves.
Picture of bike below:
Post by: Paul on 02 October 2012, 07:22:15 am
Pictures of different front ends below
Post by: Paul on 02 October 2012, 07:25:35 am
Post by: Paul on 02 October 2012, 08:12:09 am
Liked the look of the bike but always wished it was un-faired.
The reason I wish it was un-faired is because in my day only race bikes and police bikes had fairings, and I’m neither a racer nor a copper.
In 2003 I took the plunge the bike had only done 4,800 miles at the time but has now clocked 67,800 miles, and I’ve had no problems with the modifications I did.
Modifications:
Seat modification
Had the seat re-shaped so it rose up where it meets the tank
Reason: I always felt like I was having to push myself backward on the seat to get to a comfortable riding position.
Removal of the front fairing
Once you’ve taken the front fairing off you encounter the following issues:
1) There’s nowhere to mount the clocks.
2) There’s nowhere to fix a headlamp.
3) There’s nowhere to fix the indicators.
4) The clocks don’t have an aesthetically pleasing back on them and you need a small screen or cover to protect them against the rain.
Clock mounting
After a lot of piss-malling about I concluded that the best way to mount the clocks was not from the forks but from the yokes. The handlebar clamps are bolted through the yokes.
I removed the existing nuts and had new nuts made. These have 10mm internal thread all the way through and are around 30mm long. You use these to tighten back up the handlebar clamps whilst at the same time you can screw a bolt into them to fix the clock mounts.
The mounts for the clocks were made out of mild steel approximately 18mm wide.
They’ve got a hole for bolt to fix them to the yokes and a hole to fix them to the clocks.
The hole for the clocks needs to be over-sized to allow the clocks to be rubber mounted like they were in the fairing.
The brackets have to be bent to an angle but that’s easy.
Headlamp and mounting
I like conventional round headlamps because I’m an old bugger.
In any event sourcing a headlamp was the easy bit (M & P accessories)
Mounting the headlamp was also relatively straightforward, I used the unfaired Suzuki bandit
fork mounts, but I made my own triangular aluminium bracket to connect the headlamp to the bandit fork mounts.
Indicators
The aluminium headlamp bracket gives you a point to mounted the indicators.
I wanted to retain the original fairing indicators, so I cored out the centre of them and cast in araldite a piece of threaded bar to fix them. Had no problems with them and they’ve been on the bike for 64,000 miles like this. You can of course simple use after market indicators.
Protecting the clocks
The clocks don’t have an aesthetically pleasing back on them, and will be exposed to water penetration unless you protect them in some way.
I made a small aluminium cockpit type cover and brackets, but there are no doubt many small fairings and coverings that you can buy.
Other issues
You will come across other issues, such as that horrible rubber flap over the top of the cylinder head. My solution to this was bin it, and there have been no issues because of that.
Picture of nuts to mount clock brackets below:
Post by: Rebuilt on 04 October 2012, 10:33:13 pm
I got one and looked at it after seeing this thread n just thought how ?
Be interesting to see it done though :)
Post by: Fuzzy on 05 October 2012, 07:06:02 pm
Post by: papercutout on 05 October 2012, 08:02:05 pm
Is it me or is the FZS a little long to streetfighter ?
I got one and looked at it after seeing this thread n just thought how ?
Be interesting to see it done though :)
Not at all. If someone was bold enough to chop the tail just behind the seat, fit custom rear lights and go for a single headlight, it'd work fine. I've got a picture on my head, and maybe someday I'll do it. I've built 2 fairly bad-ass cars over the last few years, so vision wise, I know what I'm doing, and most people do it wrong. I can look at it and say 'change that to that, and it'd work'. Time and money, and in a years time, rather than now. Now I'm 4 days away from passing my test, and can't justify mods to a bike when it comes to insurance!
Post by: Raymy on 06 October 2012, 04:43:02 am
Post by: Paul on 05 November 2012, 08:44:49 am
Photos of the bracket I cut off and the one I mounted a reflector on.
Note: a cable tie goes over the cut-off bracket mount point.
Post by: drew70311 on 02 September 2014, 09:20:26 am
Thanks
Post by: darrsi on 02 September 2014, 03:40:21 pm
Hi, are the headlights, the small are large style bates?
Thanks
Not exactly sure what you're asking there fella?
Post by: TwoTinz on 02 September 2014, 07:33:25 pm
speedo bracket |