FZ6R Cafe Racer Conversion

[Kevigou]

My project

 

[xtina]

More pics!

 

[Kevigou]

More pics!

Here you go, it's only letting me do one at a time...

 

[Kevigou]

And another

 

[Kevigou]

One more...

 

[Superzoom]

Would love to see pictures in better light and whole bike pictures (and upright ones too!).

 

[Kevigou]

Would love to see pictures in better light and whole bike pictures (and upright ones too!).

I couldn't back it out into the driveway, the driveway was full of snow... Will post better pics when the weather gets better here. I hate winter

 

[Kevigou]

Would love to see pictures in better light and whole bike pictures (and upright ones too!).

Snow melted... Rode it today, much sharper handling, turns in way better...
Couldn't play too much it was below 0

 

[Kevigou]

Would love to see pictures in better light and whole bike pictures (and upright ones too!).

Another pic

 

[Kevigou]

Would love to see pictures in better light and whole bike pictures (and upright ones too!).

Now have to shorten the tail, have to strip it down and think...
A bit of frame cutting involved so not sure. Any thoughts?

 

[Superzoom]

Now have to shorten the tail, have to strip it down and think...
A bit of frame cutting involved so not sure. Any thoughts?

Maybe instead, you can get a colour-matched rear seat cowl. That would look sharp. I'm personally not a fan of stubby tails.

 

[Superzoom]

And the bike looks great. What kind of headlight is that?

 

[MistahT]

Maybe instead, you can get a colour-matched rear seat cowl. That would look sharp. I'm personally not a fan of stubby tails.

I would definitely say DON'T cut the frame. You might think you'll own this bike forever, but you won't. Something you can't undo (especially cutting the frame) might kill your resale, make it unregisterable in another state, hurt handling with less rigidity, or make the bike unsafe.

Headlight looks like what we put on my buddy's Ninja, generic GS 500 headlight.

+1 on a seat cowl!!!!!!

But hey, looks really good!! I also think those cafe bars really bring it a step beyond. Instead of looking like every other bike who "pulled off my fairings and added a round headlight" it really brings the whole bike together!

 

[staytrue]

Nice looking bike!
Is there any chance that this bar will be working with fairings on, not on street fighter conversion?

 

[MistahT]

About to order some new bars. Would really appreciate your input on riding position. I think these look (and probably feel) way meaner than FZ1 bars, but I daily my bike... would it kill my back or wrists or anything?

 

[Kevigou]

About to order some new bars. Would really appreciate your input on riding position. I think these look (and probably feel) way meaner than FZ1 bars, but I daily my bike... would it kill my back or wrists or anything?

The bars make it a very aggressive riding position, I like it but haven't put many miles on it yet. They are lower than clip ons, but you can find clubmans with less of a drop (these are 4-1/2" drop). It is my wife's bike and I just ordered barnacles risers to bring them 1-1/2" closer.
Thanks for the input

 

[Kevigou]

Nice looking bike!
Is there any chance that this bar will be working with fairings on, not on street fighter conversion?

No they won't, they are too far forward and come down on too much of an angle

 

[Kevigou]

And the bike looks great. What kind of headlight is that?

Thanks! The headlight is just a universal 6-1/2" off eBay, paid around 100 bucks. There are more substantial ones on streetfightersinc but this one works fine, direct plug and play...

 

[Kevigou]

The bars make it a very aggressive riding position, I like it but haven't put many miles on it yet. They are lower than clip ons, but you can find clubmans with less of a drop (these are 4-1/2" drop). It is my wife's bike and I just ordered barnacles risers to bring them 1-1/2" closer.
Thanks for the input

Barback Risers- autocorrect!

 

[Superzoom]

Thanks! The headlight is just a universal 6-1/2" off eBay, paid around 100 bucks. There are more substantial ones on streetfightersinc but this one works fine, direct plug and play...

Any chance you could find a link to the exact one you used?