Winter Mods

[Rabbitman109]

I had a lot of mods planned before spring comes and they are all hitting around the same time, so I started a new thread to keep track, so pictures and what not. I got the fake air induction pieces painted, along with my rear tire hugger painted so that they can be installed on the bike. Here are some pictures to show what they look like before the install. I am going to continue to update this thread once I get my levers, exhaust and juicebox in and installed.

Hugger before Paint:

Hugger after paint:

Intake Trim after paint:

 

[Diluted]

:thumbup:

Pics installed plz!

 

[Uno979]

Wow pretty soon you'll have a blue bike!!

 

[Rabbitman109]

Wow pretty soon you'll have a blue bike!!

There is still plenty of black left. I really wanted the blue one when I bought mine, but it was either the black or the white...so I opted for the black and thought that I could put some blue on it...

 

[Rabbitman109]

Okay Chris:

Fake air intakes, installed, all finished up...

And the rear hugger, which I think looks awesome:

Tell me what you guys think. The last few things that need done that haven't arrived yet:

Pazzo Blue Shorty levers, TBR Blackline BF Exhaust, and the Juicebox. Hopefully those will be here within the week.

 

[JSP]

Looks good. Lets see some farther away shots in the light if ya can! :thumbup:

 

[Rabbitman109]

Looks good. Lets see some farther away shots in the light if ya can! :thumbup:

I will try to do that when I have time. It is still freezing outside, but maybe I could just roll it out of the shed and take some shots...

 

[Diluted]

Just looked at them on FB .

The only thing I don't like about the hugger is the chain guard portion of it. It seems off when you look at the right side. Unfortunately it's just the way it's built. Now that you've done all that work on it, what about maybe painting the chain guard portion of it back to black?

 

[Rabbitman109]

Just looked at them on FB .

The only thing I don't like about the hugger is the chain guard portion of it. It seems off when you look at the right side. Unfortunately it's just the way it's built. Now that you've done all that work on it, what about maybe painting the chain guard portion of it back to black?

Hmm, I guess I could do that, it was a pain to put on....I am still unsure right now, I kinda liked the blue chain guard. I am going to put up some pictures after the exhaust install, with the entire bike...maybe that will help...

 

[dart1963]

Just looked at them on FB .

The only thing I don't like about the hugger is the chain guard portion of it. It seems off when you look at the right side. Unfortunately it's just the way it's built. Now that you've done all that work on it, what about maybe painting the chain guard portion of it back to black?

Hmm, I guess I could do that, it was a pain to put on....I am still unsure right now, I kinda liked the blue chain guard. I am going to put up some pictures after the exhaust install, with the entire bike...maybe that will help...

photoshop/paintshop is your friend... take your pics... then play with the colors... see what you like!

I'm digging the painted fake air intakes... thought about doing mine in a "muted" red... like a dark candy apple misted on or so...

 

[staindlegend]

at first I thought you had the blue bike, in which case painting the air intakes and rear hugger blue woulda been WAY too much blue imo. looks nice on the black bike though. out of curiousity, what windscreen do you have? looks like you painted it yourself, but what brand/model is it?

looks like it'll be pretty sweet. can't bring myself to spend the money on the pazzo levers though, especially considering i've read that the annodized finish will wear off, fairly quickly if you ride a lot. not sure on that, but if it's true that would suck.

 

[Rabbitman109]

photoshop/paintshop is your friend... take your pics... then play with the colors... see what you like!

I'm digging the painted fake air intakes... thought about doing mine in a "muted" red... like a dark candy apple misted on or so...

Don, the intakes are really easy to paint. My only tip is take your time, don't try to put too much paint on at one time. Krylon has a paint made specially for plastics. It is called Fusion, and it is really good. About $4.36 at Walmart, and the intakes are easy to get off:

1. Take main fairings off

2. Remove 1 screw on each intake, and pop tabs out. Pretty much just give it a little tug and it will come out. Paint and re-install, fairing painless.

I would love to see the intakes in red, you should give it a try. You can always get new ones if you don't like it...

 

[Sage]

I would love to see the intakes in red, you should give it a try. You can always get new ones if you don't like it...

Or even paint the entire fake intake the desired color instead of just the ends, and if you don't like the look there is always black

 

[Rabbitman109]

at first I thought you had the blue bike, in which case painting the air intakes and rear hugger blue woulda been WAY too much blue imo. looks nice on the black bike though. out of curiousity, what windscreen do you have? looks like you painted it yourself, but what brand/model is it?

looks like it'll be pretty sweet. can't bring myself to spend the money on the pazzo levers though, especially considering i've read that the annodized finish will wear off, fairly quickly if you ride a lot. not sure on that, but if it's true that would suck.

Here is a pic of my bike before these changes...can see the windscreen, and yes I did paint it. I had a friend make me a vinyl yamaha symbol, I put it in there, and then painted the inside. I actually have the Yamaha Double Bubble windscreen.

The Pazzo levers have a funny story....$180 from Fatbikez....went to order them, and because they were updating the site, I got every discount available, totaling $130 off, making them $53 shipped to my door. They said that they would honor it because they were updating and it was taking too long. I thought that was pretty cool.

 

[Rabbitman109]

Or even paint the entire fake intake the desired color instead of just the ends, and if you don't like the look there is always black

Yes, I thought about painting the entire intake....but thought it wouldn't look right....

 

[staindlegend]

Bike looks cool. I'm getting the puig double bubble windscreen dark smoke cause i like the looks of it. was thinking about changing mirrors too, but from everything i've read no good looking aftermarket mirrors have decent view. i'm not really willing to sacrifice a lot of viewing angle just for a better look.

far as the levers go, nice deal. if they were only 53 i'd buy em too. lol. i'd actually be willing to spend the full price on them for the blue ones if it weren't for the horror stories i've read about the anodized finish. i know they are a better lever, but i mostly want them for aesthetics, and if that only lasts a couple months of heavy riding, then not worth it.

 

[ajskillz13]

WELL DONE!!! Dude, that's a classy paint job! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

I really dig the bright blue on the black. It really pops and differentiates you from the other raven bikes.

Can't wait to see the levers!

 

[Rabbitman109]

Hey, thanks guys. I am excited to put up the photos when the levers and exhaust gets here.

 

[joloy133]

Bike looks cool. I'm getting the puig double bubble windscreen dark smoke cause i like the looks of it. was thinking about changing mirrors too, but from everything i've read no good looking aftermarket mirrors have decent view. i'm not really willing to sacrifice a lot of viewing angle just for a better look.

far as the levers go, nice deal. if they were only 53 i'd buy em too. lol. i'd actually be willing to spend the full price on them for the blue ones if it weren't for the horror stories i've read about the anodized finish. i know they are a better lever, but i mostly want them for aesthetics, and if that only lasts a couple months of heavy riding, then not worth it.

Some of the imported ebay levers may use organic dyes in the anodizing process which aren't as resilient as inorganic dyes, (which the pricier ones probably use).... If it's just cosmetic you could powder coat the stock levers which should hold up good. I'm considering this option.

 

[joloy133]

Hey, thanks guys. I am excited to put up the photos when the levers and exhaust gets here.

Really nice bike.....this black and blue project/bike needs a name....."bruiser"! Maybe there should be a thread to name your bike !!!!!!! There's and exhaust I've seen on other bikes where the pipe has a blue tint at the tips.....( too wild Huh?). Nice Job. Impressive.