My Latest FZ6 Naked Conversion

Thread starter speedfrk
Start date Jun 20, 2009

Jun 20, 2009

#1

speedfrk

Custom Painter

Hello FZ6 people... I do custom painting and conversions and thought you might like to see the 05 I just finished. Basically, it was wrecked hard and all the stuff in the front was destroyed. I was going to part it out, but I decided to go ahead and do another FZ6 conversion. At any rate, it is a great bike and looks way better naked. The paint is of course all custom and it took me quite a while to get the strobe stripes the way I wanted them. But the end result was really good.

Jun 20, 2009

#2

ArmyDocInTraining

Junior Member

wow! awesome work

Jun 20, 2009

#3

jtarkany

Ronin

Elite Member

:welcome:

Very cool :thumbup: I like that nostalgic Bumble Bee paint scheme. Here is another version of it on the FZ1:

There is a pretty cool article associated with this picture: 2008 Yamaha FZ1 - Super Streetbike Magazine

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Jun 20, 2009

#4

abacall

Speedy recovery

That is a beauty, excellent work. Love the single light. How about painting that swingarm and fork black as well?

Jun 20, 2009

#5

Mexi-can't

Biker dude

Elite Member

I like it! The only thing I would personally change would be the headlight. I like the round, and a more modern looking headlight would really set that bike off. :thumbup:

Jun 20, 2009

#6

broon

Junior Member

man that is a sweet looking bike!

Jun 20, 2009

#7

mxgolf

Motoup

Elite Member

Very nice. I have always liked the yellow with the black stripe on it.:thumbup: Enjoy that sweet FZ6.

Jun 20, 2009

#8

speedfrk

Custom Painter

mxgolf said:
Very nice. I have always liked the yellow with the black stripe on it.:thumbup: Enjoy that sweet FZ6.

I did the layout and templates and then Rob at Tapeworks printed them for me. So he will have those graphics as a kit to put on any FZ6. Would probably look good on a blue bike as well. The first FZ6 I converted was themed after the old RD400 Daytona Special and it came out good as well.

Jun 21, 2009

#9

wildman

Member

Very nice paint job on the bike from the original poster....

Last edited: Jun 21, 2009

Jun 22, 2009

#10

SANGER_A2

Super Member

speedfrk said:
Hello FZ6 people... I do custom painting and conversions and thought you might like to see the 05 I just finished. Basically, it was wrecked hard and all the stuff in the front was destroyed. I was going to part it out, but I decided to go ahead and do another FZ6 conversion. At any rate, it is a great bike and looks way better naked. The paint is of course all custom and it took me quite a while to get the strobe stripes the way I wanted them. But the end result was really good.

Great job. A nice blend of classic styling and modern bike pulled off well.

Jun 23, 2009

#11

bmccrary

Touring Mod

speedfrk said:
Hello FZ6 people... I do custom painting and conversions and thought you might like to see the 05 I just finished. Basically, it was wrecked hard and all the stuff in the front was destroyed. I was going to part it out, but I decided to go ahead and do another FZ6 conversion. At any rate, it is a great bike and looks way better naked. The paint is of course all custom and it took me quite a while to get the strobe stripes the way I wanted them. But the end result was really good.

Did you weld up a set of frame sliders? It looks as though they are part of the frame now.

-bryan

Jun 23, 2009

#12

Tremulant

It's not over...

Great work! I wish I had your talent, and your tools

Jun 23, 2009

#13

speedfrk

Custom Painter

bmccrary said:
Did you weld up a set of frame sliders? It looks as though they are part of the frame now.

-bryan

Good eyes! The right side of the frame was snapped off by the frame slider that was on it when it crashed. It also ripped the bolt out of the engine case. So I bought a set of 6061 Alum sliders off of an ebay vendor and welded the right side slider directly to the frame where it had broken and welded and tapped the hole in the engine case. So you can still drop the engine if needed, but the slider is now part of the frame. Other than that, it would have need a new frame and not been worth fixing at all. But, I like projects like this...

Jun 24, 2009

#14

bmccrary

Touring Mod

speedfrk said:
Good eyes! The right side of the frame was snapped off by the frame slider that was on it when it crashed. It also ripped the bolt out of the engine case. So I bought a set of 6061 Alum sliders off of an ebay vendor and welded the right side slider directly to the frame where it had broken and welded and tapped the hole in the engine case. So you can still drop the engine if needed, but the slider is now part of the frame. Other than that, it would have need a new frame and not been worth fixing at all. But, I like projects like this...

That was a pretty good idea. I figured that the frame had probabaly been damaged and that was a repair. Neat fix!

-bryan

Jun 24, 2009

#15

antijoy

Junior Member

Love it! :thumbup:

Most yellow bikes I wouldn't be caught dead on, but your I would even own. Looks great.

P.S. They look like they're naked from the factory when the headlight paint matches.

Jun 24, 2009

#16

speedfrk

Custom Painter

Yes, the old 70's bikes had the headlight buckets painted to match. It really "finishes" the bike. The current trend of molding everything in black looks cheap and is cheap- that's why they do it! I've done a bunch of SV's and Monsters like this also and for something so small, it makes all the difference. Lots of pictures on my website.

Jun 25, 2009

#17

Z

Zealadin

Wow nice paint jobs on those bikes they look absolutely amazing!

Jun 29, 2009

#18

speedfrk

Custom Painter

Unfortunately, I found out over the weekend that the red and white bike has been wrecked... not really all that much damage except for the crack in the frame at the lower part of the steering head where the lower clamp goes in. May be fixable with a really good welder, but the lower steering stem race sits up in there. It might be a really tricky thing to fix. But the guy has no options- he had no collision insurance and still owes the bank...

Jul 1, 2009

#19

tonup

Junior Member

i gotta say i really like the yellow and black paint scheme im generally not a fan of yellow but when you paint it old school yammie i just love .... sorry to hear about the other bike

Jul 2, 2009

#20

H8 PVMT

lovin' life

What mirrors did you use on the Yellow/Black bike? I like 'em. :thumbup:

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