Refinished my junkyard TCP seat cowl tonight Pics!

AdamDJ · Sep 8, 2009

So I got lucky and snagged a TCP seat cowl for 10 bucks from our local bike junkyard last week and finally got around to refinishing it.. Im getting pretty damn good with a spray can

Before

After

Before

After

I put a metal flake silver FZ6 logo on it using a stencil made on my printer.. It came out SWEET

Thanks for looking!

OZXJR · Sep 8, 2009

Mate ,nice work.
Get a pic on the bike for us :thumbup:

jlsmith411 · Sep 8, 2009

Good job! I can't wait to see it on the bike.

Red Wazp · Sep 8, 2009

Looks good-anything is better than that crappy blue.

+1 pics with the bike

Jb40k · Sep 9, 2009

Looking sweet! :thumbup:

LERecords · Sep 9, 2009

looks real cool.. nice work

crazy dave · Sep 9, 2009

Loooks pretty sweet indeed. You did a great job. You should throw a pic up of it on the bike when you get it on trhere.:thumbup:

Guitar Man · Sep 9, 2009

Good job. Now to see it on the bike.

GlockDoc · Sep 9, 2009

Very cool man. :thumbup: I'll still you give you your money back.

AJ_rider · Sep 9, 2009

Looks good, as was mentioned earlier, anything is better than the Blue :thumbup::spank:

How are you going to attach it? It looks like the hooks that attach to the grab rails were snapped off, were you able to get the mounting bracket also?

afpreppie04 · Sep 9, 2009

Are the pads removable or did you have to mask/paint around them?

AJ_rider · Sep 9, 2009

afpreppie04 said:
Are the pads removable or did you have to mask/paint around them?

The pads are removable, although they look more like pads they are in reality hard plastic. I removed mine completely as I didn't care for the look and felt no support from them.

AdamDJ · Sep 9, 2009

AJ_rider said:
Looks good, as was mentioned earlier, anything is better than the Blue :thumbup::spank:

How are you going to attach it? It looks like the hooks that attach to the grab rails were snapped off, were you able to get the mounting bracket also?

Thanks! I'm very happy with how well it turned out.. I do have the mounting bracket but it will need to be modified or just make a new one that is longer so it will reach higher as the original mount points on the cowl are gone.. For now I have it mounted with velcro in 4 different points.. I dont really park my bike anywhere public so I'm not worried about theft but I'm still gonna make or modify a bracket to secure it better.. Ill take some pictures tonight when the lighting is right

afpreppie04 · Sep 9, 2009

AJ_rider said:
The pads are removable, although they look more like pads they are in reality hard plastic. I removed mine completely as I didn't care for the look and felt no support from them.

Thanks, I always thought they were separate pads...that along with the fin is swaying my taste towards the Powerbronze I think...also I wouldn't feel as bad messing around with a $100 cowl as I would with a TCP.

That was a great find in the junkyard, wish we had one of those near me!

tom5796 · Sep 9, 2009

AdamDJ said:
Thanks! I'm very happy with how well it turned out.. I do have the mounting bracket but it will need to be modified or just make a new one that is longer so it will reach higher as the original mount points on the cowl are gone.. For now I have it mounted with velcro in 4 different points.. I dont really park my bike anywhere public so I'm not worried about theft but I'm still gonna make or modify a bracket to secure it better.. Ill take some pictures tonight when the lighting is right

First - awesome find and work. Second, nobody's going to steal that thing - who, besides an FZ6 owner would want it? I had one for a while and ended up selling it, mainly because I used a tail bag a lot. Velcro, if it holds, would have been a perfect solution! You could even store your gloves under there...

AdamDJ · Sep 9, 2009

Here are some pics of the cowl on the bike..

I think it came out good! Now to install my black tank, belly pan, and gsxr headlight.. I have them all sitting around, just gotta get around to doing it!

FZ6drummer · Sep 9, 2009

that looks really good! excellent work with the paint job. i especially like the logo you included :thumbup:

AdamDJ · Sep 9, 2009

FZ6drummer said:
that looks really good! excellent work with the paint job. i especially like the logo you included :thumbup:

Thanks! I almost didnt do the logo but I'm glad I put in the extra bit of work..

sam5c · Sep 10, 2009

Dope!

Like it a lot, made me look into junkyards right now, gonna go visit one tomorrow hopefully I get lucky as you.

abraxas · Sep 10, 2009

That looks SO good!!!

Can't wait to see the rest

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