2014 Winter mods; Whats in store for your Fizzer?

[par751]

I was gonna do the FZ1 bars but a friend of mine just gave me a brand new set of FZ8 bars and think I will try these. Arthritis in the right wrist has me looking for something with less bend and these seem to fit the bill at the fantastic price of 0.

 

[FinalImpact]

Re: KEEPING UP w/the Joneses (Townsend)

Not Exactly a mod, but.....
Old Denim being put to use! hint, polish is red hence the nasty look

- Radiator and Fairing were off for valve check/adjustment so I took this oppertunity to do some shine! Kinda left the bottom so I could ride it!
I'll finish when it warms a bit! :thumbup:

 

[4drfocus]

Green l.e.d strips.
Carbon fibre tail.
And this Kangaroo skin seat

 

[JayyVee]

As the title reads; what mods if any are planned for the winter months?
- Feel free to toss in those MAJOR maintenance items too!

I plan to ride, and roll over to 30k on the Odo before the new year! Blah

Seriously though, a new windscreen - the original is fairly pitted and glazed, think I am going to get something a little taller than the stock as well.

Other then that - will be riding 1-2 times a week at least to keep her spirit kicking. Our winters are weak, except when we have snowmegeddon's like last year. Even then it's back to 50-60's in the evenings in a few days again.

 

[roleya]

Electrical Multi Mod

at first I made a thread, but now realize I should have posted here.
Any advice on what I have planned?

So, I've been wanting to do a few of these, but never had the time to pull apart the fairing to figure out how I wanted to do it. Now that I live within bicycling distance of work, the grocery store, and pretty much anything I'm allowed to visit on the island, my motorcycle doesn't have to be in one piece every morning.

The things I'm trying to incorporate are:
Dual High and Low beams
Garage door opener
POD lights and EL wire as running/turn signals
Low beam off when turn signal on that side is blinking
Gear Indicator

And, I want to do it all without splicing the stock harness.

I was wondering if anyone would like to give some input on my design so far, and let me know if I'm overlooking something/could do it in a simpler/better way. I've added a few notes of parts used as well.

The easiest way I found to exhibit it is the falstad circuit simulator. Use the link if you'd like to see it working.

At the top left is the battery, a switch next to the positive terminal is the ignition on/off.
The switch next to Ground is whether the bike is running (closed) or not (open).
Under that is a square wave generator to simulate the turn signal relay.
The gray bars signify stock connectors. On the Left by the "turn signal relay" is the left handlebar switches you can operate.
The big one in line with "flashers" turns those on, and if you click between the L and R terminals you will switch between signalling to one side and cancelling.

The center mess is where the bulk of my work will be. The two sets of 2 gray bars indicate where I am unplugging the stock connector and inserting a "plug and play" adapter to do a bunch of stuff.

On the far left side the 714.3 Ohm resistor simulates the current draw of my garage door opener. The 2.2k Ohm I will actually add to step down the voltage to ~3V. With this setup, assuming I leave my low beams on after turning off the bike, this will automatically open the garage when I turn the bike on.

The left and right turn signals are shown with a bottom and top bulb: bottom is running and top is turn. Similarly, low beams are partially obscured by the high beams, so you only see a sliver when low is on, and you see the full bulb when high is on.

At each turn signal harness, I also plan to insert a plug and play adapter to add in the pod lights and some Electro Luminescent Wire (24 Ohm resistors to simulate, 75 Ohm will be added to step down voltage to 3V) to work as running lights and flashers.

The Gear indicator leads can be run through the existing "blanks" in the stock wiring harness.

Also, I thought it would be cool to have my headlight turn off on the same side that I'm turning so that the POD lights are more visible while flashing. However, if wanting the headlight on that side while turning in somewhere, I can use highbeams which stay on when turning.

 

[FinalImpact]

~ Maintenance Completed ~
- Valves adjusted
- Header(s) polished both the old and the new
- Coolant changed
- Oil Changed

~ Tinkering Completed ~
- Ignition Advance
- O2 bung installed in S1 header
- S1 polished header installed
- Mid-pipe test pipe installed
- Rear Sets mounted solid

• 
  ~ To do ~
• Chain cleaned and lubed
• Replace rear tire (not purchased)
• Install 48 tooth rear sprocket (not purchased)
• Install new CR10E plugs
• Install Fuel Controller and Data Logger
• Add easy access MAP switch for fuel economy vz Zoom Zoom
• Build Fuel Map
• Tail Tidy; cut, bend, powder coat, install (Alum plate purchased)

 

[deeptekkie]

Removed the old battery today and reinstalling a brand new one tomorrow. Maybe a new back tire later in the spring?