I changed the colour of my bike! Woohoo! :)

[vela]

Finally! It's done! I spent 5 hours assembling it after work on Friday. It was so dark I didn't want to take pics. I bought it slightly damaged, the previous owner fell at about 20 MPH, broke the fairing, the headlamps and the windscreen which he painted black. So... They are all changed, plus, I installed LSL crash pads and did the dual headlight mod and the air box! :rockon: What do you think?

Before:

After:

 

[Bo67]

You can't get much classier than black and silver. Awesome job!

 

[flamewulfe]

That looks outstanding! Good job!

 

[FZ6-ZN]

Awesome Job! :thumbup: Many miles of safe riding…

FZ6-ZN

 

[vela]

Thanks guys! I can't tell you how happy I am now. It's like I bought a new bike! It looks different with the paint and both headlights working, plus, it sounds different too, because of the airbox mod. :Flash:

 

[Red Wazp]

Sweeeeeeeeet! How is sound different?

Don't see rain or snow in the pics so time for some bugs on the front cause that bike is just too clean

 

[The Toecutter]

That look's really good!!!! the black and silver look tuff!!!! :rockon:

 

[teeter]

The bike looks awesome! Nice work!

Regarding the first pic... Damn, that's a scary place for a side stand.

 

[HouTex]

Wow! That looks fantastic. I have a black 08 and hope to repaint it sometime down the line when I go naked. I am thinking of keeping it all black minus painting the tank either white or orange.

More pics!

Great job!

 

[Motogiro]

Really nice look! I've always like the silver and black...Cool!! Even though it'll go slower now cuz it's not The Faster Blue....

 

[Fz6Sa]

Great work!!! no doubt that a lot of TLC went into it :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[vela]

Sweeeeeeeeet! How is sound different?

It sounds much "bigger" like it's a 750 or a 900 cc bike. Especially if you just tap the throttle, it growls man! Ha, ha! My friend that's also riding says that it sounds much better when I pass him at WOT. I can only tell from my perspective and I love it.
Here's a pic of the mod:

I thought it would run lean so I gave it a +7 on both C1 and C2 settings but then I could smell the exhaust, it was too rich, so I changed it back to stock and it goes like a skunk! Ha, ha, ha! I guess it was very rich at stock settings to begin with. I know there are some skeptics about this mod out here, but, if it means anything to you - I'd do it again, no second thoughts. In my honest opinion (and I know a few things about mechanics ( I used to tune Suzuki Swifts GTis)) it's just a silencer like you have under the bonnets of all cars. I don't belive I gained any power, maybe a tiny amount of torqe at lower end, but that doesn't matter - the sound does! :rockon:

 

[lytehouse]

nice job :thumbup:

 

[FZ-B]

nice job :thumbup:

+1 :thumbup:

 

[SovietRobot]

It looks exactly like the stock 04's and silver 05's.
Looks good for being a paint job and not just new plastics.

 

[Stumbles06]

Nice job mate. Looks the same as my '04 model now, great choice of colour :thumbup:

Interesting place to store your disc-lock. Does it rattle or vibrate much while riding???

 

[vela]

Only the headlamps and the windscreen are new, well not new, but from some bike in Germany (ebay rules ), all the plastics are original, I fixed them myself. Lots of patience, super glue, bondo and filler. That first pic shows the fixed fairing with my paint job. But then the tank needed to get fixed so I took the whole bike apart this winter and gave the parts to a guy who painted them professionally.
The disc lock doesn't rattle, I never heard or felt it. It's just so much more practical than having to lift the seat up every time.

 

[Botch]

Nicely done! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[reiobard]

looks good, very professional looking work!

 

[LERecords]

looks awsome.. great work :thumbup: