Single Round Halo Headlight Install

[Samuelgrant]

First post here, I figured I'd share my (completely undereducated) first steps towards going naked.

First of all, thanks to all the members here, this place is an incredible resource for someone just getting into wrenching, and full of very helpful people.



So I laid the bike down a couple seasons ago, cracking the front fairing and bending the stock handlebars. I ordered in some Renthal Street Mediums, installed them, LOVED it, and now I have modding fever, all the bits I need to replace the front fairing, and a lot less money. :thumbup:

Before shopping around, I saved some stuff from Bike Exif (read: motorcycle porn), brought the bike into photoshop, and laid out a few different stages of what I want the bike to look like if time and money allow – right now I'm working on phase 1, the new headlight:


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I took parts from the new XSR700, FZ09, R6 etc. It's all just to get a feel for the new lines I'd like, we'll see what happens when (or if) I actually cross those bridges. I also borrowed heavily from Bunker Customs recent XSR700 build.

With all that figured out, here's what I ordered:
• Bikemaster 5 3/4"dia. round headlight w CCFL halo
• Those cheap headlight brackets everyone has (with plans to fab my own later)
• El Cheapo mini signals from amazon x 4
• Biltwell Thruster grips
• Magazi round handlebar-mount mirrors + mounts


looking good already!

Now I just needed to figure out how to get all this stuff on the bike and working!

To be continued...

 

[LDN84]

I also have a cracked fairing and am sat on the fence debating whether to go for the naked mod.. Found this post while trying to find examples of the bike with a round headlight (thanks for spending the time in photoshop!). Would love to see how you get on so please do keep us posted.

I agree that this forum is incredible. It helped me through buying and fitting scorps not to mention numerous repairs and servicing. There's nothing quite like getting your hands dirty and doing a job yourself, even of you do run into a few hurdles along the way! Best of luck with it all

 

[Kaidfz6]

Please update if you figured it out I’m going naked now and can’t figure out my front headlight

 

[Motogiro]

If you're using a single H4 dual filament lamp for your headlight you will need to shut off the low beam when the high beam is active. The faired version of the FZ6 does not have the completed wire for that. The low beam signal for the faired version is present but does not shut off because the hi and low beam were separate lamps. If you're using a single H4 the lamp will overheat a fail prematurely. There are a few ways to do this so that lamp will switch properly.