Chaosratt
Senior Member
A few recent mods that I thought I'd share.
First up, LCD recolor.
It has a little yellowish tint near the bottom. More than likely sun fading of the plastic and why Yamaha went with the amber color from the start; they knew the plastic would yellow.
Test with a donor board for fit and function of the replacement LEDs:
Photo :: IMG 0660
Photo :: IMG 0661
Photo :: IMG 0657
Painted the front windscreen, radiator guards, and got fame caps.
Not totally satisfied with how the windscreen turned out, so when it isn't 95F at 8am I might take it off and give it a nice sanding and recoat.
Radiator guards and frame caps more visible from the side (and no, I still haven't put the inner fairing panels back in):
Not apparent from this last picture, but the rear huger is painted as well. It was fading and turning white from being outside all the time (she's my daily ride = 8 hour sits in open parking lots). Used it as my guinnie pig to get used to the clean/sand/clean/paint/sand/clean/paint procedure, so its just kylon flat black, and so is the windscreen.
First up, LCD recolor.
It has a little yellowish tint near the bottom. More than likely sun fading of the plastic and why Yamaha went with the amber color from the start; they knew the plastic would yellow.
Test with a donor board for fit and function of the replacement LEDs:
Photo :: IMG 0660
Photo :: IMG 0661
Photo :: IMG 0657
Painted the front windscreen, radiator guards, and got fame caps.
Not totally satisfied with how the windscreen turned out, so when it isn't 95F at 8am I might take it off and give it a nice sanding and recoat.
Radiator guards and frame caps more visible from the side (and no, I still haven't put the inner fairing panels back in):
Not apparent from this last picture, but the rear huger is painted as well. It was fading and turning white from being outside all the time (she's my daily ride = 8 hour sits in open parking lots). Used it as my guinnie pig to get used to the clean/sand/clean/paint/sand/clean/paint procedure, so its just kylon flat black, and so is the windscreen.