My FZR in the nood

[Tristan.]

My FZR started out stock (see sig link for pics) but I've always prefered naked bikes. Novemberish last year I stripped the fairings off and put bars on:
https://i39.tinypic.com/2quma9e.jpg (yup, that was taken in November, sucks to not live in Plymouth )
https://i41.tinypic.com/iwj52a.jpg
But it was a pretty shit effort. The headlight was cheap and nasty, the bars where a little bent, I never got round to wiring most of the digital speedo in, hoses wherent long enough so I had a single hose from my CB stretching to one caliper with the other blanked off and the tail was obviously nonsense. If it was neater I would of liked it but it was really half arsed so it ended up going back to stock after a couple of weeks.

Anyway I decided to go down that route again and get the fairings on ebay (PM me offers if you like) This time I much prefer it. There are still plenty of rough bits but it feels a lot neater. And I quite like the accidental monochrome look
https://i40.tinypic.com/2jb709x.jpg
https://i42.tinypic.com/29uzt78.jpg
https://i40.tinypic.com/205b7zo.jpg
https://i42.tinypic.com/25hirkp.jpg
(Pink genesis sticker left on for old school coolness)
but yeah, I haven't used the S word, cos I'm not that fussed what it's catagorised as, to me it's just a naked sportsbike with bars, partly to keep my top speed down, partly for the cash I'll get from selling the fairings and partly cos the bars give a more aggressive riding position, with less weight over the front wheel, which is nice for being a hooligan (but not so nice for my licence)

Anyway, opinions? I'm poor for the foreseeable future, so for now I'll just be tidying the wiring and adjusting the bar furnature/ dremelling off the scuffs from the spill the other day, but in a bit I should hopefully be working and have income to burn on it. I cant decide what I want for the back end. It's a big empty white space, I quite like the idea of big yam logos in grey/silver, sort of off centre and spilling off the edge. Any other ideas?

[Seb]

Liking that lots

With a few of the rough edges tidied up that'll look well smart I'd say, certainly a better (and probably safer!) job than last time eh
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[OssY]

have you no shame??? where is the clothes???

[jack_zxr400]

that is so sexy
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Current Bike: R6
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[MarJay]

Some sportsbikes look a bit poo with the fairings ripped off, but that looks like it should be like that.

Now that the horrid 'Streetfighter' fad is over (with the accompanied simpson bandit lids, anodised tat and stupid ridiculous angled 916 seat units), naked is the new fully faired!
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[chillpill]

lovin the colour scheme , was planning on doing something like that myself but i hate cleaning and a white mudgaurd would just end up turning black anyway

ps wats that speedo ? does it have a tacho?

[Tristan.]

It's an acewell, think the model is 2803. The tacho rather neatly climbs round the outside of the gauge. Haven't got a magnet for the speedo yet, but when that arrives I'll probably do a review, neat bit of kit, think mine cost me 80 or 40 a few months back, it was half price anyway.

Cheers for comments, I had the "make it look like a factory bike" mantra going through my head most of the time, cos my instincts usually make me go the opposite way and do silly things (see the first incarnation for proof heh)

Ossy, you can see her clothes scrunched up in the corner on the last pic, after they where ripped off in a fit of passion.

Might get the gf to DSLR some better pics tommorow (which'll probably show up all the crappy bits my phone came didn't pic up )

[Steve-D]

Just admit it already, you binned it, stop trying to cover up your reasons for nakeding it.

What colour is the tank I can't work it out, looks good though.
Needs more pink, and tassels re attaching

What have you done with your delvcevic can, give you 50 quid for it.
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Tristan The said 'Dunno what my pace will be like, fastish slow puncture on the rear and if I go too fast I risk my 'keys' falling out'

[Tristan.]

Pfft I didn't bin it, you can see the intact fairings in one of the pictures. Tank is the same white as the plastics and bare polished metal (well it's not quite an exact colour match)

Tassels wont go on, renthals don't have holes in and fuck off fifty quid for the delkevic, it's spare ATM cos the CB can fitted the scheme better. Went back to stock can today, to see if thats why it runs shit.

Oh actually I did bin it, but it was after the change. Slid it 15m down the road from 40 odd, fuckall damage done

[OssY]

[chris-red]

[Tristan.]

Yeah, I've heard of that from a few places. Not put off though as they seem perfectly happy to swap with no fuss.

Found some lanes and had a nice cruise stopped twice to remove my helmet and then later to put it back on, and since I was stopped in a picturesque place I took a couple phone pics
https://i40.tinypic.com/2rfaro2.jpg
https://i40.tinypic.com/r1h5sg.jpg
(shows the tank better, also shows the tiny amount of crash damage)
https://i39.tinypic.com/2ups177.jpg
genesis sticker really needs to go now

sorry about big pics. They should resize once they've loaded

[Mudskipper]

Naked sportsbikes that are definitely NOT streetfighters FTW!
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[MarJay]

[Tristan.]

I see what you mean, one with big chunky forks and bodywork. Headlight angle is a combination of being parked on a hill, me crouching to take the photo and the aim being a little bit high. It was a lot more angled before but I dremeled the headlight bowl to accomodate the ignition barrel and it sits a lot more level now. Will do it a little more when I paint it.

(Plan is to paint some of the random black bits of plastic, indi backs etc in the same pearlescant white on the bodywork.)

oh and 'skipper I undressed and refaired my bike in the time it took you to finish the slabby