Phelan
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It's been a while since I've shared my changes on the forums, so I thought I'd bring anyone interested up to speed. Those of you that are on the Facebook page have probably seen these.
Anyway, so I decided I wanted a very different look for my Uly. I realize that some would say I should have sold this bike and bought a bike closer to my goals instead, but this turned out to be more intimate and cost effective, especially since I have a heavily built motor in this one.
I picked up a headlight/fairing setup from a KTM 640 Duke II and a flexiglass front fender to start the most obvious changes. The fender and fairing are painted with Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover rattlecan paint, but with proper prep work, several layers on black and clear, and a good cut and buff, they came out fantastic IMO.
I built my own brackets and moved around everything behind the fairing to get it to fit. I still may change up the top mount as well, to make a better assembly/disassembly process for the fairing and dash, which I need to build a mount for still as well.
I changed to a Kick Ash airbox cover, which I ordered new from Surdyke, as it ties into the new color scheme I have planned, which won't include blue anymore.
I never liked the OEM brake master cylinder and the Pazzo levers weren't my preference, so I switched to a Nissin radial master cylinder, a Yamaha clutch perch, and ASV shorty levers. I modded both perches and hardware a bit to fit the OEM handguards as well, though those will be modified later. I also sectioned the perch a bit to reuse the dial cable tensioner, for more finite adjustment.
The bike is just starting to take shape, but there is still much to do cosmetically. I'm going to change out the tail to a short Lightning tail, swap the forks and shock for Lightning Long pieces, modify and/or build new handguards to my plans, and of course paint everything according to my new top secret color scheme.
Here's the pictures of the fruit of my labors.
Anyway, so I decided I wanted a very different look for my Uly. I realize that some would say I should have sold this bike and bought a bike closer to my goals instead, but this turned out to be more intimate and cost effective, especially since I have a heavily built motor in this one.
I picked up a headlight/fairing setup from a KTM 640 Duke II and a flexiglass front fender to start the most obvious changes. The fender and fairing are painted with Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover rattlecan paint, but with proper prep work, several layers on black and clear, and a good cut and buff, they came out fantastic IMO.
I built my own brackets and moved around everything behind the fairing to get it to fit. I still may change up the top mount as well, to make a better assembly/disassembly process for the fairing and dash, which I need to build a mount for still as well.
I changed to a Kick Ash airbox cover, which I ordered new from Surdyke, as it ties into the new color scheme I have planned, which won't include blue anymore.
I never liked the OEM brake master cylinder and the Pazzo levers weren't my preference, so I switched to a Nissin radial master cylinder, a Yamaha clutch perch, and ASV shorty levers. I modded both perches and hardware a bit to fit the OEM handguards as well, though those will be modified later. I also sectioned the perch a bit to reuse the dial cable tensioner, for more finite adjustment.
The bike is just starting to take shape, but there is still much to do cosmetically. I'm going to change out the tail to a short Lightning tail, swap the forks and shock for Lightning Long pieces, modify and/or build new handguards to my plans, and of course paint everything according to my new top secret color scheme.
Here's the pictures of the fruit of my labors.
. Believe it or not, I sent that pic to a buddy of mine and he first thought it was the airbox cover as well haha.
