I finally decided to take my 8 spoke rear wheel to the powder coater. Had no clear path in mind for the color, but a couple ideas. After some talking he dug out this "Rubbed Bronze" color. It has some gold metal flake in it to catch the sunlight. I thought it may have come out a bit brighter, but this is fine. Pretty subtle.
Staintune high mount was put on a few years ago. Thurn Clear LED tail light was put on last year.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] 8 spoke "Rubbed Bronze" 8 Spoke, powder coated in "Rubbed Bronze" Staintune high mount Thurn clear tail light Album: '12 update Uploaded 13 Feb 2012 - 11:05
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] Closeup 8 Spoke 8 Spoke, powder coated in "Rubbed Bronze"
Staintune high mount
Thurn clear tail light Album: '12 update Uploaded 13 Feb 2012 - 11:13
I picked up an SP1 6 spoke front to go with the 8 spoke rear. Actually I had matching 5 spokes front and rear, but really wanted to use the 8 and return the 5 spoke SP2 wheel to my RC51.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] SP1 Front Front SP1 6 spoke, powder coated "Rubbed Bronze" EBC Rotors Tyga Carbon Fiber RC51 Fender Thurn clear turn signals SP1 forks, rebuilt by Jamie Daugherty Album: '12 update Uploaded 15 Feb 2012 - 18:49
EBC rotors and Thurn clear signals were part of last years work. Brand new Tyga carbon fiber RC51 fender is beautiful! SP1 forks were put on last year, but just rebuilt and re-valved by Jamie Daugherty.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] Front close Front SP1 6 spoke, powder coated "Rubbed Bronze" EBC Rotors Tyga Carbon Fiber RC51 Fender Thurn clear turn signals SP1 forks, rebuilt by Jamie Daugherty Album: '12 update Uploaded 15 Feb 2012 - 18:54
I had a pretty beat up gas tank on there that I finally replaced with a really good used on. Also replaced the poorly painted original gas cap with a proper stocker. I found a cheap ebay "Double Bubble" type dark tinted windscreen from "Timmy6666" in Hong Kong. Seems pretty good.
Cleaned up the calipers and put in new pads on the front.
I had thought about getting a load of new fasteners for the front end. I had to have some more rotor bolts and several others on the front were getting ugly, so I was thinking about Stainless or Ti for corrosion resistance. SS got expensive pretty quickly, and Ti was crazy! Ended up just setting for new OEM rotor bolts.
Not sure about the paint. I think I'll just pick up a new fairing piece here and there. Only need the tail. And the side fairings. And the front upper.
I had Dzus 1/4 turn D-ring fasteners on the sides for a while. I also decided to modify the front bolts between the black V-cowl and the sides to accept button head Dzus 1/4 turns. Also got the bottom connection between the side fairings fastened by 1/4 turn D-rings.
Now the only fasteners needed for side fairing removal that are still threaded are the 4 (2 each side) big headed shoulder bolts at the bottom and rear. I thought I had a plan to replace the rear ones with RC51 1/4 turn mounts, but the angles and lengths weren't cose enough to match up to the VFR fairings.
Still have the push button quick release option that Miguel came up with a few years back. Might try that out one of these days...
Staintune high mount was put on a few years ago. Thurn Clear LED tail light was put on last year.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] 8 spoke "Rubbed Bronze" 8 Spoke, powder coated in "Rubbed Bronze" Staintune high mount Thurn clear tail light Album: '12 update Uploaded 13 Feb 2012 - 11:05
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] Closeup 8 Spoke 8 Spoke, powder coated in "Rubbed Bronze"
Staintune high mount
Thurn clear tail light Album: '12 update Uploaded 13 Feb 2012 - 11:13
I picked up an SP1 6 spoke front to go with the 8 spoke rear. Actually I had matching 5 spokes front and rear, but really wanted to use the 8 and return the 5 spoke SP2 wheel to my RC51.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] SP1 Front Front SP1 6 spoke, powder coated "Rubbed Bronze" EBC Rotors Tyga Carbon Fiber RC51 Fender Thurn clear turn signals SP1 forks, rebuilt by Jamie Daugherty Album: '12 update Uploaded 15 Feb 2012 - 18:49
EBC rotors and Thurn clear signals were part of last years work. Brand new Tyga carbon fiber RC51 fender is beautiful! SP1 forks were put on last year, but just rebuilt and re-valved by Jamie Daugherty.
[image: index.php?app=gallery&module=images§ion=img_ctrl&img=579] Front close Front SP1 6 spoke, powder coated "Rubbed Bronze" EBC Rotors Tyga Carbon Fiber RC51 Fender Thurn clear turn signals SP1 forks, rebuilt by Jamie Daugherty Album: '12 update Uploaded 15 Feb 2012 - 18:54
I had a pretty beat up gas tank on there that I finally replaced with a really good used on. Also replaced the poorly painted original gas cap with a proper stocker. I found a cheap ebay "Double Bubble" type dark tinted windscreen from "Timmy6666" in Hong Kong. Seems pretty good.
Cleaned up the calipers and put in new pads on the front.
I had thought about getting a load of new fasteners for the front end. I had to have some more rotor bolts and several others on the front were getting ugly, so I was thinking about Stainless or Ti for corrosion resistance. SS got expensive pretty quickly, and Ti was crazy! Ended up just setting for new OEM rotor bolts.
Not sure about the paint. I think I'll just pick up a new fairing piece here and there. Only need the tail. And the side fairings. And the front upper.
I had Dzus 1/4 turn D-ring fasteners on the sides for a while. I also decided to modify the front bolts between the black V-cowl and the sides to accept button head Dzus 1/4 turns. Also got the bottom connection between the side fairings fastened by 1/4 turn D-rings.
Now the only fasteners needed for side fairing removal that are still threaded are the 4 (2 each side) big headed shoulder bolts at the bottom and rear. I thought I had a plan to replace the rear ones with RC51 1/4 turn mounts, but the angles and lengths weren't cose enough to match up to the VFR fairings.
Still have the push button quick release option that Miguel came up with a few years back. Might try that out one of these days...