So I havent really posted on here is some time. Other bikes grabbed my attention (have a supermoto project going) so the 3rd gen took a back seat for awhile. It had all the original fairings, but someone at some point had laid the bike down on both sides, so they were rashed. Plus I wanted to change the look to RWB and didn't want to paint original factory pieces. I had ordered a new one piece rear fairing from airtech awhile ago and finally recieved it in the mail this last week. Waiting on parts for the other bike, so decided to turn my attention to the VFR. The quality of the Airtech fairing seems top level. Its fiberglass, so its light and easy to work with. It does take some prepping to get it to work, like the taillight openings are not cut out and the mounting holes must be drilled yourself. Also, the tabs on the taillight that align the rear turn signals, I found, should be removed. They just get in the way and aren't really necessary for getting the rear lights lined up. Ill post up some pics on how I got it so far. Next step is getting some new hardware to mount up the piece then getting a new lower fairing from airtech. I'll update with more pics and news about fitting these parts as I go.
Got around to getting the lights installed into the Airtech rear fairing. I had to decide if I was going to drill into the fairings to mount the lights like the factory did or go another cleaner route. I decided to go the cleaner route, since there is no internal structure to mount the lights to. The easiest and best way I could think of was to use some industrial hook and loop tape. Pictures say a thousand words, needless to say that it works and seems to hold the lights in place as good as or better than stock, though it still needs some fine tuning with placement. The only problem I'm having so far is the clearance of the seat and the rear cowl part of the fairing. It looks like I will have to file it down some to get the seat to fit properly, right now the sides of the seat are getting bunched up with the inside edges of the fairing. More updates incoming.
small update today. I have just ordered the one piece mid fairing from airtech. got 20 percent off for black friday, which pretty much just covered shipping and tax. Velcro has been holding int he rear lights very well, havent had any issues. Taken the bike on the freeway and hit plenty of speedbumps and train tracks and they have stayed put. I'm thinking of epoxy-ing the outside at a few contact areas just to give me the reassurance that they will stay in the proper position, but it's prob overkill. Anyway, hope to have the mid fairing fitted in a month or so, then swapping to a 4th gen exhaust and prob the ZX14 rear shock.
Awesome!! Nice work fitting the rear fender, looks perfect. I was looking at the airtech one-piece mid fairing too, can't wait to see how it turns out for you. Wish I saw that Black Friday deal. . .
Awesome!! Nice work fitting the rear fender, looks perfect. I was looking at the airtech one-piece mid fairing too, can't wait to see how it turns out for you. Wish I saw that Black Friday deal. . .
Yeah it was a pretty sweet deal. Soon, I'll be picking up a ZX-14 shock, thanks to your research in that thread of yours. Thanks for doing alot of the leg work in getting that functional by the way. I've upgraded the fork on my bike with heavier oil and stiffer racetech springs, but the rear end is always unsettled.
I've been looking at inspiration for the new paint scheme. I've always loved the RWB anniversary edition 5th gens. I had always though it would turn out to be some sort of RWB theme, but lately I've been missing having an orange bike and think the orange fairings with black honda decals and the white wheels will really turn some heads....pic below. Anyway, havent made a decision yet.
On the topic of my exhaust, I have been thinking of contacting two bros. to see if they can make me a set of the left side exit system. I live local to them, so at least shipping wont be a problem...