My Buell Conversion!!

[dturpen]

It still needs work (new front turn signals after breaking the ones I had :spank:, cleanup of wires behind screen, aiming the headlights down, and a good wash), but here she is.

:rockon:

 

[fzme]

Very nice. Kinda looks like mine. I like the little accents on your rearsets--nice touch.

 

[ShadowChillaGin]

I love it!!!! A write up of necessary parts and instructions would be sweet!!

 

[Ramiro]

Great Conversion!!! I like the mirrors.....what brand are those?

 

[fzme]

Great Conversion!!! I like the mirrors.....what brand are those?

I think that they are the CRG hindsight mirrors. I have 'em too. They are a little expensive, but worth it.

 

[dturpen]

Great Conversion!!! I like the mirrors.....what brand are those?

The mirrors I got are actually made by a company called Bikemaster. They make my signals, too. You can get the mirrors from here.

I have never used the CRG mirrors, but I can honestly say that these mirrors are AWESOME. I can see everything in them, and I just used the expanding collar attachment and am not using any bar ends right now. I took the bike out on the interstate last night, and I didn't notice hardly any vibration even at speeds above 70 mph. I am thoroughly impressed, I was riding with one of my friends, and I could see his headlight clearly and make out that it was a motorcycle, and not a car.

 

[mattcox1987]

Dude that looks sweet as but it looks alot more like a triumph street triple r 675

 

['05FZ6]

Where did you get the lights/windscreen (part number?)? Looks great!

 

[dturpen]

Where did you get the lights/windscreen (part number?)? Looks great!

Thanks for the compliments, everyone. I posted a pretty detailed write-up in the conversion thread here. It includes all the part numbers, everything I bought, where I bought it from, and somewhat detailed instructions.

 

[dturpen]

Cleaned up the bike, and got my new levers, after sending them back. I didn't like the purple adjusters of the CRG levers, so I sent them back and got the black instead. I think they look amazing! I also changed the orientation of my barend mirrors. I can see better out of them now. What do you guys think?

 

[ShadowChillaGin]

Once again...I love it...I am so torn between doing the Buell headlight or the FZ6N headlight...I'm really leaning towards the Buell though.... looks totally BA!!
really wish I knew how to work well with fiberglass..I wanna do something different!! I have the picture in my head of exactly how it would look but have to ability to do it!! lol...we will see!!

 

[dturpen]

The conversion continues..

Installed new black drag bars and black grips today. Here are some pics...

 

[dturpen]

Took a ride up to Petit Jean today to test out my new tires and handlebar risers. Here are a few pics...

 

[CCHOUSEKY]

Love the bike...that all black is sick. But I do have one question.

Why the risers if you're gonna go with drag bars? I would assume the drag bars just made the riding position a little too low for your liking? I'm just wondering.

Nice shots, btw! :thumbup:

 

[viviifz6]

It looks really good!

 

[dturpen]

Love the bike...that all black is sick. But I do have one question.

Why the risers if you're gonna go with drag bars? I would assume the drag bars just made the riding position a little too low for your liking? I'm just wondering.

Nice shots, btw! :thumbup:

I wanted the drag bars for the straighter wrist position, but I wanted the height of the stock handlebars. I honestly didn't realize that the drag bars would be that much of difference in riding position, but there was a huge difference.

I picked up the risers off of ebay for $23 and they have a 1.2" rise. It's just about perfect; the position is still a tad aggressive but it's much more comfortable. Also, the top of the handlebars now line up nicely with the top of the windscreen giving the illusion that the headlights/windscreen are mounted lower, and that makes me much happier as well.

Now to repaint the handlebar clamp (spilled gas on it :spank, paint the risers, paint the top triple clamp, paint the radiator cap, and touch up the rearsets. All black, of course.

 

[malicious439]

What bars did you use? they look good!

 

[dturpen]

What bars did you use? they look good!

I bought this handlebar in black. It's pretty good quality, and I haven't had any issues with the coating scraping off like some of the reviews there said. I'm very impressed with the handlebar so far.

 

[mxgolf]

Yes the black looks BADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD all right. Thanks

 

[g8anos]

IMO

you need a dark smoked taillight lens (maybe with LED's)!

personally, i don't like bar end mirrors, i would prefer mini mirrors on the handlebar, black colored.

Also a black or carbon exhaust system.

And i would like red stripes instead of purple