Recent content by upshiftoverdrive

I got it taken off, brake fluid was the hot ticket. I'm surprised brake fluid was able to remove the tint but nail polish remover wasn't. Next to my clear visor - Visor still kind of has mirror properties but is more like a mirrored blueish light smoke now, instead of dark gold...

As soon as you select a color the price jumps to $35 or more dollars. I wish they were just $15. My lid is over 3 years old and has been dropped so I'm due for an upgrade anyways. Just wanted to try this for fun. Helmet is old and worn out and visors are overpriced besides. I think my next...

Has anyone ever successfully done this? I have a gold mirrored visor for my helmet, an Icon Alliance Dark, which is beat to all hell. All sorts of scratches and scrapes which make it a bit of a chore to wear while I am riding. Needless to say I have no feelings for this visor so I am pretty...

The standard eBay kit? The second link you provided is actually a FZ6R, not sure if you realize that. You do have a FZ6 and not a FZ6R right? Where in SC are you BTW?

If the proper FZ6N headlight mount is anything like the eBay conversion kit that I got online I would say, probably not. The mounts for the headlight on my kit were between the two forks by at least 1/2 an inch on each side. You can always fab something up that connects to the mount and then...

Alright. Which one of you made this custom fairing? Bahahaha

Anybody want anything here? -Unbranded tinted windscreen - SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN CHICAGO -OEM Turn Front S2 Signals with mounting brackets. Unoriginal wiring harness. Has been rewired for naked, with hot leads for running lights sticking out. -S2 Right side pod -OEM S2 mirrors - SENT TO A...

Yeah that's what I've been telling my brother-in-law. He's all bummed out because he adjusted the valves to perfection and it unsurprisingly made no difference. It does kind of sound like a lower rod bearing to me, though I have no experience to base that on. I can't imagine anything in the...

Thanks for the help. I posted on the VStar Forum (No Replies) and was considering posting on a bigger V-Twin Forum but decided that you knowledgeable folks could most likely help me out best! We pulled off the tank, intake, valve covers, and cam sprocket cover. Not much to be seen at the cam...

Thanks for the reply! Will do and will report back. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

As the title says. Please check out the attached video. I know it's not good, wondering if anyone can pinpoint this scary knocking? I'm wondering if the timing is off and the valves are kissing the piston a little bit? Probably too easy, the sound is pretty catastrophic. I am scared to...

Wow, that's a lot of money. My tank has 2 small dents and some scrapes, as well as hail damage from the PO. Trying to decide if I should replace it, paint it or what. Kinda wish the FZ has a fairing over the tank like the sport bikes have, instead of a metal tank. Would make replacing a whole...

How did you fix the tank? Did you just replace altogether?

I initiate the wave to Harley riders. When I know for sure that they aren't going to wave back (i.e. staring straight ahead not acknowledging me), before they pass completely I remove both my hands from the handlebars and furiously wave with both hands like I am crazy. That usually gets a...

I too would be interested in purchasing the Givi side racks you have if you are trying to get rid of them. I suddenly have the itch to do this mod, especially with the discomfort of wearing a backpack in the SC summer heat.