I am in the process of converting my 07 500f to an E and then to a streetfighter hopefully.
I do, however, have a few questions concerning the rear.
#1- where would I hide all of my electronics when removing the rear fairing?
#1A- if i did this, where would i mount the tail light?
#1B- to clean it up a good bit, it seems like I need to cut the grab bar. Has anyone done this?
#1C- Has anyone also cut the passenger peg assemblies that are welded to the frame as well?
#2- Where would the rear signal stalks be mounted?
I know it's alot of questions, but any answer would be helpful, especially if one has done this modification.
Thank you in advance, and here's pics of the progress so far.
I have dual dominator headlights coming as well.
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Ps...no comments on my unorganized garage! That's what spring cleaning is for!
Quote from: dauphinc on January 31, 2010, 10:26:08 PM
Ps...no comments on my unorganized garage! That's what spring cleaning is for!
Oh don't worry, if you get any comments it's gonna be about you wearing that front fairing like one of the x-men.
If you do a conversion from F to an E, you shouldn't have to worry about most of your questions, like the electronics under your rear fairing, tail light, turn signals, and grab bar, as the E also has the stuff hidden in the tail. You can get rid of the grab rail, but it leaves holes in your fairing and usually makes it look unfinished.
I cut my passenger pegs off. It went pretty smoothly, I am going to have to repaint my subframe now though. You're going to have to make something new to support your exhaust. When I did mine I just bolted the exhaust to a strip of aluminum. It looks a ton better, although it's still almost a foot long. When I was cutting off my passenger peg I left a little inch by inch tab hanging down from the back of the passenger peg mounts, drilled a hole in it, and used that to bolt the strap to with some rubber washers. I don't think I have any pictures online of that side of the bike, but if you look at this one you can just barely see the strap there bolted to the exhaust. The plate is blocking where it mounts to the frame though.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4207260339_e35fe9309f.jpg)
Other than that, I'm assuming from your questions that you eventually do want to remove the tail plastics. What did you have in mind? Most tails you can swap for still have space to tuck all the electronics in there, and you can just make a little bracket and bolt it to the back of the subframe for the tail light and signals. If you were planning on not having any tail plastic at all, which your questions are making me assume, you'll just have to get creative. They'll either still have to go under your seat and try to hide them with some metal mesh welded to the subframe, or maybe you can try tucking some in front of your battery? Finding out is half the fun.
Thanks for the reply!
Actually, for now, I'm going with just painting certain pieces black, such as the heel guards, front signal mounts, horn, etc. (still waiting on my dominator headlights), putting wire looms on things to clean them up, hide the wiring inside of the frame, remove center-stand, fenderectomy, remove stickers that say gs500f on the tail, cut the oil cooler mounts to just hold the oil lines because of the bulk of the mount that holds the fairing as well, paint the exhaust black hi temp from that junky rusty color, and something else i'm forgetting.
I'm going to leave the tail section on for now, until i get tired of it. :)
I probably screwed up by painting the exhaust with engine enamel..oops.
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