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Title: Crashed 2006 GS 500F naked conversion
Post by: santeria13 on December 03, 2016, 10:27:17 PM
Hi all,

As some of you may know, I got into a bad accident around 3 weeks ago, where my front end got wrecked, including bent front forks and clamps, mirrors, scratched/cracked fairings and a cracked stator cover. Luckily I was fine, and apart from the stated damage, the bike is in good condition.

So here is how it looked before:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/ccb0cea6f11b0f8db02e88061043ed73/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno1_540.jpg)

Bent forks/lower clamp:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/2a94230079b4e842ece3b7f891bfacc1/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno2_540.jpg)

Fairing removal:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/930317db74f27c8e63e31acfc1e0dd1a/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno3_1280.jpg)

[/img]https://68.media.tumblr.com/57d83e49344ea684097dbb6301073667/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno10_540.jpg[/img]

Sprocket cover replacement:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/1a050340896339bdb5a3c3da4fab862a/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno4_1280.jpg)

Front forks removed:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/5f3183ce1e083e85050d7ba7ed687741/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno5_540.jpg)

Lower clamp and steering stem removed:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/183ae1a31f1529ca8294d4abffb634d2/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno6_540.jpg)

New progressive fork springs:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/37ac561e18354bdb573554ce58e9ebef/tumblr_ohnb93pZRO1vk7vzno1_540.jpg)

New set of forks in place :
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/9a4d1bc2421a7d589d3b3e3095a26316/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno7_540.jpg)

Fender and wheel back on, fork/rim stickers applied:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/8f503418d2478dc81247e8c292767290/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno8_1280.jpg)

Blacked out headlight:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/cb17a4c87d189eb4011a826dfa7a12a9/tumblr_ohnb51OY5l1vk7vzno1_540.jpg)

How she looks now:

Headlight kept from stock; dremelled out the pointy plastic brackets on the side and used some universal headlight mounting brackets

New engine cover sanded down and repainted along with sprocket cover.

(https://68.media.tumblr.com/f103d422eeaf39d3abbb6d6a97909f62/tumblr_ohnaiihkc41vk7vzno9_1280.jpg)

Got a new delkevic ds70 slip on as well as a yamaha r6 08 shock to fit on. More pics to come soon!

Title: Re: Crashed 2006 GS 500F naked conversion
Post by: Mr. BIGGZ on December 05, 2016, 12:04:04 AM
Great job, I like the mirrors!