Re: Tyga fairing
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:27 pm
Apologies, not going to type a lot. If anyone has questions please ask? Will gladly elaborate as time allows. Kit was not as easy as I hoped to fit but it is worth mentioning that my particular bike has had a tough life, lotsa crashes before she came home to me so it can be argued that brackets etc might well not be exactly where they should be. Tail piece wasn't a biggy but with all our painting I had to enlarge the holes for the tail light slightly, this was a headache. I just don't know how Tyga intended to fit the little prongs that clips into the tank. They build a giant standoff here with thread in it? I had to dremel this down into a reasonable sized peg so it would clip into the tank. Unfortunately my dremel kicked my ass during this and I chipped my paint job here, self inflicted pain..the best.
Bottom fairing was a reasonable fit, I had to bend the little brackets that hold the back of the fairing to the frame slightly, suspect mine wasn't good to begin with anyways. Top fairing got interesting, this one was a definite stretch to get on. I had to bend the little top bracket that holds the mirrors a lot, again stressing I don't know if mine was good to begin with. My old body kit was in some strange shapes. Tank cover was interesting, I tried to clingwrap the tank but no luck getting the cover on then, it's a hell of a tight fit and the last bit it needs to clip over so needs to slip as much as possible. The little front tank cover was a different animal, this one was a nightmare for me to get the little tabs on the bottom to clip in.
Air ducts fit decent but I'm not happy yet with how they mate to the tank, still working on getting this better. Everything else went well. Of course with my luck I managed to fairing fit my bike into a electrical problem so now it's dead. Still working on that little bugger up.
I will need to wash the bike up when I'm done to get some proper pictures, oh and still working on the touchup needed on the tailpiece. Will get good clean pictures up soonest! Don't know how I'm gonna get myself to ride this thing now.
Indicator cutouts. Not fun but not a big deal. Hehe
Bottom fairing was a reasonable fit, I had to bend the little brackets that hold the back of the fairing to the frame slightly, suspect mine wasn't good to begin with anyways. Top fairing got interesting, this one was a definite stretch to get on. I had to bend the little top bracket that holds the mirrors a lot, again stressing I don't know if mine was good to begin with. My old body kit was in some strange shapes. Tank cover was interesting, I tried to clingwrap the tank but no luck getting the cover on then, it's a hell of a tight fit and the last bit it needs to clip over so needs to slip as much as possible. The little front tank cover was a different animal, this one was a nightmare for me to get the little tabs on the bottom to clip in.
Air ducts fit decent but I'm not happy yet with how they mate to the tank, still working on getting this better. Everything else went well. Of course with my luck I managed to fairing fit my bike into a electrical problem so now it's dead. Still working on that little bugger up.
I will need to wash the bike up when I'm done to get some proper pictures, oh and still working on the touchup needed on the tailpiece. Will get good clean pictures up soonest! Don't know how I'm gonna get myself to ride this thing now.
Indicator cutouts. Not fun but not a big deal. Hehe