A few quick and easy mods

[SANGER_A2]

The first thing I noticed after riding the FZ6 after my GPZ500s with it's flip screen was it's DAMN noisy! The wind-noise is immense and so I ordered a new dark smoke Puig windscreen and after a couple of weeks waiting it finally arrived!

This was incredibly easy to install. 6 bolts and swapping the screens over. Took about 5 minutes. Only thing is the bolts are plastic and so can't be over-tightened. I'll keep an eye on them in case they vibrate out and some threadlock may be called for.

I also stuffed a rolled up bit of black rag into the gap between the windscreen and the fairing to reduce the wind-noise even more. I've been wanting to do this for ages, but because the stock screen is clear I wasn't able to.

The view from the front:-


The view from the side:-


From the riding position:-


The rag used to reduce the noise:-


Showing the extra height compared to the stock screen:-


Showing the difference in shape from the stock (although it doesn't fit over the Puig very well):-

[Gilo-FZ6]

looking good mate..i like that screen a lot

[SANGER_A2]

Normally I would not have bought this, but I saw it on ebay VERY cheap as I wrote about here (My great mod deal).

Although it doesn't look as good as the TCP one would, it finishes off the bike nicely - especially now i've removed the passenger footpegs. Because of the seat mod I've nearly finished (more on that later) it actually functions as a back rest as well as I sit further back now.

It just clips onto the seat in three places and doesn't require more than 30 seconds work to install or remove it. For £50 you can't go wrong. It's not worth the £150 Yamaha want for it though!!!

The view from the side:-


The view from the rear:-


From further forward:-

[Mattberkshire]

I like the angular-ness of the screen. It looks better than the stock one

[SANGER_A2]

Originally Posted by Mattberkshire

I like the angular-ness of the screen. It looks better than the stock one

Yeah it looks great. Much nicer shape than stock and the smoked look makes it look even more modded. I keep getting "surprised" by it when coming up to the bike from a distance from the front and thinking "damn that screen looks nice".

It's a bit unusual - like the bike really. It goes well with the large headlight "eyes" and the massive mirror stalks. My girlfriend calls my bike "The Fly". I call it "SuperFly" though (you have to say it in a Mexican-style accent) based on my memories of the badass videos below:-

YouTube - SuperFly 1

YouTube - SuperFly 1

YouTube - Joe Cartoon: Super Fly 2

YouTube - Joe Cartoon: Super Fly 2

YouTube - Joe Cartoon: Stoneflies I

YouTube - Joe Cartoon: Stoneflies I