Will it work with the Yamaha big bar engine guard?  If so I might be interested, I would have to talk it over with my finacial advisor (wife).

I have mine mounted with the engine guard. It overlapped a bit and stuck out a little, may not be noticeable to you but I did not like it. So I ordered mine unpainted, chopped the top point off and fiberglassed a flat top on it. Took it to he body shop and they painted it Raven for me.  Ended up costing me less than the painted one since the body shop only charged me $80 for the final prep and paint. It looks like it was meant to be that way now.

Quote from: Perry461 on May 23, 2012, 11:29:29 PM

Will it work with the Yamaha big bar engine guard?  If so I might be interested, I would have to talk it over with my finacial advisor (wife).

I have mine mounted with the engine guard. It overlapped a bit and stuck out a little, may not be noticeable to you but I did not like it. So I ordered mine unpainted, chopped the top point off and fiberglassed a flat top on it. Took it to he body shop and they painted it Raven for me.  Ended up costing me less than the painted one since the body shop only charged me $80 for the final prep and paint. It looks like it was meant to be that way now.

Grumpy do you have a pic of how you did the mod. I'm on the fence about committing to ordering one.

Well I did not take pics of the whole process, but Basically what I did was this.  As you can see the base unit has a point at the top that will interfere with the mount for the big bar engine guard, as it has a mount in the top loop of the frame.

(pic from L&M site)


So I held it up to the bike where I wanted it, and marked with a sharpie the point at which it would not hit the engine guards.  Then I took my straight edge and continued the line across the top, taking about 2" off the top if I remember properly.  Then I took my dremel with my cutting wheel and sliced off the top of the unit following the line I cut.  I then took tin foil and stuffed it behind the unit and formed what the new top would look like.  After several fittings on the bike to make sure I had the shape correct, I took a little cloth I picked up at Walmart for such things (hoodie like material) and doused it with fiberglass resin.  Once this hardens, I then started cutting some glass mat and placing it on the unit and soaking it with fiberglass resin using a cheap 35 cents paint brush from Home Cheapo making sure to get all the air bubbles out as I worked.  Once that layer was dry, I added another layer until I had 3 or 4 layers of fiberglass on it and it was good and hard.  I then followed the line of the chin spoiler with my straight edge and my dremel to get a nice edge around the back of the unit.  I sanded with medium then fine grit, and finally wet sanded until the hardened repair was smooth.  I then test fit it back to the bike to make sure it fit properly.  All in all about a half day effort worth of work, though there is allot of waiting for the gelcoat to setup, so plan on doing this over a weekend.  Luckily the bike is not down during this time so you can still ride 



Once I was happy with how it fit, then I took it to a local paint shop and had them match the paint on the bike.  They painted the unit and had it back to me a few days later.







Like I said, if I can do it, anyone can.  This is not my first time using fiberglass, but it is my first time in a long time and the first time on my own.  Every other time was under the supervision of my dad when I was a kid working in his shop.  The finished product looks great.  I think they should make a shortend unit for those of us with engine guards, it would be a very simple mold to make and would give them yet another product for the liner.

 Nice job, Brother Grumps

Thanks grumpy for the info and pics. I'm in for a flat black and screen kit

That was great Grump... nice job.   

On a wrap around front fender?  I'd be in on that too!

 

Low & Mean Chin Unit Group Buy Update.

I just got off of the phone with Chris at Low & Mean about offering our members another group purchase on L&M's chin unit.  He has been slammed filling orders and he told me at the end of this month (JUNE) he would be willing to offer another group buy for our sites members.

Once again we will need 12 members that are interested in purchasing this unit or more to get the special pricing.
Last time Chris had offered our members the chin unit for $ 150.00 un-painted.
I think the cost to have it painted in a factory color was $ 225.00.

If you are interested in purchasing a chin unit please make sure to pm me or post it up on this thread so I can insure we have 12 or better to make this happen.

Thanks
Scott