Minor Winter Project - installing suspension worth 1/3 of the bike - Page 6

Rangerscott · 01-16-2011, 11:36 PM

Ya, but 75% of it is for their early model that we dont have.

Papa_Complex · 01-16-2011, 11:38 PM

Maybe not as much as 75%, but certainly much of it. Unfortunately I found that out when I ordered a Givi windscreen that, despite having been listed as for '09-'10 ERs, was really for a 2006. I've been trying to figure out a mounting method ever since. Ultmately I may just say screw it, then try to order the Kawasaki screen from a British source.

Amber Lamps · 01-17-2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Maybe not as much as 75%, but certainly much of it. Unfortunately I found that out when I ordered a Givi windscreen that, despite having been listed as for '09-'10 ERs, was really for a 2006. I've been trying to figure out a mounting method ever since. Ultmately I may just say screw it, then try to order the Kawasaki screen from a British source.

I may not be much of a person in your eyes but if you post me some pics of the screen, brackets and bike. I may be able to figure something out for you. I am quite good at that sort of thing.

Rangerscott · 01-17-2011, 12:37 AM

I like the windscreen this guy got. Didnt line up well but that's how it goes.

http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...r6n-stuff.html

Papa_Complex · 01-17-2011, 07:09 AM

Yeah, I saw that. He adapted a double bubble style screen for a Ninja 650R. I'd rather either adapt the one I have, or use the one that's available from Kawasaki, in Europe. Take a look in the "accessories" tab: http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/ER-6n

Rangerscott · 02-13-2011, 12:01 AM

Update hoe!

Papa_Complex · 02-13-2011, 08:55 AM

The update is that it has been -10C around here, so not a lot of incentive to go out and work on the bike

Rangerscott · 02-13-2011, 10:58 AM

O hell no Canadian. Always bragging aboot americans being pussies in the cold. Get your eskimo ass out there and get some shit done.

Papa_Complex · 02-14-2011, 03:07 PM

Well we're looking at maybe 10C (50F), later this week, so I might get the easy part out of the way. It shouldn't take me more than 1/2 hour to 45 mins. to swap out the shock, with how much practise I've had at it.

I'll leave the forks for a bit though; maybe until I can work in my buddy's garage. I'll need more room for that than my little shed provides. I've already pretty much got all the tools and spares that I'll need, now that the crush washers and bolts have come in.

Papa_Complex · 03-05-2011, 03:19 PM

Step one is complete. It took me longer to haul the tools and stands out to my shed, than it did to do the actual job. The shock was swapped and properly torqued in under 20 minutes. I guess there are advantages to both this lay-down shock mount design and in having to do this multiple times before, when trying to mount a previous shock that didn't fit, afterall

01-16-2011, 11:38 PM	#2
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Maybe not as much as 75%, but certainly much of it. Unfortunately I found that out when I ordered a Givi windscreen that, despite having been listed as for '09-'10 ERs, was really for a 2006. I've been trying to figure out a mounting method ever since. Ultmately I may just say screw it, then try to order the Kawasaki screen from a British source. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

01-17-2011, 07:09 AM	#5
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Yeah, I saw that. He adapted a double bubble style screen for a Ninja 650R. I'd rather either adapt the one I have, or use the one that's available from Kawasaki, in Europe. Take a look in the "accessories" tab: http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/ER-6n __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-13-2011, 08:55 AM	#7
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The update is that it has been -10C around here, so not a lot of incentive to go out and work on the bike __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-14-2011, 03:07 PM	#9
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Well we're looking at maybe 10C (50F), later this week, so I might get the easy part out of the way. It shouldn't take me more than 1/2 hour to 45 mins. to swap out the shock, with how much practise I've had at it. I'll leave the forks for a bit though; maybe until I can work in my buddy's garage. I'll need more room for that than my little shed provides. I've already pretty much got all the tools and spares that I'll need, now that the crush washers and bolts have come in. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

03-05-2011, 03:19 PM	#10
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Step one is complete. It took me longer to haul the tools and stands out to my shed, than it did to do the actual job. The shock was swapped and properly torqued in under 20 minutes. I guess there are advantages to both this lay-down shock mount design and in having to do this multiple times before, when trying to mount a previous shock that didn't fit, afterall __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

01-16-2011, 11:36 PM	#1
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Ya, but 75% of it is for their early model that we dont have.

01-17-2011, 12:37 AM	#4
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	I like the windscreen this guy got. Didnt line up well but that's how it goes. http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...r6n-stuff.html

02-13-2011, 12:01 AM	#6
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Update hoe!

02-13-2011, 10:58 AM	#8
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	O hell no Canadian. Always bragging aboot americans being pussies in the cold. Get your eskimo ass out there and get some shit done.