So this is my third bike. My first bike was a Honda CR 250 motocrosser that I raced in SoCal while I was in the Marine Corps. I wrecked that bike. After getting out of the Marines I moved to Great Falls MT, and purchased a 2006 Kawasaki KLR 650. It was a great bike, and I rode it for about two years.
I woke up one morning, and had a spur of the moment idea to go buy an R6. I've always wanted an R6, and just thought that today would be a great day to go buy one! I didn't have the money to go buy one outright, so I was kinda shopping used. Looking for a good bike in great shape, I headed to the local Yamaha dealership. They didn't even have any NEW R6 in stock, much less a used one. I cruised by the Honda/Kawasaki dealership, with no luck. On my way home I stopped by the Harley/Buell dealership, and they actually had a 2008 Yamaha R6S. After some serious haggling on financing and all the fun stuff, I picked the bike up the following Monday! :YEA
The first thing I set out to replace was the exhaust. I thought the stock can was god awful ugly, sounded like......well, nothing. You couldn't hear it. I'm sure a lot of research went into that thing, but damn it was horrible! I searched for a shorty pipe to put on it. After looking at a couple I settled on the HR1 riot pipe.
While riding around town, I got into a minor accident where an idiot turned left from the right lane of a one way, clipping the right side of my bike. So I took the nice check his insurance company gave me and made some more mods. I got rid of the turn signals (front and rear), and put on a fender eliminator kit. The cracked fairing on the left side was replaced, and the scratched top triple clamp was powdercoated and swapped out. The previous owner had left me some minor cosmetic damage to fix.
A ride from Great Falls to Missoula told me that the seats needed some work, so I had a local shop add some foam and recover them, in blue and white of course.
The latest addition was a set of Cleggs Innovations Angel Eyes and a Joe Florida LED underglow kit. I'm really happy with how it came out!
The whole look I'm going with this bike is I want it to be something unique, that represents me. I love Yamaha, and think the R6 is a seriously sweet bike. So I kept with the stock graphics, and the bike has morphed into a "stock but not" look. I want people to be able to look at my bike and have a difficult time picking out all the mods that are really there. It's still a flashy bike, but just with a little more subtle tones to it.
So here are some pics:
Updated cockpit
Updated pic,
Lights
Hope you guys enjoy!! I've had a lot of fun riding this bike, and putting it together!!
Here is the full list of mods:
Joe Florida LED light kit
Angel Eyes
Sportech Chrome Windscreen
Custom powder coated top triple
Chrome Reservoir Caps w/Yamaha logo
Yamaha Reservoir Sock
R6 Forum.com Reservoir sock
Hotbodies Flush Mount turn signals (front)
Custom LED integrated turn signals
TAG metals fender eliminator
Personalized License plate "Talus"
Hard Rock Motorsports HR1 Riot Exhaust
Custom Seats and covers
Think I got it all. Up next is some Pazzo levers, black with blue tab, and thinking about powder coating the rear sets and passenger pegs black, but not sure.
Thanks! :YEA