Member Contributer Smola67 Posted October 9, 2007 Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2007 Well I posted up a while back after my 1400 mile FJ Rally that I was looking for some Heli-bars. I got a response from someone that wanted to trade me his Hawk GT bars for my bars. Well I got the bars and they were a little rough so I sanded em down, painted, and shot them with some clear. They look great! As for this new riding position it is much more comfy than stock, only problem is that now I am getting serious wind buffeting around my head. I put my stock windscreen back on and found that the wind was hitting me directly in my chin. So I took a chance and cut on a perfectly good MRA touring screen. I just lined up the stock screen holes over the MRA holes and then move the stock one down 2 inches. Taped both together and used the stock one as a template and traced a pattern as to cut by. As for the wind, I am not sure what it will do b/c I hav not ridden but will report back tonight. Next my boot has been melting on my exhaust so I found a heat shield, you can see it if you look carefully in the pics. Black Pazzo's with red lever to come next. Enjoy the pics. Smola DSCF0010.JPG DSCF0009.JPG DSCF0008.JPG DSCF0007.JPG DSCF0006.JPG DSCF0005.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Brown81 Posted October 9, 2007 Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2007 Looks great! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I'm surprised not more people do the Hawk GT bar conversion instead of the aftermarket Helibars. They look like OEM after being painted and the rise on the Hawk bars seem to be enough to satify most needing a more upright position on their VFRs. Nice Work! Beck 95 VFR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzed_viffer Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Good work! :thumbsup: Just a suggestion: if you find the new screen has some turbulence off it, take the bead off the edge. I guess you've put it there to cover the cut edge, but you should be able to get that smooth with some very fine sandpaper. I found with my VF500 that taking the beading off made a big and very noticeable difference to the turbulence over the screen. I did this after reading an article about Alan Cathcart test-riding Aaron Slight's RC45 and another one (John Cozinski?) and finding that the beading Aaron put on his screen so he could see the edge and wouldn't hit his helmet on it made for much more turbulence. So, I took mine off, and Bingo! (A game for old people.) Edited October 9, 2007 by enzed_viffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dude Posted October 9, 2007 Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2007 Looks great. Nice job on the screen too :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Smola67 Posted October 9, 2007 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2007 Good work! :thumbsup: Just a suggestion: if you find the new screen has some turbulence off it, take the bead off the edge. I guess you've put it there to cover the cut edge, but you should be able to get that smooth with some very fine sandpaper. I found with my VF500 that taking the beading off made a big and very noticeable difference to the turbulence over the screen. I did this after reading an article about Alan Cathcart test-riding Aaron Slight's RC45 and another one (John Cozinski?) and finding that the beading Aaron put on his screen so he could see the edge and wouldn't hit his helmet on it made for much more turbulence. So, I took mine off, and Bingo! (A game for old people.) I may find this to be the case. After cutting I took a file to the edge and it is very smooth and looks very good. I put the lip cover on just b/c it was supplied by MRA. It may have to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzed_viffer Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Good work! :thumbsup: Just a suggestion: if you find the new screen has some turbulence off it, take the bead off the edge. I guess you've put it there to cover the cut edge, but you should be able to get that smooth with some very fine sandpaper. I found with my VF500 that taking the beading off made a big and very noticeable difference to the turbulence over the screen. I did this after reading an article about Alan Cathcart test-riding Aaron Slight's RC45 and another one (John Cozinski?) and finding that the beading Aaron put on his screen so he could see the edge and wouldn't hit his helmet on it made for much more turbulence. So, I took mine off, and Bingo! (A game for old people.) I may find this to be the case. After cutting I took a file to the edge and it is very smooth and looks very good. I put the lip cover on just b/c it was supplied by MRA. It may have to go. I was interested to look at the screen on a friend's Suzuki RF900. Whereas the VFR has a moulded beaded lip that sticks up into the airflow (and thereby creates potential/real turbulence) the RF has the bead on the underside of the screen, where it still supplies rigidity but not at the expense of aerodynamics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Smola67 Posted October 9, 2007 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 9, 2007 Here is a shot of the screen before the cut down. New Mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToddACimer Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 It looks like your forks are slid up the triples about 1/2" if the bike was at stock height would the bars contact the windshield or anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Smola67 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Member Contributer Share Posted October 10, 2007 It looks like your forks are slid up the triples about 1/2" if the bike was at stock height would the bars contact the windshield or anything else? No problem with clearance. At stock height I had no problems. I actually have the forks slid up as far as I can with just enough clearance. The raised bars also allowed me to angle my levers down some which have made things even more comfy. Also took it for a spin last night and no more buffeting. It was strange to ride with less noise around the helmet and I was even able to hear the bike more. Now I just have to get used to the regular wind noise instead of buffeting noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted October 10, 2007 Member Contributer Share Posted October 10, 2007 Looks very clean! Nice job. :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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