FZ6R Front Forks

[Yone]

Does anybody know why the blue and black FZ6R's come with the silver front forks and the yellow and white bikes come with black ones? I'm guessing because white and yellow are more visible colors and the silver may help make the blue and black ones more visible. Just curious...

Eventually I'm going to paint mine black, as soon as I have enough ambition to remove the front wheel and brakes.

 

[FZ1inNH]

Until you pointed this out, I did not realize this. I saw the black ones on my wife's FZ6R and kind of assumed they all came with the black forks. Interesting!

 

[99vengeur]

It has to do with Yamaha's sense of humor. :don'tknow:

 

[Manna69247]

The black one should have a black fork - imo The blue looks good that way.
Who's the first to do the removal, paint write-up.

 

[cbzdel]

Dont get me started about this hah!!! I HATE the silver forks on my black bike!!!!!!!

 

[MNDZA]

Dont get me started about this hah!!! I HATE the silver forks on my black bike!!!!!!!

+1......and they get dirt/bug splatters on them and you could see it and I hate it!

 

[edwinlin88]

Hey yone,
Did you end up painting your front forks black??
Will regular spray paint do or special paint needeD?

 

[FZ6R_Blue]

Hey yone,
Did you end up painting your front forks black??
Will regular spray paint do or special paint needeD?

I would like to know this as well.. i actually debated painting my forks to match the primary bike color

 

[Uno979]

Same can be said about the handle bars. My bike is black and yellow but silver bars?! It's irritated me for a long time now lol. I'm looking into powder coating. Although it'll be a painstakingly amount of time and sweat to remove the fork tubes for someone to powder coat. I would look into a can of heat resistant flat black. You have to apply lightly but it lays very well. Far better than any other black paint. Then after it dries follow with a flat clear coat to avoid scratches on the black paint. I did an exhaust like that and it far exceeded our expectations.

:zombie:

 

[iSpoolin]

Plastidip works WONDERS! Also a few people on the Daytona forums have wrapped there in vinyl.