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Brock Kickass
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I like my current bike more than my 6R on long trips. I find the wind blast easy enough to overcome, and I like the clean air better then the buffeting I used to get on my 6R. I am 6'1", so I found the wind hit right about level with my shoulders on my 6R and made real turbulent air around the bottom of my helmet. I get a lot less wind noise on my FZ1. I never even put a leg over my FZ1 with the fairing on, so I really can't comment on if it was any better than a 6R with the windscreen on.
That's an awful lot of work to end up with a detuned, naked R1 with a center stand.I eliminated the fairing and put the Euro headlight on, did a fender eliminator and custom LED signals front and rear, clear lens LED taillight, custom black levers and handlebar mount mirrors. I got an FZ8 clutch perch for the left mirror, and drilled and tapped the right lever perch for the right mirror. I also had the tank, tank cover, and front fender painted matte black and put on a set of Metzler M3's. I put on a carbon Yosh R-77 and installed a K&N air filter, too.
Next up: Black clip ons, black billet rearsets, black R1 forks with R1 front brakes, blacked out triples, modded tail with the handles eliminated and a rear seat cowl, PC5 and the usual air tract mods, black sprockets, and black chain.
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Brock Kickass
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All jokes aside, I wanted something I could spend all day on, and an R1 didn't fit the bill. I'm getting clip-ons, but not really low agressive ones. It will stretch me out a bit, but it still won't be SS ergo's. I also like the better real world usability of the FZ1 motor. SS bikes are too peaky for my needs.That's an awful lot of work to end up with a detuned, naked R1 with a center stand.
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I've often thought if I had really big coin I'd do and FZ1N, strip as much weight out as I could and put an R1 powerplant in it and make a wicked sleeper.