I've sourced a custom cowl for my 02' 6r from a fella in the UK... it came with its own mounting (all be it flimsy and crap) and locking pin. Please see pics below.
What I would like to achieve is:
To take the custom cowl, and press fit it over the base of a spare OEM passenger seat - soley so it has a better mount on the bike.
What I could use a hand with is: Is there a member (pref. with a 00-02 6r - to ensure a good fit) that is proficient with doing this kinda stuff, that wants to earn a buck and do it for me.
Or does a member know a place I could take it to that knows what they are doing (haha... pref. QLD, and hey - townsville if i'm really lucky!)
Assumed it would need to be epoxy'd in or whatever is suggested. I just aint crafty!
Now... I have alot of pics for illustative purposes... see comments for descriptions.
The below few pics are the cowl as I bought it...
And this is it fitted to my 6r... its very very hard on the fairing itself... obviously I worry that with vibrations, bumps etc. it will rub away at the paint. You really have to put the cowl down to make the flimsy arms catch on the bike.
Ok... now here is an example of a fella from the US that has done a similar thing to what I want to achieve... but I believe he took a spare rear seat, created a shape from cardboard and started papermache'n and fiberglasses over the top. But the general finished idea is the same - custom cowl shape with OEM spare seat mounting.
Here is that mounted to the bike. It sits up a little higher than i'd like - so at least doing it the way I envisaged I can sink the rear seat mounts higher in the cowl - making it sit lower to the fairing but not touching
Everyone weigh in... any and all comments would be appreciated
