Here is a pic of my modified Versys.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/chazzman53/IMG_0508.jpg

Chaz, give it another shot. HTML code should be universal between Macs n PCs so if you copied the link right it should pop right up.

Looks great! I love the black plastics, I plan on doing that myself. What seat is that?

I sent my seat to Diamond in Florida with pics of me sitting on the bike along with my height and weight. The seat is 1 in wider has NASA foam and allows me to move rearward about 2 inches it also is 1 in lower. I can now ride 100 miles between stops with no difficulty.

Nice seat :thumb: How much and how long did it take?

Aight, so why can I not see the picture? I am using a windows XP computer and the newest update of Mozilla Firefox. I wanna see the seat!

Nice seat; How much and how long did it take?


The seat took a couple of weeks and cost $300
I like it much better than the Corbin, mustang... seats that I have owned.

The LED's are great and look factory. I purchased at the local bike shop for $25.






http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g245/chazzman53/IMG_0505.jpg

I sent my seat to Diamond in Florida with pics of me sitting on the bike along with my height and weight. The seat is 1 in wider has NASA foam and allows me to move rearward about 2 inches it also is 1 in lower. I can now ride 100 miles between stops with no difficulty.

Only 100 miles??? Doesn't sound like much of an improvement. :eek:

Seems very low to me, but I guess I need to know how far you went on the original seat to compare.

Gustavo

The stock seat was terrible. It pushed me forward and my rear was sore within 30 miles. No matter what I am riding I like to stop every 100 miles and stretch my legs and back. I noticed that after 100 miles of non stop twisties that I had no complaints at all. My longest day on a motorcycle is 700 miles so I am no iron butt rider and to be honest 400 miles per day suites my taste just fine.

Nice seat Chazzman! How long did it take them to turn it around and ship it back to you?

Nice seat Chazzman! How long did it take them to turn it around and ship it back to you?

See post # 7. :D

Nice looking bike chazz !

Chazzman, Very nice.:thumb:

Where did you get the stainless brake lines? I like the red sleeving on them.

Also, what did you use to paint the plastics? Fusion?

I'm thinking of doing these mods on my versys...(just photoshoped the original image).

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk120/kawa_007/versys-mods.jpg?t=1215210008

Scarey wrote: Chazzman, Very nice.

Where did you get the stainless brake lines? I like the red sleeving on them.

Also, what did you use to paint the plastics? Fusion?


The lines came from HEL Performance out of England.
I bought a spray can of black satin paint made for plastic adhesion. The paint came from O'rileys a local auto parts store. I removed the body work necessary to access the front panels and removed the turn signals. I then cleaned the panels with oop's cleaner a little sanding and 3 coats of paint.

Chazzman,
Thanks for sending me a link. I was gonna ask what paint you used to add a little more black to the bike but you answered that already. Looks great man.

Kudos on you V. That bike is looking clean!

Thanks for the info. Once again, your bike looks sweet!:thumb:

I'm trying to think of what other mods you've listed that haven't been asked about yet. :D

Your bike looks fantastic, and you've given me a lot of great ideas. I'm curious about the rear inner fender mod. Did you simply cut the bottom section off, or was there something more to it then that?

Also, could you tell me a bit about the Speedy's lowering kit? The seat height on my Strom was 32.3" and was about an inch higher then I would have liked. The Versys at 33.1" could be even more of a problem.

Thanks!

P.S.: Is this the site for the seat builder you used? http://www.diamondseats.com/ Their focus on cruisers threw me off a bit, and wanted to make sure I'd bookmarked the right one.

Chazzman
How did you paint your covers ? I painted front fender matte with Fusion paint. Thanks Josh

Nodaclu; wrote

Your bike looks fantastic, and you've given me a lot of great ideas. I'm curious about the rear inner fender mod. Did you simply cut the bottom section off, or was there something more to it then that?

Also, could you tell me a bit about the Speedy's lowering kit? The seat height on my Strom was 32.3" and was about an inch higher then I would have liked. The Versys at 33.1" could be even more of a problem.


Thanks, the fender was just cut off with a die cutter following the pattern leaving a point as you can see under the plate. The license plate and reflector came off a Vulcan Nomad. I smoothed the finish with a file at and sprayed some satin finish paint on it.

Speedy's kit is awesome, very easy to install and the price very reasonable. I dropped the front forks 7/8 of an inch to maintain the same rake and trail as stock. It dropped the bike about 1.9 inches and the seat mod added another inch. So about 3 inches lower. You should be able to find a thread here or on the European forum. Speedy is an engineer in California and owns a machine shop so he started making items for the Versys. It is top quality T56 aircraft grade aluminum. I also purchased the flatfoot since you will need to cut the kickstand down. That also is very easy to do with a die cutter. It takes about 40 minutes to install everything.

Josh asked
How did you paint your covers ? I painted front fender matte with Fusion paint.


Josh I used a plastic adhesive paint from O'Rileys auto parts. (Satin Finish)

Sweet!

I recall seeing Speedy's thread elsewhere now that you mention it.

Thanks again! Those painted panels look so good, the bike should come from Kawi like that! Really impressive.

Chazz,
Bike looks great. Just noticed that we're both in Nashville, and I'd love to see it in person sometime. Just got mine this week and already love it. PM me if you're up for it!

How do you like the GIVI screen? Any buffeting or turbulance?

Dmaure wrote : How do you like the GIVI screen? Any buffeting or turbulence?


The screen is great. No turbulence at all.

Here's mine.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x281/bicyclebob/DSC_0375.jpg

Chazz,
Bike looks great. Just noticed that we're both in Nashville, and I'd love to see it in person sometime. Just got mine this week and already love it. PM me if you're up for it!


I sent you a PM. Thanks

:clap:[QUOTE=Bicyclebob;6073]Her's mine.



' Good looking bike Bob, wish you many enjoyable miles of smiles'!

Hi, chaz
I have the givi screen also, on the lowest setting, what is yours at? I noticed a huge difference 1st time out with it.