2008 Yamaha R6 Build Thread

Its been a while since I have show face around here so I thought I would post my latest project.

Last year I sold my old Black and gold Yamaha R6 most of you know I advertised it on here, Manoli bought it from me, I wanted to buy it back but never bothered to phone him to see if he wanted to sell it back to me as I never thought he would want to sell it so I ended up buying a blue R6 which I never wanted but I couldn't find a black and gold 2009 anywhere so I settled for a blue one with hopes to make it black and gold with other mods in the future. (I found out the day after I purchased this bike that Manoli was selling my old bike again) oh well shit happens lol.

So anyway over time I was collecting panels for my old R6 to convert it to a track bike from time to time but only managed to collect up a few panels I was missing 3 panels to make a complete fairing kit. some where damaged and some where brand new.

So recently I decided I'm going to maybe try wrap the panels in carbon and Matt black wrap but no one was willing to do it as they said the R6 was especially very unforgiving with regards to wrapping so I scrapped that idea and decided to get her sprayed. at first I gave Brandon a few panels as my belly panels were already black and I had a few other black panels, upon receiving them I decided to get everything sprayed as he did a damn fine job.

Here is the bike when I first got her.



then this is with the new flush mount indicators and the ugly indicators and number plate holder at the back removed.



Projectors fitted and new rubber!:





Rear set fitted and R6 embosed gold decals and rim tape and lowering links installed:



Now here she is as she stood yesterday after getting all my fairings back and sprayed black:





Right now she is without wheels sitting on a stand as the rims are getting sprayed gold. hopefully they do a good job.



Modifications so far include:

Power commander 5
titanium and gold levers,
flush mount indicators
integrated taillight
gold rear sets
projectors with 55w xenons
lowered suspension
side facing tire valves (Not sure of the correct terminology for these)
Gold Embossed R6 decals for belly pannels
(When money permits I will get the full Titanium acropovic exhaust system so that the power commander can actually serve a purpose.)

Future mods that are in the woodworks over the next few weeks include:

Black to red tinted visor
Gold lightweight racing chain
Powder coat the passenger foot rests (would take them off but gf loves going for rides with me)

That's it for now
Hopefully you guys like it, I will post pics when the rims come back and the bike gets its first polish and with the future things I get fitted over the next few weeks.