Hi Guy's,
I've always felt the large chunky stock front fender on my 2007 ZX-14 was quite ugly and wanted to change it to something that was more streamlined and pleasing to the eye like the one that comes standard on my brothers GSXR-1000.
I only just learned of the ZX-14 to ZX-10 front fender mod, and so after checking out the posts on this and other ZX-14 forums decided to give it a go.
Now I know that the ZX-14 will never win a beauty contest against bikes like the Ducati 916, but in my opinion this simple change has transformed the look of the bike.
It's a very simple process and pretty much anyone can do it.
Purchasing the matching 06-07 ZX-10 Candy Plasma Blue front fender was no problem. I decided on the black side arms instead of all blue because I thought that look was better after checking out pics on the net. I also added a Fenda Extenda to protect the radiator as much as possible even though I already have a radiator guard installed.
The only challenge I had was getting the required brackets.
I contacted the only two suppliers I could find (in the US) and both would not respond to my email requests to purchase. Perhaps it was because I am in Australia or maybe business is too bloody good for them!
So I decided to design my own, made plastic templates up and had the brackets custom made out of stainless steel at a metal workshop close to where I live. The brackets cost me $50AU where as if I purchased from the US suppliers it would have been around the $100AU mark (bracket plus ridiculously inflated shipping costs!). Plus they only would have supplied the brackets in aluminium.
Because the custom made brackets are made from stainless, they are much thinner, do not require countersunk bolts that the thicker aluminium versions have, and are infinitely stronger. Yes they are probably a little heavier as well.
If anyone is struggling to get these brackets like i did and would like the basic details and measurements I am happy to post here but please understand I am not an engineer and can take no responsibility for any related issues or mismeasurements.
But then I'm sure you will check my work thoroughly :)
And at least you wouldn't have to deal with potentially unhelpful and expensive suppliers.
It would also be great to give back to this forum as so many here have kindly helped me in the past.
Anyway, see attached pics.
I'm really happy with the results...
* Last updated by: yannih on 7/8/2014 @ 4:22 AM *