Yes u can but u need
d 07-08 headlights

 

Could you elaborate a bit? I'm glad to hear it can be done, anything in particular that also has to be done to support the fairings? Anything to watch out for?

 

you'll need to replace all of the fairings and headlights and ram tubes. For the tail, it'll fit but won't look right as the seats are different. The subframe mounts are wider on the 07-08 so they are not a direct swap.

 

What about if you change the subframe and seat? Meaning you put on the 07-08 subrame and seat on the 06.

 

Well I hadn't planned on doing the rear section anyways so that will work. Sounds good, glad to know it should be relatively straight forward.

 

Here's one of the best examples of what can be done but, if that is your bike in you avatar and your changing the fairings out, I'm calling for a ban :fact :lol :lol

http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=251137

 

I swept through a couple of pages and didnt see nothing about 07 fairings fitting on the 05

 

Well that is an 05 with 07 fairings :fact
PM him I'm sure he'll give you some info on what's involved

 

Oh I see what ur saying. But the tail isnt 07 and not sure about the tank.

Do you know if the tank will fit?

 

That is one sexy bike in the link there...

 

the 07-08 subframes are wider so spacers are needed for the 04-06 year

 

Yep just like a lot of women, as they get older their asses get bigger.
I'm dreading the 2011 :hammer::hammer:

 

Anyone know if you can do the opposite.... 04-06 fairings on a 07-08? I have a nice set of Carbon OPP Racing fairings that I would like to keep.

 

same applies in reverse to what I wrote.

 

I am wondering if I run a 04-06 fairing stay on the 08 frame, if I can get away with running the 05 front end (lights, ram air tubes, etc.)? I have the carbon OPP SBK ducts already and would like to reuse. I was hoping that this will be easier than upgrading my engine in the 05 frame to a 16 valve platform, since you have to change the harness, etc.

 

the front end is just a swap.

 

Anyone know if it's possible to fit the 04-06 subframe on the 07-08? I am not sure since it seems it was stated that the frame on the 07 is wider. What about the fuel tank? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

You'll need spacers, 07s are wider but spacing between the holes line up. I have an 07 subframe for sale.

 

I just started really doing this a bit ago - and don't worry I'm planning on keeping the 50th anni scheme on my new body work I like my yellow thank you very much haha.

Anyways it's actually not tooo bad. You'll need the headlights, fairing stay, air ducts, the subframe makes the rear an easy swap but technically the new bodywork will fit the 04-06 subframe with some custom fiberglassing (from what I've seen). To me I'd rather do spacers than bodywork, and it's a stupid easy swap.

From there I've just been mocking up the body work and determining where I'd need to make custom mount relocations. It's just time and patience, but between the body work, new forks and brakes, pulling the motor and doing work on that, and some other misc things, progress on the body has been an as-I-feel-like-it pace.

 

So in essence, a 07 conversion can be done easily if you keep the 04 rear... subframe tail and light... is a new tank needed for the frontal update?

 

Don't need to swap out the tank or airbox.

It's been easier for me to do the swap by using the 07/08 subframe. The taillight mounts perfectly, and so does the rest of the tail section, without any modification, save some spacers where it bolts to the main frame. Someone on the forum did the swap without the subframe, but had to do some fiberglass work to the tail to make it all work.

It's easier and faster to fabricate some simple spacers (or find some) than doing fiberglass work, so that's the route I went.

Don't kid yourself though. While it's all relatively straightforward, it's not cheap per say. Even with Chinese manufactured fairings, they will still set you back a good 500-800 bucks, a subframe will cost around 150-400 depending on condition and luck, 08 fairing stay ~ 50-150 depending on quality or condition, I've seen some as high as ~300. You'll need 08 headlights which, depending on condition, can cost an easy 600-800 for a pair. Your old windscreen won't work either, so you'll need a new one for that. New rear seat cowl or OEM seat (stock one will work with some modification, isn't as clean though). New or used rear taillight from an 08, some miscellaneous wiring as well.

Edit> That's a slight lie, it was a bit fiddly getting the wiring harness and electronics ran the way I wanted in the 08 subframe.

 

i just finished this modification, and it's not a simple swap. Lots of patience is needed to make this work and a couple custom brackets as well.

1.) New Fairing stay needed
2.) New headlights
3.) Body panels for font end *if only do the front conversion
3. b.) 07 subframe for rear conversion
4.) buy the new brackets for the lower fairing to connect to frame by the rear wheel, it's easy and cheap on babbits, as well as front air intake tube, gaskets, and bolts.
5.) buy the bracket to attach side fairing to the bike. you will have to modify it but it will give you proper spacing and save you some time in the long run. Drill new mounting hole in bracket you buy, bolt on... and done.

most kits you buy will have the intake tubes but not the full piece that connects to the front fairing. So buying the rest of it is a must unless your lucky to find a salvage yard that has them.

Make bracket to fit lower fairing to engine. The original piece connected much lower and the new one lines up with nothing. Unless you want to buy the new engine covers at $60+ a piece, just make the bracket.

Assemble front fairing, intake tube, headlights, and windscreen
In front fairing stay, enlarge the mounting points, it's not going to line up perfectly and a little wiggle room is needed. Place from fairing stay, and assembled front end on the bike and lightly bolt on.

Assemble the complete intake.

Mount lower fairing, loosely

Assemble complete side fairing

Mount side fairing on left side, it's easier
Attempt the right side, notice you have to move around wires and tuck a hose or two, potentially (depending on how good your kit is) grind a bit of the fairing to make it fit.
Start at the back of the fairing, work towards the front fairing and lastly bolt into the bottom fairing.

Attach insert to front faring that covers your wires.

Tighten everything up, curse a bit about how long it all took and how many days of riding you missed while doing this project... and grab your helmet and go

 

Any pictures? I have an 06 that I like, but I love the front of the 07/08s

 

I have some pictures, I will upload them shortly to this. A lot of it is common sense stuff but in the long run, I ran into a few problems that others may have not. Could have been the body kit I ordered, or a million other factors that go into beating a square peg into a round hole.

I will try to make sense of these pictures, but should be common sense.

1.) no hole to bolt into, need to make bracket - simple bracket to pull fairing into the body a bit
2.) hoses and wires in the way, need to move things around, remove tie straps, and last but not least, if all else fails, gently grind the fairing to make it work (this problem is not duplicated on the other side)
3.) finished product (minus the bottom bolt being inserted since I hadn't installed the custom bracket yet in that picture)

 

I will be posting clearer pictures, it's just what I had on the computer at this time... and my HTC Evo phone for the pics... I know, hi tech 8MP camera and such but still the pics don't do it justice

 

Looks good - glad to see you finished it. I've been away from the world a bit, sorry I missed your most recent PM.

You did your right side fairing a lot better than mine. I had some crappy fitment issues but ended up over-correcting them a bit to fit that coolant pipe. I'll eventually replace the bodywork with OEM pieces next year maybe. Then I can make sure everything fits the way I want it.

 

Some newer pics.

You can see a few spots where I still needed to adjust where things mounted - progress has been slow on the last little bits since I could ride it, and our season is short. I'll tighten it all up over the winter.

 

Looks awesome. did you both buy aftermarked plastics?

 

Bought my fairings from a store on Ebay. $400 for a whole kit non painted. In retro I should have bought then from China and they would have been painted and decaled for the same price. The decals aren't cheap either so I am having a friend custom make me a scheme for the bike.

I also found that the more pieces I buy from "stores" online the more things I have found wrong. My fairing stay only had one mounting hole drilled... I had to do the other one myself but it didn't matter since i was enlarging the holes anyway to get the best angle fit with the new fairings. Also the body kit itself had a few rough edges that needed work. Overall, I'm just glad it's done. Give yourself about a week to put this together if you have bought everything... and I stress everything you are going to need. Otherwise, you will see what you're missing as you go along and it just takes more and more time.

I will post more pics of the process later.

 

I ordered fairings from China in the matte black with gold decals.

I stuck to OEM everything on the rest - saves a lot of trouble.

 

hind sight, i should have done the china thing too.