I went the opposite way of customizing my Honda vt600. It's one of the few modern bike's that can be fitted with a 1970's era Vetter Windjammer fairing. I found an old Kawasaki touring bike in a junk yard with all the Vetter gear fitted on it. The fairing, bags, and trunk. I designed and fabricated brackets to mount the fairing to the bike's frame which was going to be the most difficult part of the build. I succeed in doing that and was very happy with the result. The bags and trunk were easy. Now it's a light touring bike or Bagger. Everyone around here calls it the Shadow Wing. It's actually better than the early 80's GL500 Silverwing I purchased new back when Honda made light touring motorcycles.
Hello. Nice work done on the VT600. Congratulations! I'm renovating a 2000 model here in Brazil. My biggest challenge is with the fuel pump and adjusting the carburetion. I'll make some videos soon, when I'm ready. I took as inspiration the air filter, exhaust pipes and painting of the wheels. Sorry for my English, I don't know much about that language.
Badass piece you got there brother! I currently have a 2002 Honda Shadow ACE VT750CDA. I'm curious how much was the jet-kit and the pipes you installed?
Do you know exactly what bars you have those look awesome! Been looking for a set like them, and curious where you got your rear fender? Sick build man!
Thank you, I appreciate it! These are 6” z bars from lowbrow customs. And I’m not sure about the fender. It was on the bike when I bought it but I’m pretty sure it’s a short bobber fender from TJ Brutal Customs.
I wish I had more friends that rode bobbers. I'm the only one in the group with one lol, they all have stock harley's and V Stars or ZX6R's and shit. Lol and here I am with my 650 V Star Bobbed out
It’s not too bad! Especially if it’s only a single carburetor. This was my first attempt at it and it was pretty easy. A little tedious changing out jets a few times to get the right combination but overall extremely worth it.
Thanks guys. I did it one time because the bike was running weird. The hardest part was reaching all the hoses and screws, especially when putting it back on
I own the bike in the video. I guess that would depend on your idea of slow. Haha. Compared to my cbr600rr the shadow is extremely slow. But it’s fast enough to have plenty of fun on. And due to my bike being a hard tail I don’t think I need it much faster. Open exhaust and intake, bigger carb jets and a sprocket change helped a lot.
Hey what’s up? I’m the dude in the video. I’m about 1.8m I believe. With taller bars it’s pretty comfortable and you also have the option to move the foot pegs forward to get extra leg length if you need.
It’s just used as the coolant overflow tank. Originally the overflow tank is where my battery is now so I just rerouted the coolant line to the bottle mounted on the side of the bike.
I’m about 5’9” and as you can see my legs are at a pretty comfortable angle. These 600’s are pretty small. They do make foot control extensions and if you pick the right set of bars to make your arms comfortable you should be good.
Hay bro I need some good advice on how you did your bike,I'm not quite there but mine I bobbed out also black and red .do u have an email I can reach u at.
Don’t most people learn to wear pants when riding around the age of 5? Lol 7,000 miles on it so far this year and not a single burn. I can literally sit my leg on the pipe while riding and not burn my pants. Not to mention the stock exhaust is next to your leg in an even worse spot. But thanks for looking out.
@@kennypool I get it, and I appreciate the stress on being safe. I’m the guy in my group that gets on everyone for not wearing gear. Which is why I wear a helmet, pants, long sleeves, gloves and over the ankle protective riding shoes every time I get on any of my bikes. I’m a pipe welder for a living and built this bike for my union’s yearly motorcycle ride. Didn’t want to cover up the pretty stainless.
