I was bored and thought to myself...I wonder how that heat shield would look in black? Before: ...and after: I will toss up another pic after I put it back on.
Sh...t ! I thought I would be the first one to do that Pics of the bike with the shield mounted pls And then an idea how to partially cover the other side (hate those naked electrics - looks crap).
I was thinking of taking a piece of silicon tubing and covering the wired part of the O2 with it. I have a bunch of shiny red tubing left over from a vacuum line kit I bought a long time ago. I am sure the vac line tubing wont last long (not really rated for high heat or UV exposure) but it will give me an idea of how it will look. If it looks good, I will get a piece rated for high heat (think turbo oil return line) and put it on. As for the O2 body...I think it gets waaaaaaay too hot to really do anything with it. I guess I could have welded a small piece onto the heat shield to hide it but I just wanted to get mine coated and didn't feel like bothering our welders today.
Oh...and I wanted to coat it in red paint but we are out of red right now. Once my new black body panels get here (Tuesday) I think a red heat shied would look a lot nicer than black. Might just have to toss the part in the media blaster in a couple weeks and coat it in red to see
Now the two side engine covers on the other hand....I REALLY want to paint them matt-ish black to match the rest of motor!
I like the black much better than the stock look. I myself put on a Targa universal heat shield, my problem was occasionally burning my leg on the stock heat shield, this Targa shield does not stick out far enough for me to burn my leg anymore. The holes at the ends of it almost line up with the mounting tabs, I just used the hose clamps that came with the shield. I think black would look better than the red.
