DIY 'Tail Tidy' on the CHEAP!! Yamaha FZ1-N
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- I was unhappy with the way the rear end of my FZ1-N looks. But I was also not keen on the barely legal, tucked up the back end and overpriced Tail Tidy products available. So I decided to opt for a more DIY approach and modify that which Yamaha gave me!
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It would be perfect if you have shortened it by 30-50%.
It's possible that I may have already done that....
Ya, I agree about shortening the two slim arms. Reweld them and the plate would have been tucked up high and tight . You're lucky the tail piece came off without taking the entire inner fender off. Not so lucky with my GSX 650. One complete piece.... grrrrr
Loving the Chris De Burr joke!
I'm having to mount a new tail tidy because of adding side panniers. Still ad very good watch of what most of us still think is the best bike you've ever had!
You could well be right! I’m still hopeful that the Aprilia will unseat the mighty FZ1!
Hey Andy, man!!! you are making me want to get one of these again! Had one a few years back and put on a little over 100k on it and it never let me down and what you have done/are doing to your bike is making me green with envy! Bike looks really cool. Keep up the great work and love your vids
+Love Life & Triumph Haha! Sorry! (Not sorry). It is a great bike! Hope i manage to stick 100 odd thousand on mine too! More mods to come. It's been a very active winter!
I'm always impressed about your creative usage of sticky pads and cable ties. This used to remind me of Michael Westen from Brun Notice who did a lot of surprising things with duct tape 😉.
+Rhönschrat Haha! Thanks! I must arrange sponsorship from 3M!
I gotta say it looks much better than I expected it would! Good job!
+Mechiemoto Cheers mate. It will get better, when i fit the LED indicators. 😉
Make a video when you do! The leds on mine blink too fast.
Already editing it mate!! ;D
Hell yeah
Tail tidies always transform the look of a bike. The only down side is the splashback the pillion passenger gets when it's raining.
Thankfully i never have a passenger. Sadly that means i get all the splatter!
Another awesome vid Andy . Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr und Munter bleiben 🎉
+Itchy Scratchy Thanks mate. Gleichfalls!
Looks so much better Andy
+Bladders Cheers mate. There'll be a few more changes soon. I'm never happy!
When you took that tail tidy off.. that to me was job done.. just ride it like it is hahaha
That would have been awesome! Sadly Herr Polizei wouldn’t have found it quite as cool as us!
Oh my god, those license plates are absolutely disgusting compared to what we have in America.
Think yourself lucky that you don’t live in the UK then! They’re about 50% bigger and YELLOW!!
Clever idea Andy "The Man" Cam..I prefer the look of the bike with some kind of rear fender not to mention the benefit of protecting from getting a skunk strip on wet roads!! Nice job Andy...your Euro Tour's are excellent!!
+Jason McMaster Thanks Jason. Me too. Nothing worse than constantly having to scrub the grut out of your leathers' arse seam!
Looks great mate. Something I’ll have to do on my FJ-09.
+vac0002 Thanks mate. Looks a little different without being TOO different!
Nice bit of ingenuity......but I’d rather have the number plate right under the light myself.Of course I know how you love riding in the rain so I can see why you have kept it long.👍🏻😎
+ninjanelly350 Thanks mate. I personally don't really like the 'under the light' setup. Both visually and because of my affinity for wet weather riding! 😂
That looks superb on the cheap.
+HuskyRides Cheers mate. Agreed, though I'm not finished yet!
Solid commentary, great content, keep up the good work 👌
Thanks Ciaran! I'll do what i can!
Tail tidy was the 1st thing I removed after a wet ride, mud n crap all up the back of my jacket.
+Stephen McQueen I know that! That's why i immediately returned the Versys back to factory when i bought it!
All that Great work and Still - a HUGE numberplate that you have to use... :(
Nice job Andy, Hats Off to you repurposing parts. What a Legend!
RSOT >:)
+MrFalloffalot CrashTestDummy TV Ha! You're kidding right?! That plate is already about half the size of the one i used to have to have in the UK! So relatively, I'm happy! 😂😂 Thanks mate. More on this theme still to come.
question do you think/know if you can retro fit 2018+ r1 fairing on the fz1? Thats what I want to do plus some fz1 protection bars.
I’m afraid i have no idea. I’m relatively certain that the frame is different though. Only the engine shares a few parts and overall design.
Nifty little conversion, funny though bought a GSX12FA, went on 4 day (wet) trip to Brittany, Mrs and luggage got piss wet through and covered in crap, not understanding why as we never had it on other bikes, realised it was because of the tail tidy which was already on the bike!!! So had to convert it back to origional fender and mud guard to keep the Mrs and bike clean again. Always a trade off.... looks good though 👍
+69gjacko Thanks! Yeah I had a tail tidy on this bike and one occurrence of road grime badger stripe was enough for me! Might shorten this iteration down a bit though.
Very neat and minimalist. Objective achieved 👍 and its given me some ideas too. Thanks AMC.
[As an aside, what's the watch you're wearing (he alliterated...)?]
+PONCIAU Thanks mate. I think objective, almost achieved. I'm not finished yet! 😉 The watch is the remote control for the sony X3000. 🤖
Simple and effective 👍🏻 top job.
+Scott Brailey Cheers Scott. Exactly my aim.
I think you should have cut and drilled the side braces overlapped and shortened the back.
...I've just bought a cheap rear view camera, so that area could be fitted with an angled panel or little shelf to mount a camera on , and some extra l.e.d brake lights , like the EagleEye l.e.d's on e-bay !
+Steve'sHornet900! ABSOLUTELY! I like your thinking!
...well, last year I drilled holes in the hands of a Wallace figure from e-bay, with moveable arms...and fitted the bright l.e.d's into his hands - because it looked like he was shouting 'STOP' ! I threw it away when the bulbs burned out , but have just bought another one....
+Steve'sHornet900! Haha! Brilliant!! 😂😂😂
...oops - just watched this video again - you already HAD a little camera shelf fitted ! An extra guard underneath would stop the camera from getting grimy....
+Steve'sHornet900! Had, but it had to go. Now I've got NO camera mounting options back there now. Will have to think of a solution.
Thanks AMC for another great money saving tip..just like to know do you carry a Emergency puncture repair kit on your travels,
+Les Wills Thanks Les. I have done until lately. Haven't managed to squeeze it into the underseat area on the FZ1 yet!
I am the tail tidy master ;-) Good job AMC -
+vitaly deuterium Cheers VD! More on this theme in the pipeline.
good effort but wont the spray from the rear wheel just come through the gap in the metal, plus it looks unfinished to me with the long gap between the rails, sorry but that's how it looks to me
+paul whitehead Haha! Possibly! That remains to be seen sadly! 😂 Though I've since switched the reflector and number plate around and now I'm considering shortening the whole thing for an even tidier look.
What was the cable snake and where did you get it I so want some of the stuff
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Andy Man Cam why thank you good man, just the stuff I need 🖒🖒
+Nige-Rider My pleasure! Happy snaking!!
Plate still on? Is it safe?
Absolutely! It lasted a good few months. Then i changed it for something by Kellermann.
I like trying to do stuff like this, never comes out this well or neat! lol :-)
Andy Man Cam haha :-)
It's such a shame European numberplate a are huge and ugly. Here in Aus our numberplate a for motorcycles are small
That is a shame. Though they're FAR bigger and uglier in the UK! SO I'm moving in the right direction!
Nice workshop .
Are there any laws regarding what you can modify on the tail tidy over there ?
+W3TFART Cheers! If only it was all mine! The rules are:
1. Indicators must be at least 180 mm apart. 2. You must have a rear facing reflector.
3. The number plate can't be more than 300mm further forward than the rearmost part of the bike (normally the tyre).
4. The numberplate must be 30° from vertical or less.
5. Numberplate has to be between 200 and 1500mm from the floor.
Otherwise the sky is the limit! 😂😂😂
Andy Man Cam ok thanks
There are rules over here in Aus that stopped a lot of the tail tidys on the market from being sold not sure of the laws as I’ve got a Vstrom650 and it doesn’t bother me what it looks like .
Anyway happy new year looking forward to another year of your adventures cheers .
Luckily, in the Czech Republic the traffic police do not care or do not know these EU regs, so bikers here have a free hand to modify within reasonable limits. The problem is if/when I move back to the UK or a different, more stringent EU country.
Gerhard Symons here in Australia some police think they know the laws and will pick on motorbikes and cars .
I have a lot of respect for police and 99% are fair .
Nice cheap and creative mod Andy. I'm looking to get a newer bike in 2018 and haven't even considered the FZ1-N so have started giving one of these serious consideration as they seem incredibly good value secondhand. Can you tell me if it has a fairly sit up type of position not too much weight on the wrists, the bike I have now is on the sporty side but very comfortable on the back side.
+Peter Andrews Cheers Peter. It's a heavily underrated bike IMHO. Extremely good value and a beast on the performance side! The positing isn't quite as sit up as the versys was, but even so I've not noticed any wrist ache so far. That said, eventually I'll be putting bars about an inch higher, just to make it perfect. Of course this means extending the cables and pipes, so that'll be in the more distant future!
Andy Man Cam Cheers chap like I said just starting to check them out and prices make them look a very good possible buy with the funds I have available
+Peter Andrews It was the same for me. These just kept coming out such great bang for buck that it was hard to ignore!
Andy Man Cam It was also the mention of the vibes, might sound a bit werid but I to will be changing up from a twin at around 70 the vibes through the bars sends my left hand to sleep on my current bike. So the mention of silky smoothness combined with 150 bhp what's not to like
+Peter Andrews Preaching to the converted! 😍😍😍
Just had a thought, are you changing the front for a matching pair?
+Scott Brailey Sort of. With a little help from Kellermann the FZ1 is getting all-round LED treatment. 😍
😃 awesome. I just forked out for LEDs on my Tracer, not a cheap upgrade. Thank god the wife doesn’t subscribe to you otherwise she’s fine out 😂
+Scott Brailey Haha! That is lucky! Yeah they're not a cheap add-on. But then you definitely get what you pay for. I've seen some terrible cheap ones that just don't work! If she finds out, tell her cost = safety!!
Andy Man Cam lol already doing that with a new helmet I’m trying to get. Looking forward to seeing the FZ1N with its LEDs.
+Scott Brailey Ahhh. I See! Got to be careful with how many times you use that bargaining chip. Might need it for new leathers at some point too! 😉
Nevere unbderstood why people are chopping the rear tail. Does it add 50HP?
Nope. It just looks considerable less $#1T!
Because its a large piece of ugly plastic that bounces around like crazy and does nothing other than become another part that can be broken on the bike.
The signal lights can also fall off with bumps and overall just an ugly cruddy design.
Plus,an integrated sequential turn taillight looks way better than this .
That might be why 👍🏻
That still looks like shit. Pretty much just took the plastic off.
Glad to know my hard earned tax dorrars are being wisely spent :P
+disekjoumoer Absolutely! No wastage here my dear fellow!
as I watch your videos,I see more and more restrictions on what you can do to YOUR motorcycle."180 mm from edge to edge"?do they really measure that at inspection?do they really look for stamp marks on plastics???sometimes I think how great it must be to live in a different country,but then I see big brother watches everywhere,sometimes a little too close.the rest of the world might hate America,but I can at least put integrated tail lights on my bike without someone crawling up my ass with a tape measure.aside from that,I appreciate your videos.I'm sure I'll never see the places you go,so it's nice that you take us with you.besides the nanny state mentality,I definitely admire the culture,people,and scenery that's only a 1500 mile ride in any direction.it's a long ways away from the back roads of Brooksville,florida.thanks acm.
+Sean Donovan Hey Sean, thanks! Sadly i have personally seen the inspection guy get his tape measure out! And if there's no stamp immediately viewable, out come the torch and kneepads to find it! It's annoying, but I've learned to accept it and also see that lots of the rules are grounded, at least at first, in some semblance of sense. I must admit that I've ridden behind someone with an integrated tail light and although it looked REALLY cool, i found it impossible to really tell when the guy was indicating. So offset between indicators i can agree with. There are other crazy rules that will come up in future videos (I've got some cool LED indicators to fit) such as how a bike can only have a maximum of 2 tail lights! I'd have thought that visibility was key and more lights means more visibility! Sadly big brother is certainly cramping our style a bit, but at least it means most of the bikes are safe and we can all get on with the important part. Riding!
@@AndyManCam it's one of the things that Brexit hopefully will protect me from, the German rules are so much more stringent than the UK and mostly for no dam good reason. The EU has just killed something that S.V.A handled fine (3 wheel cars with a forward two wheel axle)
Hopefully the break will protect things like custom bikes better than the it must be T.U.V system.
ditto
Hi Andy, You seem to forgotten something...ah yes its the plastic cover that covers the ugly metal frame, if I was you I would get a plastic cover to hide the frame, there again, I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sorry to be a bit negative on your handy work 😪 PS: A grommet where the wires go through the metal might save a big short/fire in the future 🔥, just a thought. Cheers Gordon
+Gordon Waltham Naturally it'll not be to everybody's taste. No worries there! I like the fact that it provides a narrower framework upon which to mount smaller indicators while also opening up the view to the rear wheel. It's by no means finished and I'll be adding/removing a few things in the near future. Oh and the wires are already heatshrink wrapped where they go through the holes, plus they'll be shifting about soon too! 😆
Hi Andy, I'm glad that you wasn't offended. I'm afraid I'm stuck in the lazy mainstream, I,E, I buy a bike, get a bit adventurous and add a charging socket and when I don't like it I sell it, of course that is slightly more expensive than trimming the tail tidy (or is that untidy, who knows).
+Gordon Waltham Haha! That's still customization! And very true, WAAAY more expensive! Maybe when I'm a grown up I'll be the same. 😉
Them huge ass bike plates...smh. Thank christ ours in the states are half the size..
+rocco rostagno When i first came over to Germany, i was so happy that the plates were much smaller than in the UK. Now I've gotten used to them and they seem massive again!
Sorry it still looks dreadful, and there's a million of ready made good looking solutions for the Fz1 . Btw too much work and your back will still be splashed with mud sooner or later
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder João, and often also in the hands of those with the fatter chequebooks! Pretty much anything other than stock will cause splashing!
I'm sure the bureaucrats in all their wisdom thought they were making the roads a safer place.and in a perfect world where everyone paid attention,I would be deprived of my stupid driver videos on motomadness.and for the record, my integrated works excellent.superbright.I left you a comment about my ecu flash from Ivan.my mild fear of rolling on the throttle in a corner is gone.no snatch.totally different bike.be safe
+Sean Donovan Glad to hear it Sean. I don't doubt that the one i was following was a cheap one. Nanny state strikes again with Ivans reflash. Again I'm certain from all the happy customers I've seen that the bike is awesome afterwards. But with anything like that here, unless Ivan has the right german certification then my bike would no longer be roadworthy. I know, who could really tell? Sadly it's a bit tough to argue the toss when you publish every step on the Internet! 😂😂
It still needs something to stop the spray up over your woman's arse? Otherwise, 8/10.
+ACE 999 Hahaha! Woman! She's never getting on the bike! I still have to wait and see how bad it is now. Also I'm still going to shift things about a bit. Maybe shorten further. Maybe even put in a horizontal piece for spray/camera mounting.
Yes! Shorter and fill the hole, then I'll give a 9.7 of 10! :)
+ACE 999 Woohoo! How about some LED action to get those last 0.3 points! 😉
Beware of some cheap FleaBay LED sets! A sparkler lasts longer!
+ACE 999 Don't worry. I've been sorted out with some of the finest! 😊
It looked okay before. I really hate all this modification craze, especially tail tidies.
An opinion that you are very much entitled to. I personally also didn't find the factory tail tidy too bad. Better than most in fact. But it was still just too much plastic and those indicators are massive. Of course this was only ever going to be an interim cheap and cheerful mod. The 'proper' Kellermann tail tidy and LED indicators looks and functions much better... In my opinion...
Are you Jason Statham. You very much sound like him. ;)
Haha! No. just a rough night and too much coffee!
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