Chrome exhaust system gets blacken

  

I was getting tired of polishing the chrome of the exhaust pipe system so decided to spray them with high temperature black paint but before that had to give a few coats of clear plastic acrylic plaint to them which is designed to give the slippery chrome a sticky base for the black paint to stick on.

Potential grounding cable to replace key wiring cables

 

I salvaged from my KIA Spectra, the custom grounding cables I did after it was taken over by someone else. I have a large number of  size L cables and a single meter long size M cable. I plan to replace the stock starter cable with a size L version. However, the wiring gap in the engine block will determine later if I can replace  the stock cable from starter to battery with an L or M version, all to be done under a re-wiring exercise I plan do do in future.  

New tougher side light indicators added

 

Malaysian weather eventually created havoc on the side light indicators. Either the footing of the yellow cover of three of the indicator gave way so I had to glue them to prevent them from falling off or rain water had seeped in via line fracture at the neck of the joint. Thus I invested in 2 pairs of third party side light indicators which had metal casing as against the stock's plastic casing. I will see how the bulbs perform and will invest in yellow bulbs later if I am not too happy with what I have acquired. I choose the classic look version with 2 terminal cables as I believe should deliver a brighter light.

Holes at foot controls and number plate bracket get sandpapered

 

The walls of the foot controls and number plate bracket looked  raw and not as shining as other parts of the chrome finish so I sandpapered them initially with no. 400 and later with no.800 sandpaper to bring them to a respectable shining finish. The job took at least an hour/day for almost a week. I am happy with the results.

Custom battery meter added

 

I got myself this simple digital battery meter seeing on YouTube clips, how effective it was at checking the status of the battery. As I would need to create a custom bracket if it were to be located behind the speedometer, I have decided to make it simple and have it fitted on the external wall of the battery compartment.  

Mini strobe lights added for safety purposes

I recognized the importance of having at least a pair of mini strobe lights for the bobber especially where street lighting is minimal especially along local roads as against highways. These will be located above my present custom front side light indicators and will require a simple custom L-bracket similar to the one customized for the front side light indicators.

Aluminium Internal Throttle added

 

Ever since the stock plastic internal throttle cracked and caused a breakdown along the motorcycle lane, I referred to and was advised by my mechanic to find an aluminium version usually used by more expensive motorcycles. I checked eCommerce and gave the measurement of my stock version to the seller. He told me mine is compatible with a Yamaha RXZ. They come in various colours and I choose blue. The quality of this third party accessory was excellent so very good value for money but requires one to do much eCommerce surfing because prices between sellers vary a lot between RM70-RM150. It was not difficult to fit the new internal throttle and the external kurl pattern gave my hard rubber throttle grip a very good grip thus I need not use any water pipe tape.