V7III: Lowered Headlight & Dart Piranha

[TexMexStrada]

I keep modifying the nose of my V7III, and I wanted to share this latest evolution with y'all as it is my favorite so far.





I am back to using the Dart Piranha with the filed down brackets for extra rearward lean, and the door edge guard for smoother airflow, but this time I lowered the headlight bracket as far as you can go while still having the headlight properly aligned. You will need to reroute/re-tape some of the wiring (small modification, just replacing tape and zip ties, no cutting), but the result is great in my humble opinion. No buffeting from the screen, but your torso gets a pleasant reduction in wind blast. With the headlight lowered, the bike gains a more aggressive stance. With the Dart Piranha lowered it looks less like having a shovel head stuck to the bike, and it allows the offset speedometer (which I think is a cool design feature) to remain slightly visible while at the same time giving the instruments protection from bugs, debris, and rain.





I hope this is interesting to some of you! Please let me know if I can provide any advice to somebody who tries to do something similar, I'd be glad to help.

If you are wondering why & how I modified the Dart Piranha (brackets & door edge guard), I explain it in my video review here: https://youtu.be/fqODnkooKAw   

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

It looks really cool. My next round of mods for my v65 with a V7 tank on it is swapping out the headlight brackets so I can drop my headlight bucket down... I may even try out this screen, I wasnt aware they made this color until I saw your post.

Have you considered the bracket that lays the V7 gauges down somewhat? You might be a good candidate for one.There was a member here making them at one point (back during the V7 classic and early stone/special days- pre V7II i believe.)
Now I know GTMoto and some sellers on ebay currently offer them for the V7III & II

[TexMexStrada]

It looks really cool. My next round of mods for my v65 with a V7 tank on it is swapping out the headlight brackets so I can drop my headlight bucket down... I may even try out this screen, I wasnt aware they made this color until I saw your post.

Have you considered the bracket that lays the V7 gauges down somewhat? You might be a good candidate for one.There was a member here making them at one point (back during the V7 classic and early stone/special days- pre V7II i believe.)
Now I know GTMoto and some sellers on ebay currently offer them for the V7III & II

Thank you for your kind words! And glad you liked it!
As to the flat gauges, I’m on the fence about those still. On one hand they are cool. On the other, I actually like the way that single gauge sticks out offset, I enjoy having good visibility of the gauges (I check them every couple minutes when I ride, monitoring time, distance and fuel economy, little OCD on that), and I don’t like the fact that most of the lay flat kits require you to loose the plastic cover, since I ride in all kinds of weather.
So I’ve been holding off on that till I’m 100% certain I want to make that change. But I appreciate you bringing it up!