Project FZ-0MBIE Apocalype photo log!

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Sorry it took so long for an update- these parts are expensive, and I had to get some shipped from overseas, so it took a while. But next round of mods installed and ready!  
To start, I hit up the owner of APmotoarts (The guy who made the fully faired FZ07R racebikes, and generally works on my racebike in the rare instances I'm not the one doing it) and got some of his prototype risers installed that put my stock foot pegs up and back about an inch and a half:
 
 

 
(If you're anywhere near socal and have never been to this restaurant, you are doing yourself a disservice, FYI)
 


 
As a long time sportbike person, I find the slightly more aggressive leg position more comfortable in general, and having the pegs back a bit makes it so they're not in the way when I put my feet down. So far, I'm pretty absolutely in love with them It did require the side frame cover thing on the left side be cut slightly to compensate for the shift rod (As you can see), and it did slightly change the mounting position of the kickstand, so the bike rests very slightly higher, but nothing terribly drastic. I've got no complaints. 
 
 
And for the big, expensive, but most necessary of them all, I also picked up some Hepco and Becker Panniers, which ended up being a bit more effort to install than I expected. Initially, I was going to go with Givi cases, but the only option that was compatible with their FZ-07 frame looked too sporty and didn't at all give me the look I wanted. Normally, I'd sacrifice aesthetics to save a buck, but if I'm building my dream bike, and I'm gonna do it right, dammit!
 

 
This ended up a more intense install than I expected, but it meant learning a bit more about how this bike is set up, so all good! I had to remove all of the tail panels to use the mounting spot for the fender, in addition to removing some parts of the fender itself. I'm not sure if these would or would not work with a tail tidy, but the brackets perfectly frame the stock fender when all set up. Unfortunately, in order to put the tail panels back on, I did have to dremel out notches in the undertail:
 
 
 
Hard to see, but I had to cut out a pretty good chunk of it. Fortunately it's all on the bottom of the tail, so I'll never see it, but it admittedly hurt my soul a bit to cut into pristine, uncrashed bodywork.
 
BUT! It was all so worth it once everything was on, and installed! 
 

 
If this image doesn't make your heart skip a beat, you're either dead inside, or not nearly as big a nerd as I am, haha. I can't wait to take this camping now for a test run. It's going to be sooooo nice to actually have storage space, because this bike otherwise has the smallest tail of all time, I swear.
 
Pretty excited by how this is coming together. Next up should be Hand guards (I'm looking at some SW motechs, but still up in the air), and probably some sort of gps mount. Top case will be pending a lot more monies.
 
 
are you able to shed any more light or pictures on installing the H&B side case carrier (in terms of cutting the plastics)? H&B supplied me with the installation instructions but they are awful. Your trip and set-up have inspired me to go for a similar build