R1250RS Newbie

[ESquared]

I'm always up for stealing a good idea, so with this mod I was able to follow a couple of leads provided by others.

The first came from Lee, who passed along a Canadian company called MotoComposites; very nice carbon fiber pieces and parts. I started with the side battery cover(s) in the traditional gloss finish.

https://www.motocomposites.com/products/...-2021.html

I'm guessing many of us have heard of the somewhat risky rubber grommet that holds the upper right corner "peg" of the battery cover in place, which can be pushed through the hole it sits in, never to be seen again once it disappears into the engine/frame/bodywork labyrinth. A quick and easy hack for this is to affix a tiny zip tie around one end of the grommet for safe-keeping, like this:


   

I also put just a touch of PTFE stuff on the end of the new pegs that slip into the grommets on both sides. Helpful for in/out, but still stays in place.

Anyway, here's the finish, and it seems to integrate nicely with the CarbonFiber trim bits on the Akra can.

   

Am considering the cockpit/dash inserts, probably in the matte finish so as to avoid any glare, but that's for another day.