Welcome to the forums!

Very clean bike, you got a steal at that price given the slip-on. For the seat you can change it to a banana one if im not mistaken this should come with a grab bar too. Well you can do banana to split seat so I cannot see why it wouldn't work it reverse.

Gotcbr, you have any idea on this fella?

 

I can't imagine why anyone would want to change from split seat to banana banana seat. ;-)

All j/k aside, yeah, its easy to swap subframe tail assemblies on the F4/F4i. OP, if that's something you want to consider doing, its very easy.

 

Actually believe it or not, I am very interested in at least looking into a banana seat conversion. Then again with a different subframe, I'm guessing different rear fairing, requiring new paint, and... I dont mind either way myself, but I foresee my wife having issues with the split seat/no grab bar. I'm hoping its something she'll grow into, as we do alot of 2-up sport touring. She's spoiled by this, I think-


Compared to the F4i, the ZX6E is like floating around in a big *** Caddy.

 

Has your wife considered getting off the back and getting her own bike?

 

IF you wanted to do a banana seat conversion, you'll need the following; '99-00 or '04-06 F4i subframe, battery tray, tail light, tail plastic, rear pegs, & banana seat. Reuse the hardware.

You can refer to my split-seat tutorial (see my sig-line) & just imagine it in reverse. ;-)

Its really easy to swap these assemblies. They are basically bolt up.

 

Yep. 3yrs ago she took the MSF(twice) and got her endorsement. We then got her a Buell Blast to learn on. 1 month and a half dozen low speed drops later we decided it would be best to sell the bike. She never even made it onto any major roads. Just an absolute ball of nerves. Suffice it to say that not everyone is made to ride, and unfortunately I think she's one of 'em.

I do feel bad for her,(I could imagine how it must feel to have to sell your bike), and every now and then ask her if she'll ever try again. But I'm very careful with that. I couldn't talking her into something and she end up getting hurt or worse. She's content as a passenger for now.

 

Wow, your right. Thinking more on this I did a quick Google search-



Now I just need to find a Yoshimura badge

 

Banana seat FTW! LOL!

You could easily sell your split seat setup but there are quite a few parts needed to swap it..love the silver and red too.. Welcome!

 

Thanks. Thinking more on this, I suppose I could just find someone with a red/black 2nd gen. F4i who wants a split seat and swap subframe, plastics, seat and hardware in one shot. I could see red plastics for my rear.

 

If only yours was yellow or black, I would have did the full switch with you.