have you been looking at the front end of your RM or RMZ and wondering how you can spice it
up a little bit keep on watching one of the best ways to update the look of your bike is to run a
newer Fender and number plate now this is usually pretty straightforward to do and doesn't really
cost that much and it really transforms the front end of your bike now luckily with the
Suzuki's we've got a couple different options here this is the 2008 to 2017 RMZ 450 Style
really flows with the style of these bikes a little bit more aggressive up front some holes
in the number plate and we have another option too and now we've got the 2018 and newer RMZ 450 style
this is a lot more aggressive really sharp lines a little pointier in the front bigger holes on
the number plate this is a stadium plate so it's got the parts that wrap around the forks I really
like the look of that it's hard to pick between the older style and the new style I think this
style even looks pretty good so why don't we pull the old Fender and number plate off and see how
these Mount up it's got one bolt on top the north plate and that's about it a few bolts on bottom
and off comes the fender now first up we're going to mount up the 2018 and newer style
and then follow up with the 2008 to 2017 style now each style requires a little different kit
different Hardware different brackets and so on but once you see both options you can
decide which style you would like to run on your bike now to mount the newer Fender you're gonna
have to redrill a few holes here and this kit comes with the drill bit to do so as well as a
template just so that way the holes are perfectly right where they need to be now if you bought a
kit for a RMZ 250 or 450 the newer models you actually won't get the template because the
fender already has the right holes to mount it up on there all you will need is the bracket for
not that number of plate the first things first I'm going to grab that template then we'll need
two of the flange washers and we're gonna put them in the fender from the bottom side
now we're going to flip the fender over and line up the template with the threaded holes
toward the back holes we're going to take two of the bolts thread it from the bottom side
just to secure that template in place on the fender
you want to Snug these bolts up and we're just going to drill through these two holes
right here now it's a little tough because you can you can see it's right on the ridge
right on the very edge of that Ridge make sure you're nice and straight here with the drill
then we're going to remove that template and we're not going to
use this when mounting the fender this is only for re-drilling the fender looks like
those drilled out pretty good I'm going to take a knife and clean up any Burrs here
and with that we are ready to mount the fender on the bike here we go excited to see how this is
going to look on here now for the fender Hardware comes with all the bolts and washers here we have
two shorter bolts you're just going to use the flat washer on those and then the two longer
bolts are going to have a stepped washer all six of these step washers are the same
and these four leftover step washers are going to go on the top side of the fender is pop in from
the top side now these two front holes might be a little tricky because they are at an angle so the
washer may not want to stay in place looks like these ones are staying in place pretty
good however if they don't want to stay put while you're putting the fender on
you can put a little bit of grease on the lip here and that'll help just stick it into the fender
like that now the easiest way I found to get the fender bolted into place is to get your front
Bolt the longer bolt with the flange washer set up on the extension slide your Fender into position
and line up a front hole
we're just going to kind of hand tighten it for now grab your other side front Bolt
get that started as well the main thing here is you just
want to get all the bolts started before you tighten any of them up
it's like that lined up perfectly now you're going to want to tighten the front bolts first
snug those down and then hit the back bolts now the reason why we went with these really thin
head bolts is because these two front bolts are kind of sticking down and if you used a
thicker head bolt like a regular eight mil head bolt it would actually contact the tire
when the suspension compresses all the way so we went with a little thinner head bolt
to give some clearance there and there we have it Fender is nice and snug on there feels just
as tight as OEM now for the number plate this is going to need an adapter bracket
that comes in the kit so it just snaps right over this hole here just buttery fitment there
throw in the supplied bolt and washer make sure it's nice and even on both sides now we're ready
for the number plate if it slips behind the brake line and it'll go into this little nub right here
that locks it into place you got two shoulder bolts for the top going into the bracket here
and there you have it front Plate's all mounted up now we've got two things left in the kit and those
are the fork protectors so if you're going to be running a cycra stadium front plate it has these
portions here that zip tie onto the fork which I really like to style these fork or these number
plates but if you don't protect the anodizing on the fork it'll actually wear from the number plate
so we included these vinyl strips here it's actually clear vinyl and all you do is wrap
it around the fork tube it's easier to do when the number plate and Fender are off the bike
just wrap it around and that will protect your anodizing or any type of coating that you have
on the forks the very last thing to do is secure this number plate to the fork if you're using
a stadium plate here I just like to run a zip tie from the back side and secure it and then
the nub right here I'll tuck it kind of in between the fender and the fork so that way
you can't see it so that is the 2018 and newer style I really like it on there it's really
aggressive when you're sitting on the bike it just looks mean looking down this really sharp
line Fender so let's move on to the 08 to 17 style and see how that fits up on here foreign
for the number plate slide it behind the brake line it up with these two tabs on the bottom
there we go and nice thing about the 08 17 style
it just bolts right up to your stock triple clamp no need for any brackets
and that's all you got to do so that is the 08 to 17 style man that looks really good on
there a little less aggressive smoother lines and whatnot it's hard to pick between the two though
I mean honestly I'd I would go for this just because I personally like the strong lines in
the fender let me know down in the comment section which style you prefer between the three of them
and if you're interested in grabbing one of these kits to do the restyle we did here I will have a
link Down Below in the description they are sold through my store Prime and we have kits available
for RMS 01 208 and rmz's 04 to 17. so whatever style you're looking for whatever bike you have we
also have restyle kits for Hondas as well CRS CRS so you can transform the front end of your Hondas
if you're interested in one of those check it out now one thing to note you might notice the slight
color difference between the number plate and the fender now these are two different brands if
you want to do this conversion I would recommend buying the same brand Fender and number plate that
we have a perfect color match I didn't do that I'm not sure why it's based on that but it kind
of bugs me so it might bug you guys too but thanks for watching guys I'll see you in the next one