This is the official Yamaha seat cowl for the 2004 Fazer.  It costs £145 and should be available for order through any Yamaha official dealership. 

First things first; I was far from impressed with this cowl, and actually took it back and got a refund.   

The unit attaches by three clips, one at the rear, and one at each side; a small rubber strip is provided to prevent the rear clip from scratching the bike’s plastic.  The plastic which the cowl is made from is fair quality, but the plastic tubing which is over the end that butts against the rider is poor and simply pushed on with nothing to hold it there.  The colour match on mine was perfectly accurate in terms of shade, but not did not have exactly the same level of lustre as the rest of the bike; although that’s being really picky. 

As you can see from the pictures, the unit is actually a very poor fit and the cut of the cowl over the seat is such that its profile does not follow that of the bike and instead sits somewhat raised.  While you can see what the designers intentions were, with the cowl meeting the line of the bikes rear, the actual implementation is so poor that nothing like this is actually achieved. While the gap running down the side which exposes the seat is a (questionable) design feature, there is an inch gap at the rear of the cowl that can only be accredited to poor design and workmanship, aggravated by the decision to use the protruding rear clip.  This gap can be reduced by applying considerable pressure to the top of the cowl, and thereby compressing the seat underneath, but why would that happen with a cowl on the seat?   

The only saving grace which I can see for this is the ease with which it is fitted and removed; a simple matter of two bolts and take the seat off. 

All in all avoid, and wait for some aftermarket versions to appear.

Andrew Fox  - PoodyBoy 07/03/04