can fairings be fit to pre-'04 gs?

[bwsmith]

hi, all,

i am new to this forum.  i ride a cbr954rr, and my wife now wants a sport-type bike herself.  i like the gs's, but the fairings seem to be on the '04s and later.  i was hoping to get off cheaper, and did not want her to damage it while learning.  i suppose i could take them off while she is learning, but can the plastics be fitted to an earlier model of gs?

bryan

[Alphamazing]

Not without work.

You'll have to drill holes in the frame so you can bolt up the mounting brackets, as well as weld a tab on the front steering head to hold the front fairing. Also, the bodywork would only match up with '01+ models.

[rangerbrown]

yea if you can get an f to copy form and all should be well

[RVertigo]

It's much easier to get them to fit on '01-'03, but it's still work...  '89-'00 is harder, 'cause the seat and tank don't match up with the plastics...  And the '01+ seat and tank don't match up with the '89-'00 mounts...


In other words...  What Alpha said.   

[TarzanBoy]

Yes it can.   My old 1989 GS500 had '04 fairings on it.   The fab work for the brackets was done by Srinath.   I took a few photos of the brackets and things and made this post