Benefit of fairings?

[The Buddha]

yeah, i live in the bay area, so there's a lot of freeways, so would probably ride on them a lot. might have to keep the fairings

Aaaah, bay area, Lots of "free"ways, just not a lot of free space on the freeways. Bumper to bumper always. Lane split @ 30 though 
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Buddha.

[StevenDavisPhoto]

Aaaah, bay area, Lots of "free"ways, just not a lot of free space on the freeways. Bumper to bumper always. Lane split @ 30 though 

yeah, during rush hour at least. i have flew time at work so i dont leave the house til 930. by then it's fine.

[The Buddha]

Reminds me of a mini hayabusa from the front. 

In effect, that is one of my biggest problems with it. A busa is fugly to begin with and I hate the blinged out busa even more. Looks Idiotic. Worse when some Idiot mistakes it for a busa ...
I usually suggest they can buy it and polish the frame like your friend did on his busa.
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Buddha.

[Paulcet]

What is the preference of the naked look?  I dont get it.  To each his own, of course, but I like the fairings on the f.  The gs I'm working on doesn't have any fairings, but I plan on putting them on.  Just looks much better.  Reminds me of a mini hayabusa from the front.  I've been on customfighters dot com for awhile and there are some fantastic builds and I love the cross information, problem solving and diagnosis plus builds, but the naked look only seems right on one out of many bikes.  Otherwise simply looks like something is missing to me. 

To some people, there is beauty and art in an object that is pure function. Function over form. On a bike with about 40 hp, the fairing is mostly form, very little function. But that's just me.