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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: frye on December 14, 2006, 12:52:11 AM

Title: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: frye on December 14, 2006, 12:52:11 AM
i think its an awesome idea and i wanna see if people have any pics of what it will look like
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Mk1inCali on December 14, 2006, 01:03:39 AM
Photoshop it.  Everybody else will either run full fairings because their bike is all stock, or they have race plastics from another bike, or they are naked and running no fairing, or a little headlight fairing a la Monster.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: galahs on December 14, 2006, 04:12:52 AM
I've done it with the stock 05 fairing and it looks un finished. Not a fan at all.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: natedawg120 on December 14, 2006, 07:20:48 AM
there are pictures from a long time back on Roadstergals bike.  I will see if i can dig them up.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: natedawg120 on December 14, 2006, 07:25:56 AM
found it

(http://www.roadstergal.info/7_23_05/431.jpg)



Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: gsbarry on December 14, 2006, 08:55:30 AM
The all new SV500F  :laugh:

Looks kinda cool, different spin on the GSF thats forsure.

Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Kasumi on December 14, 2006, 09:24:43 AM
I can see potential.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Blu_Spd_Dmon on December 14, 2006, 09:42:03 AM
Quote from: gsbarry on December 14, 2006, 08:55:30 AM
The all new SV500F  :laugh:
Looks kinda cool, different spin on the GSF thats forsure.

+1 
SV500F :laugh: that was my thought exactly.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Wondertwin on December 14, 2006, 09:43:02 AM
I think cutting the bottom part off even with the lower bulge would improve its visual flow quite a bit.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Alphamazing on December 14, 2006, 10:22:15 AM
The full fairing is ugly. Without the lowers it's even uglier.

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse11.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse10.jpg)
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: manofthefield on December 14, 2006, 11:20:20 AM
Quote from: Blu_Spd_Dmon on December 14, 2006, 09:42:03 AM
Quote from: gsbarry on December 14, 2006, 08:55:30 AM
The all new SV500F  :laugh:
Looks kinda cool, different spin on the GSF thats forsure.

+1 
SV500F :laugh: that was my thought exactly.

Technically it would be GS500S... but I'll shut up now
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: RobTheTyrant on December 14, 2006, 11:36:22 AM
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on December 14, 2006, 10:22:15 AM
The full fairing is ugly. Without the lowers it's even uglier.

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse11.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse10.jpg)

I guess to each is their own... personally, you couldn't pay me enough to ride a naked bike.  Especially a gsf.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Bulwark on December 14, 2006, 12:15:50 PM
For the money differance I would have bought a naked.  i really do like them but they certainly dont look as sporty as a full faired.  In my eyes anyway.  I did end up getting a faired version but only because the price was right.

As fot the half faired GS pic I dont care alot for it.  Its all or nothing in my book.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: frye on December 14, 2006, 12:45:20 PM
idunno. i like it. i like it alot. my bikes in the shop because it was in a wreck and im trying to figure how i can make it my  "own" bike by the timme it gets out because everyone out here gixxer  or a gs500f because of the whole gas thing. gotta stand out right?  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Jarrett on December 14, 2006, 12:54:45 PM
I take my bottoms off when the weather is nasty.  Took them off for the first 1k I put on the bike. 

If you want to make the bike your "own" do some other mods to it.  Springs, shock, sm2 bars, clip ons, rear sets, brake lines, stuff like that.  And work on the bike yourself.  The more your work on your bike, the more "character" it develops.
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: NiceGuysFinishLast on December 14, 2006, 12:58:15 PM
And by "character", he means various dings, scratches, and other oopses that make you go "I remember that, it was when my wrench slipped and I knocked the bike off the sidestand!"

:laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: RobTheTyrant on December 14, 2006, 02:22:34 PM
or that cut from the striping you put on and the razor went a little bit too deep...  :mad:
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: poolshark on December 14, 2006, 02:30:20 PM
Everybody modifies their bike. Riding the wheels off of a stocker: now that's original.  O0
Title: Re: gs's with only the top peice of fairing
Post by: Mk1inCali on December 14, 2006, 07:07:24 PM
Nah, Scratch already did that, and he used a PURPLE bike to get it done.  That's some balls folks!