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Title: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 16, 2006, 10:45:58 PM
so i started the winter project today. i took the fairings off. god what a difference i am so happy right now. it looks like a sport bike now, not a plastic box POS your grandma could drive. i am soo happy i did it. i should of tooken them off a long time ago. now to find a buell headlight, turn signals, clip ons, and some paint.  :) :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: pandy on December 16, 2006, 11:20:39 PM
Quote from: Matty B 500 on December 16, 2006, 10:45:58 PM
so i started the winter project today. i took the fairings off. god what a difference i am so happy right now. it looks like a sport bike now, not a plastic box POS your grandma could drive.
Hey now...I'd proudly ride a GS500F in all its fairing'd glory....oh...wait...I guess that's cuz I'm a granny....   :icon_lol:

Quote from: Matty B 500 on December 16, 2006, 10:45:58 PM
should of tooken

...should have taken, dear... now, you must forgive me....I'm simply a doddering granny with a son and a gaggly of grandbabies, so it's simply instinct to assist with grammar....  :kiss3:

Quote from: Matty B 500 on December 16, 2006, 10:45:58 PM
i am soo happy i did it. i should of tooken them off a long time ago. now to find a buell headlight, turn signals, clip ons, and some paint.  :) :) :) :) :) :)

Congrats on starting your winters projects!!! Hope you'll post pics as you make progress!!  :cheers: :thumb:
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 16, 2006, 11:32:09 PM
haha thanks nana.  :laugh:
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Alphamazing on December 16, 2006, 11:34:15 PM
Doesn't it look so much more natural?? Gah, love it!

What headlight setup are you going with?

Wait until you ride it, it feels like a totally different bike. Partly because you're looking straight over the gauge cluster into the ground, and because you're dropping about 25lbs of plastic and other junk from the front end of the bike.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: gsbarry on December 17, 2006, 07:38:41 AM
Thats why i could never understand why they kept the "F" in production in the U.S and stopped the naked. Over here in Canada we still had both. Like my 03' Naked.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: galahs on December 17, 2006, 08:12:02 AM
put some clothes on mate, your scaring the children!  :o
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 08:28:01 AM
It is so much better, and it is like a riding a completely different bike, and im going with the dual buell headlight setup.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: dgyver on December 17, 2006, 09:35:31 AM
Dominator headlight  :thumb:
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Alphamazing on December 17, 2006, 01:19:34 PM
Quote from: dgyver on December 17, 2006, 09:35:31 AM
Dominator headlight  :thumb:

+ infinity billion! SO much cleaner and more effective than the Buells.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 01:30:11 PM
does any one else on this site have a naked 04? i cant find any pictures.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Alphamazing on December 17, 2006, 01:37:26 PM
Quote from: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 01:30:11 PM
does any one else on this site have a naked 04? i cant find any pictures.

These were taken back before I knew how to take decent pictures, so deal with it.  :flipoff:

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gs-complete_large.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse02.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse01.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/gse03.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/bike-lake1.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0036.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0037.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0052.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0053.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0055.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/AlphaFire_X5/GSTwin/IMG_0056.jpg)
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 01:44:25 PM
Word Alpha, i'm sorry, i ment yellow.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 09:31:29 PM
Hey, guys i have a pic up in the gallery, if someone could post it here, that would be swell, as for now i dont know how to.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: manofthefield on December 17, 2006, 09:38:01 PM
(http://www.gstwins.com/photogallery/albums/userpics/14700/naked_gs_44.jpg)

I think you need to paint the front fender yellow to match the rest... maybe some yellow rimtape too
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 09:40:29 PM
rim tape is a must.
Title: Re: NAKED!
Post by: Matty B 500 on December 17, 2006, 11:05:03 PM
Maybe i should take those F stickers off too.  :laugh: :thumb: