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Title: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: CB2RN on January 05, 2007, 07:28:15 PM
http://www.oldbikebarn.com/part.php?id=6706&subcategory=Fairings&bike=CB550&DisplayPerPage=10

If the headlight opening is the right size (or modifiable), it could be an option anyway.
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: el_crispito on February 18, 2007, 12:12:29 AM
I have to say--not to crap on anyone's taste--but I have a GS with white wheels and I think that that fairing is 80's style.  Seriously, there is much better out there.  Stuff that is more in tune with the lines of the bike.  That windscreen looks like an 87FZR a friend of mine had in school.  But he loved that bike.  I suppose it is an option.
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: nightrider on February 18, 2007, 12:36:22 AM
Hey, what is wrong with the 80's.

(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5144/deloreanxk8.gif) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: ledfingers on February 18, 2007, 01:43:56 AM
(http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~webauthr/group3/pictures/motleycrue1.jpg)
(http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/26100/80amc26174-1.JPG)
(http://www.aphids.com/stan/blog/images/ford_mustang_II.jpg)

everything was wrong with the 80's...
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: pingpong on February 18, 2007, 04:33:32 AM
speaking of fairings, anyone seen this one before?
(http://www.trenkamp.org/gs500/susi-frontright.jpg)

Not sure if it's custom or what, but i don't think I've ever seen it before on gstwins.
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: starwalt on February 18, 2007, 10:18:16 AM
It looks factory, but what bugs me is the visible labeling on the RH frame.

It is pre-2001 because of the "package pad" type seat and rear body work.

Maybe this was someone doing a Dgyver type custom build?

If stock, I wonder if this was another market...Europe maybe?
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: dgyver on February 18, 2007, 07:02:51 PM
Quote from: CB2RN on January 05, 2007, 07:28:15 PM
http://www.oldbikebarn.com/part.php?id=6706&subcategory=Fairings&bike=CB550&DisplayPerPage=10

If the headlight opening is the right size (or modifiable), it could be an option anyway.

(http://www.oldbikebarn.com/images/products/DX-FM7SOLO.jpg)

I kind of like it.
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: SmartDrug on February 18, 2007, 08:29:34 PM
Quote from: ledfingers on February 18, 2007, 01:43:56 AM
(http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~webauthr/group3/pictures/motleycrue1.jpg)
(http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/26100/80amc26174-1.JPG)
(http://www.aphids.com/stan/blog/images/ford_mustang_II.jpg)

everything was wrong with the 80's...

What a frigging great post,  got me to laugh out loud... well done. 

About the fairing though, I kinda like it too, the cafe racer look is nice.  The one thing I didn't like is the price, for that much, you could buy this and look like the real deal:

(http://www.motorcyclestore.us/triumph/accessories/retro/images/A189.jpg)
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: dgyver on February 19, 2007, 04:49:34 AM
Dang, how big is your monitor?
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: Tafran on February 19, 2007, 06:43:41 AM
Quote from: pingpong on February 18, 2007, 04:33:32 AM
speaking of fairings, anyone seen this one before?
(http://www.trenkamp.org/gs500/susi-frontright.jpg)

Not sure if it's custom or what, but i don't think I've ever seen it before on gstwins.

This fairing is made in spain, and it was intended for the EU market.
(http://www.cartel.co.il/Upload/240655HPIM0025.jpg)
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: vyrolakos on February 19, 2007, 07:05:46 AM
Quote from: pingpong on February 18, 2007, 04:33:32 AM
speaking of fairings, anyone seen this one before?
(http://www.trenkamp.org/gs500/susi-frontright.jpg)

Not sure if it's custom or what, but i don't think I've ever seen it before on gstwins.

It looks very similar to a Sprint fairing I had on a Triumph Trident a few years back.

Perhaps it's a Sprint after market fairing?

Jon
Title: Re: Anybody ever tried this fairing?
Post by: nightrider on February 19, 2007, 06:40:15 PM
I like the full look on that blue one. Looks kind of cruiser/cop-ish. Probably a more honest and elegant look than my falconish looking F model.