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Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: sanityfree on March 05, 2004, 10:52:17 AM
How hard do yall think it would be to buy a used, maybe slightly damaged fairing (ebay) from something like an SV650 or Bandit 600 or something like that and modify it to fit a GS500?
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: scratch on March 05, 2004, 01:31:40 PM
Dunno. :dunno: In a few more months I'm gonna be removing my 18 year old $50 National Cycle windshield for the summer.
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: EXSVrider on March 05, 2004, 02:21:06 PM
Before I got my GS I was going to buy a wrecked Ninja - I bought a fairing off ebay for a Z1000.  Forgot all about it until a few days ago when it arrived.  Thought about trying to mount it, doesn't look like it would be all too difficult, but we'll see.
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: sanityfree on March 05, 2004, 02:54:49 PM
keep me posted, and take lots of pictures!!!
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: Adam R on March 05, 2004, 09:25:03 PM
I recently mounted an Aprilia RS250 race fairing to the front of my bike.  Not too difficult.  I will eventually take pictures and show how I did it.  

Adam
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 06, 2004, 01:39:38 AM
id say probably the hardest part would be fabricating the mounting points :thumb:
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: Adam R on March 06, 2004, 02:40:57 AM
Quote from: yamahonkawazukiid say probably the hardest part would be fabricating the mounting points :thumb:

But you can modify some stock mounting points if you want. This is how I did mine.  I'll post details later on it if anyone's interested.
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on March 07, 2004, 01:48:52 AM
would be interesting to see :thumb:
Title: Shadetree mechanic-esque fairing idea...
Post by: sanityfree on March 08, 2004, 10:06:33 AM
well, i'm going to start looking for a cheap fairing on ebay...