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Robbie_
12th March 2011, 17:36
Hi all, This was around 6 months ago. Basically, I taught myself on the fxr150 with never hopping on a bike before (apart from the learners test which I used common sense on how to ride it) and I went straight onto the road. I know it wasn't the smartest thing to do. :rolleyes: But anyway as you do, I was riding home, in la la land and saw a mate, gave him a wave, looked back onto the road and the car in front of me slammed on there breaks. As I was new too biking my reaction was to grab a fistful of the breaks, the breaks locked and I dropped the bike (about 1m away from the car)

Thankfully, I all I go was a lightly bruised knee as I was wearing decent gear.
The only damage to the bike was a scratched up (not cracked) right fairing and a 5cm chunk missing where the stock mirrors were (have bar end mirrors on)

Have been searching all over since for replacement fairing(s) with no avail, with a tm search with the only fairings I want being in the blue colour (mines green). Suzuki wanted $160 for a sticker of "FXR" let alone the fairing....

Am wanting to get my bike up to scratch again as I am heading over to Germany for a year in August and my sister has her eyes set on it. After learning to do the basic servicing myself that has given me a lot of motivation to get on with it.

Can anyone help out? Willing to pay a fair price, but can't pay with beers as some people seem to like haha.. (Am 17...:weep:)

Almost 5000km later haven't dropped the bike since and passed my restricted 100%

Yow Ling
12th March 2011, 17:41
Post your request in the Bucket racing forum, heaps of guys take their fairings off and are not much use to them. You can paint them green

RDjase
12th March 2011, 17:47
Hi all, This was around 6 months ago. Basically, I taught myself on the fxr150 with never hopping on a bike before (apart from the learners test which I used common sense on how to ride it) and I went straight onto the road. I know it wasn't the smartest thing to do. :rolleyes: But anyway as you, riding home, was in la la land and saw a mate, gave him a wave, looked back onto the road and the car in front of me slammed on there breaks. As I was new too biking my reaction was to grab a fistful of the breaks, the breaks locked and I dropped the bike (about 1m away from the car)

Thankfully, I all I go was a lightly bruised knee as I was wearing decent gear.
The only damage to the bike was a scratched up (not cracked) right fairing and a 5cm chunk missing where the stock mirrors were (have bar end mirrors on)

Have been searching all over since for replacement fairing(s) with no avail, with a tm search with the only fairings I want being in the blue colour (mines green). Suzuki wanted $160 for a sticker of "FXR" let alone the fairing....

Am wanting to get my bike up to scratch again as I am heading over to Germany for a year in August and my sister has her eyes set on it. After learning to do the basic servicing myself that has given me a lot of motivation to get on with it.

Can anyone help out? Willing to pay a fair price, but can't pay with beers as some people seem to like haha.. (Am 17...:weep:)

Almost 5000km later haven't dropped the bike since and passed my restricted 100%

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/135620-FXR-150-ignition-barrel

There are some parts links in here. As Yow ling said, go to the bucket section

Robbie_
12th March 2011, 17:48
EDIT: Accidentally re posted the same info as before.

koba
12th March 2011, 18:21
Depending on how bad it is it may be repairable...

A soldering iron, good supply of ABS plastic, Tin of bog, sandpaper, paint and a bit of time and patience can work wonders if you are on a budget.

Robbie_
12th March 2011, 18:25
Depending on how bad it is it may be repairable...

A soldering iron, good supply of ABS plastic, Tin of bog, sandpaper, paint and a bit of time and patience can work wonders if you are on a budget.

I wouldn't know how to do that, I can afford some decent second hand ones though I would think.

koba
12th March 2011, 18:28
I wouldn't know how to do that, I can afford some decent second hand ones though I would think.

Depends if you find some cheap enough I guess.

You won't know how to do it but with a bit of study and planning anyone could do it, hell there are probably how-to vids on youtube.

Just thought if you are 17 you are probably wanting to get it fixed without spending a whole heap of cash on it.

Robbie_
12th March 2011, 18:34
Depends if you find some cheap enough I guess.

You won't know how to do it but with a bit of study and planning anyone could do it, hell there are probably how-to vids on youtube.

Just thought if you are 17 you are probably wanting to get it fixed without spending a whole heap of cash on it.

Yeah cheers, I will keep that in mind and if I can't find any fairings I'll give that a crack. Although looking at previously sold fairings I am fairly certain that I should be able to well afford it, it's just trying to find the damn things!:brick:

Henk
12th March 2011, 18:46
Shame you aren't in Wellington Hawkes Bay or Auckland, they seem to be the hot beds of bucket racing at the moment and going to the track and asking around would be the trick..
I did have one lot of green fairings but they were pretty munted, most fairings off bucket conversions are. Only stuff I have now are off a blue bike and like the rest I've had pre crashed.
Which parts are you after? surely not the whole lot.

Robbie_
12th March 2011, 19:14
Shame you aren't in Wellington Hawkes Bay or Auckland, they seem to be the hot beds of bucket racing at the moment and going to the track and asking around would be the trick..
I did have one lot of green fairings but they were pretty munted, most fairings off bucket conversions are. Only stuff I have now are off a blue bike and like the rest I've had pre crashed.
Which parts are you after? surely not the whole lot.

Im mainly after the right hand side fairing and the front fairing that goes around the headlight. Yeah, if I knew someone in wellington I'd happily go for a ride down to go pick it up.

Robbie_
14th March 2011, 14:14
Bump, can any one help please?

andrew a
14th March 2011, 17:06
I have some silver ones. PM me if you like.

Madness
14th March 2011, 17:10
Try these guys in Towel-wronger www.gonein60secondsmotorcycles.com

Ask for Kim, she's briiliant!

Robbie_
14th March 2011, 19:15
I have some silver ones. PM me if you like.

Ta, will do but I really need some green ones.

Robbie_
14th March 2011, 19:15
Try these guys in Towel-wronger www.gonein60secondsmotorcycles.com

Ask for Kim, she's briiliant!

Will give them a ring in the morning thanks (:

RDjase
14th March 2011, 19:49
Try these guys in Towel-wronger www.gonein60secondsmotorcycles.com

Ask for Kim, she's briiliant!

Haha, just been reading that thread. 60seconds sounds like shockng place to deal with

Robbie_
18th March 2011, 07:41
None Of those worked out, is there anyone else that can help? Surely somebody must have some fairings for it, it's not a rare bike....

Henk
18th March 2011, 14:36
I've got some, but they are blue, probably more damaged than yours and in Auckland. I suspect that most of the fairing parts that bucket guys have will all have the same sorts of issues i.e.

Wrong colour, wrong place, pretty much f**cked.

After all the NI hotbeds of bucket racing are Wellington, Hawkes Bay and Auckland and we don't tend to buy bikes that are in mint condition to start with.

Str8 Jacket
18th March 2011, 14:49
None Of those worked out, is there anyone else that can help? Surely somebody must have some fairings for it, it's not a rare bike....

You seriously can't paint the silver ones??

Henk
18th March 2011, 15:06
You seriously can't paint the silver ones??

Do tyres come in colours other than black?

Str8 Jacket
18th March 2011, 15:08
Do tyres come in colours other than black?

How long is a piece of string?

Henk
18th March 2011, 15:14
How long is a piece of string?

Twice the distance from the middle to the end

gatch
18th March 2011, 22:06
Twice the distance from the middle to the end

Or half the length of two pieces.

Kendog
19th March 2011, 19:18
Twice as long as half it's length.

Robbie_
20th March 2011, 21:07
You seriously can't paint the silver ones??
Wouldn't know how, well to get a good finish anyway. C'mon getting a piece of plastic is turning out to be a mission! Somebody must have some spare fairings lying around in a shed or know where I could get some that are not trashed :brick: