GSXR 600 fairing removal

[dawnrazor]

Have been a bit lazy about getting the fairing resprayed after my little off a while back, but I guess I'll get around to it soon. But a couple of questions to anyone in the know.

1) is fairing removal straight forward, work from the bottom up? knida thing or is it more involved. I have to get the right fairing and nose fairing done, I assume I'll need to take the left off as well???? I haven't done this before, so am aware of the room for screw up

2) is the bike rideable with the fairings all taken off, or does the nose cone support the headlight and panel. Even if it is rideable, is it recommended?

3) bloody hell decals are expensive, Aren't they just stickers?

[Two Smoker]

Yep its straight forward... Probably not legally rideable due to the headlight being attatched to the top fairing...

[Cajun]

for decals go look at www.tapeworks.com they do tons of decal kits for all models of bikes.

The yellow might be a bit of a trouble to match up if no tdone right either dawn

[dawnrazor]

for decals go look at www.tapeworks.com they do tons of decal kits for all models of bikes.

The yellow might be a bit of a trouble to match up if no tdone right either dawn

colemans sorted me for decals and reflections said the paint wouldn't be a problem to match and about $500 to sort out, could be worse I guess.

Nice bike mate, theres not many ole yella K4's in the country.

[HDTboy]

I hear Two smoker's the man at removing GSXR600 fairings, Rossigals pretty handy at it too

[Cajun]

i know dawn, i had the first one in the country.
was along time before i heard of another yellow, i must say it gets more looks, even 2 years old than sitting right beside brand new models.

Only down side is it is so reconizable, its little hard. to do dodgy stuff, and blame it on someone else with same bike, since they are rare

[Bytor]

Hey Dawn, was that you that I met in Ellerslie lunchtime or is there another yellow GSXR6 with damaged right side?

If it was then the 2bros sounded great going up the high street

[Two Smoker]

Hey Dawn, was that you that I met in Ellerslie lunchtime or is there another yellow GSXR6 with damaged right side?

If it was then the 2bros sounded great going up the high street

That sounds like mattt... With loose bruces old carbo two bros exhaust...

[cowpoos]

I hear Two smoker's the man at removing GSXR600 fairings, Rossigals pretty handy at it too
they both have no skill when compared to dover!!!

[Quasievil]

Two Smoke is the resident KB expert at removing fairings, he uses the abrasion method, works well......bit hard on the body but all n all a effective method

[Quasievil]

Two Smoke is the resident KB expert at removing fairings, he uses the abrasion method, works well......bit hard on the body but all n all a effective method


Oh someone already came up with that gag, at least we all are on the same page I guess. Sorry mr HDTman

[dawnrazor]

Hey Dawn, was that you that I met in Ellerslie lunchtime or is there another yellow GSXR6 with damaged right side?

If it was then the 2bros sounded great going up the high street

No mate. So yes two scratched up yellow 600s, and I work in newmarket. I'm to cheap to replace the stock end can, and get crash-bobbins, ahem ...well the less said about that the better...actually must get some.

[dawnrazor]

After what seems like months of procrastination I eventually found the time and inclingnation to take off my fairings and send them to the paint shop for a new coat or two of paint.

Having never done this before, I had no clue as to what I was doing (thanks to all the witty replies to my original post here though!!!!!).

Anyways all was going along well until I encountered these black press fasteners things that hold parts of two fairings together, I had no idea how to seperate these guys and after much pricking about and scuffed knuckles I realised alls I had to do was push the centre part inwards with the end of a blunt screwdriver (I only broke one of these plastic bolt things before I worked this out).

Just a general note to anyone else doing this, you can ride with the left and right fairing off as the nose fairing holds the headlight assembly and indicators, just be careful of exposed wiring looms is all. Once the nose cone is off however you won't be able to use the bike at all, as the headlight assembly has no support and would probably crack off after the first pothole you hit, and you have no front indicators.

So now the biggest worry I have is putting the freshly painted fairings back on without scratching them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope I can remember how I got them off in the first place...yikes.

One thing I can say though is Suzuki paint work is pretty crap, I've noticed a couple of scuff makes where my knees must rub the paint work - if I could afford it I' get the entire bike resprayed - but thats got to be about a grands worth of work.

[Cajun]

i haven't had a problem with paint coming off were knees are, i have got a we problem with scuff marks where off were the shin gaurd of my boot some times rub, and just general stone chips, but ya expect that after 28,000kms

The 04 yellow paint was a shocker over all, in many places it is very thin, and alot of people had problems with parts not matching,

[Leong]

Anyways all was going along well until I encountered these black press fasteners things that hold parts of two fairings together, I had no idea how to seperate these guys and after much pricking about and scuffed knuckles I realised alls I had to do was push the centre part inwards with the end of a blunt screwdriver (I only broke one of these plastic bolt things before I worked this out).

Yeah did that last weekend!! Pulled my fairings off, and figured out those fasteners, took off the rear covers too to hide a scottoiler, and took teh fuel tank off to get access to the vacuum lines. Never having looked at or talked to anyone about it before, I had to trust that there would be some kind of valve system in the connector in the fuel line... luckily there was!

Refitting the fairings was a little fiddly getting all the various bits to line up correctly but just took patience really.

Have to take the left fairing off this weekend to drill a hole to fit the crash bungs.... must say I'm enjoying this side of motorcycling too!!