So was going over the bike tonight thinking bout pulling the fairings off and giving them a good clean and what not, then I happen to catch a glimmer of my carbon fiber bucket seat sitting in the corner of my garage, so i thought to myself
why not mould my fairings and make a whole new faring for it, next thing you know i have taken off 6 fairings, and i have the missus pealing off all the disgracefull sticker work the adorns my FXR, well post tense as they are no more , however im in two minds wether to do the lower fairings as a one piece or keep them seperate, also the same situation with the tail piece and placstics that attatch to it, any sugestions, they still go on sweet as a single item but was thinking ahead for the serviceability of the bike, ie: oil changes general mataince an so, time will tell i spose.
So the choice of meteral will be (seeing as im a bit of a carbon whore) 155g carbon twill weave, but first the mammoth task of moulding all the fairings which is probably 2-3 weeks work alone, but my dream of a full carbon faired bike seems to make the effort all worth it
So ill will keep you all posted on my progress as it happens and post updates ie pics, etc
beside i know that i can make it for less than $2800 which seems to be the going price for a full kit (not that they do them for a fxr anyway) so fingers crossed i im not biting of more than i can chew
otherwise i could have a naked fxr on my hands
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