ebay fairings
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Squid
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6
ebay fairings
I can find chinese made fairings for every other bike i know of, and even a bunch ive never heard of, but cant find any for a superhawk. are there any other places i can find some replacement fairings? I currently have a hotbodies one piece on there, but the fitament is terrible. The holes are like three inches off.
Member
Squid
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 42
There is none, the rc51 ebay'ed plastics will fit with some fairly extensive mods to your bike.
Otherwise, this is your best best linked below. I'll be using sharkskins on mine, and going with integrated signals in the mirrors, and a led integrated taillight.
Others have posted that the sharkskins fit great.
http://www.sharkskinz.com/shopdispla...23&cat=VTR1000
Otherwise, this is your best best linked below. I'll be using sharkskins on mine, and going with integrated signals in the mirrors, and a led integrated taillight.
Others have posted that the sharkskins fit great.
http://www.sharkskinz.com/shopdispla...23&cat=VTR1000
evil man of nothing
MotoGP
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4,516
From: Boynton Beach, FL
Unless you want to pay retail you just have to be patient and keep your eyes peeled on here, ebay, and craigslist. Ronayers.com is much cheaper (though still not cheap) than a local dealer for new stuff. Another route is to find used parts with minimal damage for cheaper and refinish them. And if you think the hotbodies fit poorly I've heard horror stories from a shop near me who installed some china fairings for a customer on his cbr1000. NOTHING fit properly...
Moderator
MotoGP
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,708
I'll second that and then some. I've had a few experiences with the Chinese fairings, none of them were good. Their tabs are not part of the fairing, they are glued on... and in the wrong location too. When you try to manipulate it to make tabs line up, they snap off....JUNK. I really hate Chinese products... except for Chinese food... yummy.
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Squid
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6
I'll second that and then some. I've had a few experiences with the Chinese fairings, none of them were good. Their tabs are not part of the fairing, they are glued on... and in the wrong location too. When you try to manipulate it to make tabs line up, they snap off....JUNK. I really hate Chinese products... except for Chinese food... yummy.
Senior Member
SuperSport
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 677
From: Rancho Cordova, California
I think the pyramid looks way better, unless you want to break down and buy a Mario Nava. Check this out. http://web.tiscalinet.it/mario_nava/vtr1000_e.html
Who are you?
SuperSport
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 731
From: Las Vegas, NV
i have some of the chinese fairings on my gsxr, and its true they dont fit perfect, but it was just a matter of opening some hole a little bigger and secruing the mounting points with some epoxy so they dont pop off. i can stomach that, but this sharkskin i got on my hawk has a one inch gap on each side oh the head light, and there are no mounting tabs for the headlight, and the mounting hole on the sides are three inches off. and also it covers up the light on the windscreen. i guess ill have to scrounge up pieces from cl & ebay
Did you ever contact Shark skinz about your problems with mounting? I bet they would be willing to accommodate your issue. Also, most see losing the third eye is a benefit. It's simply there for EU purposes, and really provides no light whatsoever.
Senior Member
Superstock
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 267
i want the morwaki one its crazy expensive like 800 bucks when all is said and done but it look great
evil man of nothing
MotoGP
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4,516
From: Boynton Beach, FL
Hey Gerald, did the sharkskinz come brand new like that or did you buy them used and maybe poorly modded by the previous owner? I've had full sharkskinz on a gsxr600 and also farted around with a set on my superhawk as well. I never really had any complaints with them, and they always seemed to line up fine. And the joy of fiberglass is even an amateur like me can repair it and modify it properly and get perfect results. For instance it's really not hard to repair cracks or make a pattern of your headlight, transfer it onto a race fairing, cut it out, then glass in some nuts and get a factory quality headlight mounting. It just takes a little patience. But it's understood that it shouldn't be necessary with new parts.
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Squid
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6
You ever crash the chinese fairings? They hold up about as well as an argument about the existence of God.
Did you ever contact Shark skinz about your problems with mounting? I bet they would be willing to accommodate your issue. Also, most see losing the third eye is a benefit. It's simply there for EU purposes, and really provides no light whatsoever.
Did you ever contact Shark skinz about your problems with mounting? I bet they would be willing to accommodate your issue. Also, most see losing the third eye is a benefit. It's simply there for EU purposes, and really provides no light whatsoever.
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Squid
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6
Hey Gerald, did the sharkskinz come brand new like that or did you buy them used and maybe poorly modded by the previous owner? I've had full sharkskinz on a gsxr600 and also farted around with a set on my superhawk as well. I never really had any complaints with them, and they always seemed to line up fine. And the joy of fiberglass is even an amateur like me can repair it and modify it properly and get perfect results. For instance it's really not hard to repair cracks or make a pattern of your headlight, transfer it onto a race fairing, cut it out, then glass in some nuts and get a factory quality headlight mounting. It just takes a little patience. But it's understood that it shouldn't be necessary with new parts.
Senior Member
Superstock
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 363
From: Shreveport / Bossier City
That looks like a manufacturing defect from the Pillsbury dough factory.... I have been looknig at it for 2 hours, and i dont think ive seen the whole thing yet...
no offense... that is just one GINORMOUS booty!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
joshuatest
General Discussion
0
Oct 25, 2008 04:03 PM
