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Jan 1st, 2012, 11:45 am
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Liberty Hill (Lebanon), CT, USA
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I hate this f***ing fairing
Things were so much easier to deal with on my 998s. Trying to get the fairing off this SS1000DS is a PITA. Can't get the bolts to unscrew thanks to spinning nuts and can't get at the seam between upper and lower. I may be looking for a Kaemena 1/4 fairing. Damned Ducati.
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'05 SS1000DS
'03 Audi A4 Avant
'05 MASI Gran Criterium S
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Jan 1st, 2012, 1:54 pm
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Humble
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lowville, NY, USA
Posts: 13,092
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Hmmm...gotta be the same unemployed Kawasaki designer that did the ST series bodywork. Strange to think abominations like this can come from the same company that gave us the 749 and 999 series - Those bikes are a joy to work on.
One of the main reasons why my ST3 was in and out of my life so fast was that bodywork...among other little things, just a really crappily designed bike.
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Jan 1st, 2012, 2:30 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 478
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Changed my carby full fairings:
- for half-fairings!
MUCH easier to work on, Full-fairings are a ballache... I rescued two CBR600's one after the other - a '90 and a '91, they had EPIC amounts of plastic everywhere...
Can you get to the back of the wellnuts with pliers or pipegrips etc?
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Jan 1st, 2012, 3:23 pm
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Radar tends to harsh my mellow.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Posts: 5,801
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuckracer
...among other little things, just a really crappily designed bike.
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I beg you pardon! Damn ST haters! 
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2006 999, 2007 ST3S, 2007 S2R1000
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Jan 1st, 2012, 3:57 pm
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Check your air pressure!!!
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mathews County, VA, USA
Posts: 4,542
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckMan
I beg you pardon! Damn ST haters! |
What do you expect in the SS forum? 
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1998 Silver ST2$
Eastern Virginia, USA
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Jan 1st, 2012, 3:59 pm
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Humble
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lowville, NY, USA
Posts: 13,092
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Whoops...didn't think you'd be pokin around over here...  Busted!
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Jan 1st, 2012, 4:03 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Swadlincote, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 470four
MUCH easier to work on, Full-fairings are a ballache...
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Oh no! What have I done?
I went from this.................
to this................
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Jan 1st, 2012, 4:07 pm
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Humble
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lowville, NY, USA
Posts: 13,092
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LOL! You two should really talk...
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Jan 1st, 2012, 4:30 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Posts: 112
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If it makes you feel any better, my 888 side fairings have 3 different fasteners. So you need an allen wrench, a screwdriver, and a socket/box-end wrench to take it apart. Plus those damn well nuts still seem to spin after awhile, too.
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1993 900 SS
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Jan 1st, 2012, 6:52 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Not sure how good it is for the rubber but I find a little squirt of WD40 in the well nuts often helps loosen them up enough.
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