I've gotten all the fiberglass repair done to the race bodywork, touched them up externally with spot & glazing putty, and wet sanded with 400. This is the first full mock-up of the fairings on the bike.



I have since filled the current holes for the fairning stay, as they do not line up, and will re-drill them once I have the rear tail-mounting rig finalized. I hope to have them fully "mountable" in the next evening or so, and be shooting the first coat of primer no later than friday evening.

I would like to locate a good condition F2 seat, to cut down to a sort of solo seat, so I can lighten things up just a tad more, but mainly to avoid damage to my current seat, since the fiberglass will rub it ever so slightly, and mark up the vinyl just a smidge - if anyone has a nice looking seat, that does not need to be recovered (I don't care about damage to the pillion seat), and for a reasonable price, hit me up.

 

Glad to see more posts about your progress and the Chinese fairing tangent subsided... awesome work you do. always looking for whats next

 

Thanks Fearless...yeah, I just wanted to warn the guy, cuz I HATE having those stinkin' grab bar holes!!

On the race fairings, I finalized the rear-most tail mount last night, and I hope to have these pieces all primed at least be the end of this weekend.

 

i told them i didn't want the holes and they sent me a reply along these lines.

china-dear happy buyer, we no understand what holes you are meaning.

me- the holes located on the rear tail section of the fairings,where a grab bar would be.

china- dear happy buyer we will custom make for you your fairings as you want them.we do everything for you to make transaction good.enjoy your purchasases.

when i checked out i asked them to not put holes for the grab bar.so when i got the fairings they had the holes.:0 arghghgh they just don't listen!!!haha

so

 

That sucks! There was another guy on this forum, who said all he had to do was ask, and they filled 'em in for him, but I guess you just never know what you're gonna get!

 

I would love to get another F2/F3 .......great work on your bike

 

Thanks... are you riding at all, or are you in that horrible state called "bikeless"??

 

This is my girl for now..............will be gone at the end of the month to make room for a 600RR

 

here is a sample of the new project

 

I got mine with the holes filled in but let me tell you I had to do more than ask. I emphasized in every message I did not want them. Fianlly they realized they didn't know what I was talking about and asked for a picture. The old set from my PO had the holes so I sent them a picture and they finally understood and sent me a set with the holes filled in. I'll post pics as soon as I get them mounted up.
I would be mounting them today except I was doing for seals yesterday and one of the 2 PO's of the bike stripped the heck out of the bolt on the bottom of the fork and I couldn't get an Allen key to bite. Just kept stripping more metal so it's at the machine shop. They said called and said Monday so I may go get it later and try some more.