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...The bike that is. I bought my FZR last spring and have loved it as a daily rider, except for one thing. At highway speeds, the stock bodywork kicks up all of the air coming over the top of the bike right into my chin. I thought about a double bubble, but I don't think that'll help enough, so i decided I'd try it without fairings. I took them all off and success! For the first time today I was able to ride my bike at 70 mph without my head getting slapped all over the place by wind buffeting. It's pretty ugly right now, but I'll be buying a 7 inch headlight this weekend and hopefully have mounts made up for the gauges, blinkers, and new light done by the end of next week (that's a big if since it's finals week for me). I think I'm going to have to put the tail on a diet for it to look good. We'll see where that goes.

I'll have pictures of how it was before and as it sits now in the morning. Wish me luck!

i havent tried fairingless, but when i had stock bodywork...oh so long ago....i had the same issue, the double bubble helped alot. it wasnt perfect, but made a huge difference for me.

Yeah the stock bodywork just isn't for me. If nothing else, this may end up being a comfortable stepping stone between stock and totally custom bodywork. I've always liked naked bikes though so I won't be surprised if I keep it this way.

blensen wrote:Yeah the stock bodywork just isn't for me. If nothing else, this may end up being a comfortable stepping stone between stock and totally custom bodywork. I've always liked naked bikes though so I won't be surprised if I keep it this way.

Guys,
At 6' 2" I feel your pain, but double bubble does help BUT there are versions of both stock & double bubble with a flipped up top edge and that is the Mutt's nuts as they say

Lol, I was gonna say I've gone ridding nekked a few times. But thats only in the summer when it's 115 or 120 degrees.