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RooRoo
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PostPosted: 12:28 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: What are fairings? Reply with quote
im honestly not sure..
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Sparks!
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PostPosted: 12:29 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rolling Eyes

The plastics on bikes, the side bits and front bit and seat unit, ya know? Cool
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RooRoo
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PostPosted: 12:36 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
oh right, the bit that makes them look cool then, so they're not showing the engine?
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Bendy
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PostPosted: 12:40 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aerodynamics are more the reason. Apart from the seat unit, that's to give you something to put your arse on. Smile
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RSixer03
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PostPosted: 12:56 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very Happy thats a good question as i was never sure....still on the subject can someone tell what the engine is? Wink
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RooRoo
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PostPosted: 12:58 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
you'd actually have to ask these guys, I'm not too sure, I've heard turning the engine on is bad as it makes the bike explode, is this true?
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Mac
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PostPosted: 15:38 - 05 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
RooRoo wrote:
you'd actually have to ask these guys, I'm not too sure, I've heard turning the engine on is bad as it makes the bike explode, is this true?


Yes. I have to push my scooter to school whilst jogging alongside it.

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mr.z
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 06 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess it would save on servicing costs Smile

Other useful things with the farings is it stops you feeling like your head being pulled off by the strong winds on the motorway, stops your expensive shinney engine bits getting road filth allover it and turning your bike into a 2 wheeled ball of brown fuzz.
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Dazed
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PostPosted: 00:19 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
RooRoo wrote:
oh right, the bit that makes them look cool then


And make it expensive when you crash Smile
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bikedudextrm
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PostPosted: 00:27 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
zero wrote:
I guess it would save on servicing costs Smile


And should significantly reduce fuel consumption Wink .
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 00:51 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
zero wrote:
stops your expensive shinney engine bits getting road filth allover it and turning your bike into a 2 wheeled ball of brown fuzz.


No, just means you don't bother to clean those bits so they turn into balls of rust quicker, but they hide it so that you cannot see it.

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Panther
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PostPosted: 09:07 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
RooRoo wrote:
oh right, the bit that makes them look cool then, so they're not showing the engine?


depends if ya engine looks like a busted matress or not....Zuki's have good looking engines on the whole, so Bandits look good, but just think of the mess that is the Tuono...oh dear, still want one but thats a fuggin ugly engine... Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
RooRoo wrote:
oh right, the bit that makes them look cool then, so they're not showing the engine?


Cool? Nah it just hides old, corroded, badly maintained CBR600 engines, which the lazy owners cant be bothered to clean.
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Mr C
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PostPosted: 11:45 - 07 May 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote
it gives you something to hide behind at 191mph Rolling Eyes
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