Fugly faring club! /new bike!

[mr.z]

https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe1.jpghttps://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe.jpg

(this is what this will look like ithout the faring on)

Pretty sure i now own the oddest/uglyest looking bestie on here..

Dosn't come accross very well in the pics but with the side panels back on the colour scheme all matches up... no space to take better pics yet.

May or may not keep the faring on, undecided its going to be great for touring/winter

Bit crusty arround the edges but wont take much to get it into top condition again, engine is in bootiful condition though which is the main thing.

So what do ye all think? (passes out sick bag just in case)
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[Kaben]

isnt the fairing actually on in those pictures?
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[Mr.Everready]

It's erm......lovely
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[Gracie Jones]

Without fairing looks very classy. If keeping fairing then apply novel colour scheme - Repsol race rep, for example, could look quite fun.

[Kaben]

ah sorry thought that was a description of teh pictures, not another link lol, my bad
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[mr.z]

[gimpy limp]

hehe gimme them wheels bitch

remove every fairing and it'll look really nice:

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9806&item=4551643953&rd=1

you could fit quick release bonnet pins to the fairings so it only takes 20 seconds to bolt them onto the bike when you need them (wind and rain or a long journey). People do that with car bumpers.
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[bish777]

plastic maggot!

lol

CX500s are goood commuter hacks! Had the same Comstar Wheels on my XBR500 of a similar vintage.
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[stinkwheel]

Mmm, Windjammer fairing. Retro chique and high smugness factor due to toasty warm knees in the winter.
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[mr.z]

Some more lovely pics

https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe2.jpg
https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe3.jpg
https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe4.jpg
https://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~noriba74/images/bike/cxe5.jpg

gimpy limp - You can leave my wheels alone besides you'll need to do allot to get it to fit yours.. workng out the wireing, hopeing that i'll be able to make it fairly quick to change over..

bish - Yeh i had a B before, i missed it so now i have the next one up

sw - Been haveing trouble identifying it, dunno if its a vetter or what really, but the lowers i have never seen, apparently quite rare.. wouldn't have activly sought one out but now i have one i think i'll give it a fair go

Really looking forward to testing out the massive faring, some bits to sort out first and to tidy up..
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[stinkwheel]

Certainly looks like a Vetter one, they usually have a sealed-beam headlight in them too...which is a jolly nice thing to have.
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[MarJay]

I know this is going to sound weird but all respect to Zero for his purchase. He knew what he wanted and he went for it.

I'd love a quick go just to see the effectiveness of the fairing actually.

Have fun Zero!
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[mr.z]

[stinkwheel]

A sealed beam headlight has the reflector and lens made as one unit with the bulb filament sticking into the back of it. Rather than the conventional ones (from that era) where you remove the lens to get at the bulb. Most bikes have sealed beam lamps on them these days but older bikes like the CX would not.

Gives a more focused and efficient beam pattern ie. more light and pointing where you want it for the same wattage.
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[mr.z]

ahhh i see, well the bulb comes out from the back secured by a pin sort of thing.. can't say i was overly impressed with my first cxs lights hopefully this will be better...

planning on adding fogs again for winter so it wont really matter that much
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