Running a ZZR with its fairings off?

[Wonko The Sane]

I've got an oil leak, I've not taken farings off before but thinking taking the belly pan off and cleaning it and having a look will let me see what the issue is.

I'm not going to have time to do all this at once, would there be any issues taking the belly pan off and using the bike for motorway commuting for a few days before putting it back on?
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[stinkwheel]

Should be fine but at high speed (like near the top speed fo the bike, into three figures) my GPZ 500 used to get quite a nasty little speed weave if you left the belly pan off.
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[Wonko The Sane]

[CaNsA]

You might get pulled by the rozzers as I think the bike might not be "fit for road use" with pipes n sharp bits exposed.

When turning a faired bike into a naked you have to make sure that all that stuff is hidden away.

I might be wrong, it has happened in the past.

[P.]

Rode my Blackbird with no mirrors, no fairing lowers and a cracked screen and upper nose cone for about a week diagnosing charging faults and oil leaks.

Didn't get pulled at all, fairly good going. Wind on motorways is definitely noticeable but probably won't affect you

[Wonko The Sane]

wind catching the bike in an odd way I'm a bit worried about as some of my commute is very exposed / gusty

one part is over the manchester ship canal on a high motorway bridge, the other the motorway weaves up a valley and wind batters around it at random.


Hadn't thought of the potential sharp items exposed, guess it's judging if it's ok once the belly pan is off.
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[Pete.]

Unless there's an actual sharp projection like a pointy fairing bracket they won't bother you. Bikes have footpegs and levers sticking out after all.
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[johnsmith222]

ridden my ZZR for around 6 months with the belly pan off because I've been too lazy to put it back on (it takes like 2 minutes). Not been pulled over and hadn't even considered it a possibility tbh.

[GrumpyGuts]

For the oil leak, I would check if it is coming from the spark plug drain o-ring. After buying my ZZR, I discovered it was pissing oil out all over my right boot.

In the end I gave up and the Kawasaki mechanic discovered that one of the o-rings was damaged and allowing oil to seep through.
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[Clarkie]

Just repaired an oil leak on my old man's ZZR, was coming fromt he water pump which is apparently a common fault on them, hope that helps.

[Wonko The Sane]

Just tried to take the crash bungs off to then take the fairing off but the bolt (tis the engine bolt) just spins and isn't having any of it and I can't see how to get a spanner in behind to hold the nut.

garage will have to do it.
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[Motorhate]

My FZ750 has had the fairings off for years and was even ridden with no mirrors at all so I wouldn't worry about it. It's gone from something like this ...

https://www.motorbikespecs.net/images/Yamaha/FZ_750__Genesis_89-91/FZ_750__Genesis_89-91_1.jpg

to this ...

https://i61.tinypic.com/2dsfhgn.jpg

Be prepared to be windswept on a motorway at full speed though.
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