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uhoh7

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Just very curious. Smile

Can the upper fairing live by itself? 

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I just got this. I will ride it stock at least a season. But I can't even find a pick of one ridden without lowers, but I do hear about guys who have ridden them. 

TY, sirs

    

92KK 84WW Olaf

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I have ridden the RT without the lowers and in the hotter places a lot of owners take off the lowers. Not sure of the RS but the RT has mountings at the frame beside the radiator which support the upper or main fairing so it stays stable enough.

If you don't do your own servicing its worth removing these lowers before dropping it off, makes the guys job easier.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 48,061 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 61,190 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

floyd

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Heres what I did to my mongrel

Been using it as a mild adventure bike, but will be converting it back to RS trim soon, but keeping the trimmed back fairing without lowers or liners.

If you dont trim it back to the mounting brackets, you have these crazy sharp points that poke right into the soft bit under your knee cap all the time. Not that comfy.

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charlie99

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you might find the upper fairing brackets near the radiator a bit flimsy , letting the fairing move around a bit
they can be replaced with something more substantial which almost eliminates rocking and bounce in the fairing
just a heads up

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'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
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1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

uhoh7

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@Olaf Thank You!!! 

@Floyd, wow I like your bike Smile Exactly what I wanted to see. I finally understand your trimming, which I did not notice at first. That really helps.

@Charlie: nice brackets! Gerty looks very clean 85 K100RS: what does it look and ride like with lower side fairing panels removed? 112350

The hottest part of the summer will be past by the time I get her going, so I'll maybe appreciate the warm design. I'm at 6,000 ft in Idaho. I will probably love the design LOL Maybe I need the belly too Wink

Any tips or links on fairing repair, painting etc appreciated.

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After looking at a lot of K100s in every form, I'm thinking polish tank to bare aluminum, paint fairing and front fender black, do custom black side covers (you see all sorts of these on the conversions), then pull off the tail rack and do the tailcone black, possibly reshaped on top back edge with a small spoiler.

I was also thinking of looking into reshaping the original upper front, but I could save it, and just buy a Duc like cafe faring and some of Charlie's brackets. First I will get to know the original, and if I'm liking it a repaint would do Smile

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That rear fender under tail light is pretty huge. Might trim or pull it, and make a little one to hold the plate, then pull off blinkers and mount some small turn bulbs on the tail cone. 

That might really clean up the bike for me, and I could turn my attention to a lithium battery and more minimal air intake.

    

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