lower fairing

doggit · Post by **doggit** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:36 pm

cheers beamish, will post piccy's when i get and fit
carl

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:22 pm

I have a PowerBronze one that was in red but now is sprayed the same colour as the engine casing (that sort of metallic grey).
Have had it about five months and haven't got around to fitting it yet. Dreadful eh?

doggit · Post by **doggit** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:12 pm

well finaly got my lowers delivered and fitted them, not too bad for my first attempt, now thinking of puttin some storm decals on but still not 100% sure yet

carl

mwad · Post by **mwad** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:26 pm

Looks good

Post by **sirch345** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:41 pm

Nice one Carl, it's looking good

Chris.

bikerpiker · Post by **bikerpiker** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:04 pm

It looks a good fit mate ,well done
If your leavin it black it might look best with a decal or two

Seven Of Nine Firestorm · Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:01 pm

doggit what happened to your rear mud guard its missing.

doggit · Post by **doggit** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:13 pm

the bike has neva had a rear hugger, it has a square piece of plastic/rubber just in front of the rear spring, this stops all the road crap from being flung onto the spring, and i kinda like the naked rear wheel look
carl

vtrsteve · Post by **vtrsteve** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:12 am

Moriwaki one on mine too, best looking imo

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:16 am

pyramid on mine, think it fill the gap nicely

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:08 am

Nice one Carl, I reckon a couple of white decals may set it off nicely.

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:14 am

Seven Of Nine Firestorm wrote:doggit what happened to your rear mud guard its missing.

Did you mean the hugger or lack of it? or the rear mudguard - It looks like it has had the fugly rear mud guard chopped back just enough to enable a reg plate to be fitted.

IMHO one of the best mods you can do - lots seem to have it done as the original un-altered looks crap.

doggit · Post by **doggit** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:49 pm

redstormv, i did chop off some of the rear guard, as i fitted a 7x5 " number plate, and i agree it looks so much better than that huge black plastic thing hanging down, and i dont like rear huggers so gona the rear wheel naked, and next mod for me is the rear sprocket switch,

cannot wait to see the improvement in acceleration
carl

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:09 pm

Aye Carl,

As with a lot of bikes, the rear mudguard is a bit on the large and fugly side, spoiling the looks of the bike from the rear.

Strangely it would seem manufacturers are getting the picture and in recent years have made them much more slimline and dare I say racier looking

Huggers hmmmm... love 'em or hate 'em, they do fulfill a purpose, especially on the Storm. That pile o' sh1te lump of plastic fitted as standard may as well not be there for all the protection it gives the shock.

For that reason alone, I'd fit a hugger whether I liked 'em or not. You could always cut it down a bit to reduce it's covering of the wheel, while still retaining protection for the shock.

Suppose the other option would be to fit one o' them sock / durex shock protector affairs. Someone on here's got one, can't remember who, might be Warbs, but I've seen one somewhere. They're a bit like a baggy gator from a crosser or trials iron.
I also don't know where you'd get one, let alone what their proper name is.

doggit · Post by **doggit** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:46 pm

well i have neva had any real crud encrusted shock issues with my little piece of plastic, it seems to do wot it says on the tin, and just dont like huggers at all, dont know why, always have, and i totaly agree that the size of the number plate holder/guard spoils the look of the back of the bike
carl