What does the .org think of these fairings?

[Gremlin]

Hi everyone,

I have a 2001 sv650s and i want to change the fairings, i have seen these on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SV650-98-02-RACE-FAIRING-AND-SEAT-BRAND-NEW-BODYWORK_W0QQitemZ160311303188QQcmdZViewItemQQptZU K_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item25534c5c14

Has anyone used these before and did you find the quality good? I plan to use them on the road, could i cut the fairing so i can use the headlights and rear light? It says the standard screen won't fit so i'm going to drill holes to match my Fabbri DB screen.

Any advice would be really welcome, cheers
Gremlin

[Nicky S]

there nice but it seems a lot of effort to cut the head light and the back light i would not bother but they are nice

[yorkie_chris]

Will be a right pain to get the lights to line up and look nice.

[Gremlin]

The seller got back to me, he says i would need new headlights and bracket for them, i have seen them on the web.
He said people use them for the mini-twins series but didn't know if they made brackets to get the fairing to fit or just drilled where they needed, so not much help there! I'm still thinking about doing it as a little project but any advice about the need for a bracket to get them to fit would be great.

[Whitehouse]

would look pretty good if done right but like yc said i bet it would be a pain an take quite a bit of time

[speedplay]

I looked into some when I had the pointy.

It worked out more hastle than they were really worth.
You will need to put loads of reinforcing round where you make the cut outs for the lights as they are only thin.

[bald git]

hi, try bardney racing on ebay for the fairing, £130, gsxr600, try twinshack for projector light bracket. item no 120519907382, pompymale 37 on ebay for the lights[projector]. thought about doing this to. lights i think would have to go side by side.

[bald git]

try twinshack for a really pretty fairing, but save up as its expensive especially when you have to buy screen, brackets, lights, vat and paint.

[yorkie_chris]

those lights are cool :)

[Lozzo]

A16 fairings aren't that great to be honest, there are far better ones out there. ARD are in the same league as A16 and my mate has just won a court case to have his money refunded after he bought some for his CBR that wouldn't have fitted in a month of Sundays.

I got my CBRs race fairings from BB Plastics in Stevenage (Part of SDC Performance) and they were superb, fitted up with no modification first time and look great quality. I know Gary and Vince there have made SV fairings on the past, so it might be worth giving them a call.

[dizzyblonde]

If your using it on the road, why look at race fairings?
Buy the ones that are supposed to be there. At least they will be already painted, and have the right holes in the right places.

[bald git]

cause complicated people enjoy complicated things to do, personally i dont like pork:)

[dizzyblonde]

Rofl :-)

[Gremlin]

I have had my sv for a while and just fancied changing the look of it. It's all the bike i need in terms of bhp but i thought it needed it's looks updating.( i know i'm opening a can of worms on the curvey/pointy debate.) I looked at the twinshack lights and brackets and liked them but decided against the bodywork as there was a poor review of the quality. It seems like it's going to be more trouble than it's worth. Thanks for all the replies.

[yorkie_chris]

RC51 bodywork seems to suit the SV quite well. Couple of firms make them.