Reply To: Naked or faired? (Kawasaki 650R/ER-6)
March 2, 2010 at 9:18 pm
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TrialsRider
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How about one of each
A very well designed fairing will save fuel, improve high speed performance and keep you mostly dry in a light rain. They are great at buffering the wind effect from on-comming transport truck traffic, deflecting flying rocks and assorted road debris. I personally don’t like handlebar mounted fairings as they directly transfer wind energy into your steering controls . The ideal fairing design is one developed in a wind tunnel with a rider on, some bikes were obviously designed to be wind slippery without a rider, which is kind of like being a wing walker.
Cafe racers look better naked, ( I won’t say what I really wanted to say about that ; )