Full CF Fairings

[beater_bimmer]

Anyone tried these yet? https://www.perfect-fairings.com/?s=&ymm_search=1&post_type=product&_make=YAMAHA&_model=Tenere+700&_year=2020

 

I'm not seriously considering but curious about the quality if other's have? I kinda want to change my White/Red to the black version.

Edited July 29, 2020 by beater_bimmer

[loneranger700]

Holy crap a full kit costs $1,300!

[johnnygolucky]

Just a question:

 

Why?

[Tazmool]

Weight savings would be my guess, plus pretty cool. 
But I'm wondering how durable these would be in case of a tip-over.  CF is fairly tough, but can be brittle. 

I do wonder what the weight savings would be. 

Tazmool

[johnnygolucky]

The plastic on this bike is really light. Not cheap, but it's plastic nonetheless. I'd say the weight savings would be grams. For the money, a new pipe would cut the weight in half from the stock and you'd still have money left over for a new custom seat and suspension upgrades. 

 

Perhaps Im too practical and not cool. Maybe I need to work on my swagger. 

Edited July 29, 2020 by johnnygolucky

[Ride & Shine]

$1,300 is a lot of hard earned to rectify an initial schoolboy error of pulling the trigger on a red one instead of the killer black...:-)

[Tazmool]

I'm right there with you!

I've dropped about 100 lbs from my max weight already, been in the maintenance phase for a few years now, can't imagine dropping more than 10-15lbs more

 

Tazmool

[johnnygolucky]

3 hours ago, Tazmool said:

 

I've dropped about 100 lbs from my max weight already,

Good for you brother!!! You gotta feel like a new man. 

[Tazmool]

It was a huge change, to both lifestyle and feeling much better.  It also opened up a bunch of things (hobbies) I could not do before. 
One surprising thing was that when I was nearing 300lbs, I thought the weight would squat the bike and make the reach to the ground easier, but it turned out, when I lost the weight, the reach to the ground got much easier (far lesspadding) and I could flat-foot bikes that I could not before (like my old B-King) 

Tazmool

[bmacw]

I have the fiberglass version of their fairing. Main advantage is you can repair fg fairing very easily. 

 

If you crash the stock pieces they are $250+, so $150 for a full set is worth it. The gel coat is Shet, so repaint or put sticker kit. 

[TomTom]

If you drop the bike, 500 bucks are gone....

[Richo]

Interesting. I didn't know about the fiberglass version.  cheaper than the oem ones

[Marc]

I’m diggin the one piece front fender/fork protector. I don’t like the stock fork protector being emblazoned with “Yamaha”. 

[didier]

Is fiberglass version lighter than OEM?