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[maddog]

I made the leap of faith and brought a set of chinese fairings for the Gen 1 from ebay.

Here's a quick review of them. Hopefully this will help make your minds up on if its worth a punt or not

I went for the Simon Andrews Maxxis Kawasaki ones .... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOO-Brand-NEW-ABS-Bodywork-Fairing-For-ZX-10R-04-05-2004-2005-2-Offer-Available-/400782716706?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item5d5082ef22]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOO-Brand-NEW-ABS-Bodywork-Fairing-For-ZX-10R-04-05-2004-2005-2-Offer-Available-/400782716706?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item5d5082ef22]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOO-Brand-NEW-ABS-Bodywork-Fairing-For-ZX-10R-04-05-2004-2005-2-Offer-Available-/400782716706?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item5d5082ef22

They cost £285 and i had to pay £31 customs. They took 16 days from purchase to being delivered to me

They were well packaged with foam sheets wrapping each item


The quality of the paint looks pretty good.


The green is much brighter than the ebay pics suggest which is good. I have a black tank i plan to spray the same green however i dont know how much of a match it is to oem green until i get them next to another bike



The only negatives ive found so far is 1 item was slightly damaged. Ive glued it back on and its not in an area that will be seen as the mid section goes over it


And the finish around a few of the mounting points is not great, but i dont think they will be seen when fitted


Ive not had time to try and fit them yet but will update when i do, hopefully next week sometime

[Chappo]

They don't look too bad mate for the money,

Look forward to seeing them on the bike tho, 

[maddog]

Cheers Chappo, hopefully by the end of next week. I want to strip as much of the bike as possible and give it a good clean up before i fit them

[seddo]

I bought a set last year and found  the fitting a pain. Top front and rear wasnt too bad but the belly pan was touching the exhaust even with the heat tape. I had to make a bracket so i could use side stand as interfered alot. But in the end the bike did look great. I like the paint job you have chosen

[maddog]

I spent an hour out with the bike today so will give you a quick update.....

They are not straight forward to fit lol 

Im only loose fitting as i plan to strip and rebuild the bike

From the front it looks ok. The fittings are not the right ones, they were just used to hold it in place. I need to stick something on the underside of the nose to hold it flush against the light


Side on looks ok. This is without the sidestand area fairing mount in..... when its in see the next pic!


But when i put the bolt in near the side stand it makes the lower/mid quiet a bit off


To overcome this i need to make a small bracket for the side stand fixing mount to allow the lower/mid to meet up properly

If i get time this week i will do some more and update you all so you can decide if its all worth it

Ive no idea why some of the pics are the wrong way down?

[maddog]

The wheels btw are black with rim tape on.......do you think i should use white wheels or keep them black?

[seddo]

Have you tried black wheels with green tape?

[maddog]

Not yet mate but thats a good shout! 

[seddo]

Im using green tape meself on them when i buy them. if i had them done id show a pic but in the middle of the make over meself. Im going for a bright green when i do buy some

[maddog]

Now the sun is out i managed to almost fit them. They are not properly fitted but will go into detail in a bit.





The problem i had was, a couple of mounting points on the nearside were about 3/4 cm out so i had to re drill them.  They are still within the recessed area but right on the edge. When they are fitted you wont notice unless its pointed out

They are not properly fitted yet as im going to take them off and give the bike a proper service before using it. 

I will get a photo during the week. It was no major issue just frustrating

So far, im pretty happy with the quality. They are nice and bright and look the nuts.

The front and offside fitted a treat and the only issue ive had is with the nearside, however....drilling a couple of holes wasn't hard at all. If i had a heated garage with power in it would have been a doddle to fit

I will update when they are fully fitted.

[maddog]

This is it now with the tank sprayed. Again, all parts are loose fitted. The rear seat cowl  needs trimming down on the brackets that hold the under seat hardwear as it sits too high but no big job