So a few days ago in the 15-30 minutes it took me to do some groceries at the mall one of two things happened, either;
A) Someone tried to steal my bike and was stopped by a combination of my handlebars being locked and my gorilla alarm scaring the **** out of the entire neighborhood.
B) Someone decided they really didn't like my bike.
Either way my bike wound up a few feet away from its original parking spot and on it's left side.
Good news is my frame sliders prevented the gear lever from getting pushed in and other than the engine having been drowned for a few minutes everything seems to still be running smoothly.
Bad news is my back left fairing is now in 3 or more pieces (only found 3) and no amount of crazy glue will likely ever keep those pieces solidly in place. I may in fact remove the whole thing as I am afraid one of the remaining pieces will fly off while I ride as they seem very very loose. Also the reflector on my rear fender snapped off.
For now I will ride it as is since the season is almost over but I'm hoping to replace the fairing and fender next year so I'm looking at options.
Figured I'd ask and see if anyone had other options or any input on the Chinese ones, I did do a bit of research on it, found a guy with a video of his and it doesn't look horrible, he did say he had to expand one or two holes to get some of the bots in.
A) Someone tried to steal my bike and was stopped by a combination of my handlebars being locked and my gorilla alarm scaring the **** out of the entire neighborhood.
B) Someone decided they really didn't like my bike.
Either way my bike wound up a few feet away from its original parking spot and on it's left side.
Good news is my frame sliders prevented the gear lever from getting pushed in and other than the engine having been drowned for a few minutes everything seems to still be running smoothly.
Bad news is my back left fairing is now in 3 or more pieces (only found 3) and no amount of crazy glue will likely ever keep those pieces solidly in place. I may in fact remove the whole thing as I am afraid one of the remaining pieces will fly off while I ride as they seem very very loose. Also the reflector on my rear fender snapped off.
For now I will ride it as is since the season is almost over but I'm hoping to replace the fairing and fender next year so I'm looking at options.
- kijiji; I looked a while back after I low sided the bike and I swear everyone I contacted that had the fairing I needed was ready to sell then and there but then were no shows when it came time to actually meet and finalize the transaction. I'm starting to get really tired of that site.
- Order from Kawasaki through a re seller.
- Get a Chinese one from ebay or http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/kawasaki+ninja+250r+fairing.html get it in a different color (never liked the red.) and have the tank painted to match.
Figured I'd ask and see if anyone had other options or any input on the Chinese ones, I did do a bit of research on it, found a guy with a video of his and it doesn't look horrible, he did say he had to expand one or two holes to get some of the bots in.
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