New fairings direct from Japan

Hello 2 stroke nutters!

Yesterday I took delivery of the hugely expensive fairings for my Suzuki RGV250 VJ23. The existing ones that came with the bike had been repaired and resprayed in the proper colours following whatever accident the bike had by the previous owner but the whiteness of the paint was starting to yellow and had the odd scratch.
As the VJ23 is now a classic bike I thought it best to get new fairing panels.  (I may even change the garish purple engine bolt kit back to the original Suzuki bolts). At some point I'll fit new front discs as the ones I have fitted at present have a slight wave in them.

Here's the wrapped Right side fairing.

 Gorgeous fairing panel.  Pristine and brand new.  Look at the stunning orange gradient of the Gamma symbol.

Because the Yen is such high value to the Pound the price of goods from Japan has nearly doubled.  If only I bought the fairings in 2006.

Brilliant white panel of the central seat unit. Padded, then in a plastic bag, then within a padded box.

I tried to buy the little hatch panel that fits this panel but you can't get hold of it, so I'll have to keep great care of that piece and get it resprayed to remove the faded paint. 

This piece fits under the bike and holds the two side fairings. If you have Sugaya pipes this piece gets melted unless you cut a bit out. It also gets covered in 2 stroke oil and tends to break after a number of fairing removals, so I bought this as a spare. 

There are a couple more fairing pieces to show but that's for another time.

If anyone is interested I'm able to supply direct from Japan parts. I've been importing and exporting around the world for years so if there's that special Japanese part you can't be without, you could do worse than drop me an email.

Summers nearly here in the Northern hemisphere.  Happy riding!

http://vj23.com/

TITANIUM fairing bolts VJ23

VJ23 TITANIUM fairing bolt

Hello people, sorry for the long delay in posting.

I get fasteners manufactured in TITANIUM (6AL/4V) mainly for classic cars with Imperial or American thread.  UNC and UNF thread pattern.  

For a while I been planning on making super strong, light weight and corrosion proof parts for the VJ23 (which hass metric threaded fasteners) and I've only just got around to sorting it out.  

Especially after seeing my chrome plated fairing fasteners start to corrode.  So the picture above is the model I made in the computer.  It's a replica of the actual fasteners from my VJ23 so when you fit them to your bike it'll still look standard, except the bolts will be 40% lighter and corrosion proof.  Pretty good eh?  

I sell titanium M8 and M6 nuts already which I've got fitted on my bike.  They work fine.  They're especially good on the exhaust studs where nuts tend to rust and seize.  

I'll also see about getting the rear wheel spacers manufactured in titanium.  They'll be expensive but they save a fair bit of weight and it's unsprung weight as well so doubly good.  

Summers nearly here in UK.  Hopefully I'm not too busy with work to get out in the country lanes and deafen some sheep.  

Cheers for now.

Rich

http://www.fairingbolt.com/