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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 06:02 PM
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As long as we're talking about over used terms, how about this one?
Front Fairing. All of them are on the front aren't they?
 
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Okay, I will play the game.....how about "lowers" ? Are there also "uppers"?
 
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Wrong, doesn't have to be on the front..


fairˇing
ˈfe(ə)riNG/
noun

noun: fairing; plural noun: fairings
  1. 1.
    an external metal or plastic structure added to increase streamlining and reduce drag, esp. on a high-performance car, motorcycle, boat, or aircraft.



 
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Are the "UPPERS" partial or full?
 
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Are the "UPPERS" partial or full?
 
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Okay, I will play the game.....how about "lowers" ? Are there also "uppers"?

Why don't the jugs come out of the fairings
 
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Originally Posted by Notgrownup
Wrong, doesn't have to be on the front..


fairˇing
ˈfe(ə)riNG/
noun

noun: fairing; plural noun: fairings
  1. 1.
    an external metal or plastic structure added to increase streamlining and reduce drag, esp. on a high-performance car, motorcycle, boat, or aircraft.



Why is the motor mount so close to the jugs and so far from the exhaust
 
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Okay, I will play the game.....how about "lowers" ? Are there also "uppers"?
You talking about lower fairings?
 
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The lattitudinal menstruational propaxy is the quotien of the lenght of the motor mount distance from the jugs....M R BIGUNS.
 
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