plehman
New member
Recently bought an R100RS 1981. It's not perfect so my intention was to slightly modify it, make it my own, and make it comfortable and cool. My other bike is a R 90/6 with an S fairing, European bars, and fits me very well.
I'm finding the RS difficult to ride with the very narrow bars, a heavy fairing, and somewhat long reach. I'm not that tall. It's heavier than the /6 and feels clunky. Fast on the highway, very stable, but awkward.
Here are alternative solutions.
1. Replace the RS fairing with a cafe style. It's totally the look I want, light, unusual. Then use the deeper cutout for wider bars. Unfortunately, I think I'd have to use clip-on, which might make it worse not better. I did want the RS for the existing brackets to hold such a fairing. Would require a bit of engineering (signal lights, brackets, brake hose hangers...)
2. Crazy approach. Cut out an arch in the existing RS fairing to accommodate wider bars. Might look terrible and destroy a very practical fairing.
3. Learn to ride the RS as it was intended. It's fantastic at speed on the highway (just tricky around town). The actual RS bars of course stay within the fairing. As do my knees, so it is nice in colder weather.
Anyone have any thoughts or experience?
thanks!
This is what I had in mind:
I'm finding the RS difficult to ride with the very narrow bars, a heavy fairing, and somewhat long reach. I'm not that tall. It's heavier than the /6 and feels clunky. Fast on the highway, very stable, but awkward.
Here are alternative solutions.
1. Replace the RS fairing with a cafe style. It's totally the look I want, light, unusual. Then use the deeper cutout for wider bars. Unfortunately, I think I'd have to use clip-on, which might make it worse not better. I did want the RS for the existing brackets to hold such a fairing. Would require a bit of engineering (signal lights, brackets, brake hose hangers...)
2. Crazy approach. Cut out an arch in the existing RS fairing to accommodate wider bars. Might look terrible and destroy a very practical fairing.
3. Learn to ride the RS as it was intended. It's fantastic at speed on the highway (just tricky around town). The actual RS bars of course stay within the fairing. As do my knees, so it is nice in colder weather.
Anyone have any thoughts or experience?
thanks!
This is what I had in mind: