Fairing for 1983 venture..

[shriva]

Bought a 83 venture.

 

Front fairings are pretty beat up, was wondering what years are interchangable for the 1983 fairings? I'm going to look around and see if i can find any before i try rebuilding the ones i have..

 

Still working on cleaning out the back (and front left) brake lines. Thanks to the info on this site i know what to do! lol

[Captain Murph]

As far as I know, the fairings are all the same from '83 through '93.

[Squidley]

As far as I know, the fairings are all the same from '83 through '93.

 

 

That is correct, all the upper fairings are the same on the 1st gens. Unfortunately your going to pay a pretty penny to find some in good shape.

[Captain Murph]

That is correct, all the upper fairings are the same on the 1st gens. Unfortunately your going to pay a pretty penny to find some in good shape.

 

That's very true, but there is an alternative to the typical $150-$200 used price: Buy one that is damaged, but not in the same area where yours needs repair.

 

If you carefully cut a section with a dremel cutoff wheel and splice it in to yours - using ABS cement (wipe the edges first with acetone), you'll end up with a very solid repair.

 

Since (unless you are very lucky) you will be needing to repaint anyway, you can sand and hide the existence of this repair easily.

 

Fairings that are damaged are still valuable for making repairs. Anyone have a damaged one they want to sell? I need a good left with a good back area.