RE: [ST] Fairing Replacement/Repaint?

[Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

FYI - my contribution to the idiot archives: my little fairing renovation
happened as I was backing down my (steep) driveway.  Normally I just coast
down backwards in a controlled (emphasis on "controlled") manner but this
time I was a little rushed and thought I could go full speed down.  Anyone
try controlling a Sprint ST doing 8-10mph down a hill backwards?  I was able
to pretty much stop it at the bottom of my driveway but by that time had the
bike pitched to one side and...CLUNK.  Only the last non-caveman brain cells
left in my head prevented my from slamming my Arai on the pavement in anger.

I'm thinking about writing a letter to Triumph to give them grief about the
lack of balance and control the bike has while moving backwards at higher
speeds.  Do you think they might give me a new fairing?  Surely this must be
a design issue... :)


Scott


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Monday, July 01, 2002 9:23 AM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	RE: [ST] Fairing Replacement/Repaint?

Price for the side fairing quoted to me last week was $386 plus tax.  $15
for the touchup pain kit is a cheap starting point to see how good/bad it
will look.

Scott
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	John Petrey, Jr. [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:	Monday, July 01, 2002 10:49 AM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ST] Fairing Replacement/Repaint?

I did that too except I was trying to put it on centerstand with bike 
pointed downhill. Brilliant, huh? My ST was 2 weeks old. I thought I was 
going to pass out. I was walking around in circles going "Oh no, oh no, oh 
no, oh no" for about 5 minutes.

I ordered the Triumph touch up paint & it doesn't look too bad. Never got 
the panel repainted.

Apex Dawg

At 08:59 AM 7/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Did you ever lean your bike too far when you weren't on it?  Yup, putting
my
>baby away last night, I leaned it a bit too far and she was a bit heaver
>than I could pull back my way.  I feel like I've betrayed my best friend,
>and couldn't get to sleep very well last night.
>
>Just wanting to know what the options are for making it up to her, setting
>things right, and making her look good again.  Anyone ever repaint or
>replace a fairing or take other courses of action?  How much did it cost?
>
>Part of me feels like I should be banned from the list!
>
>Peace and Blessings,
>Jamison
>'99 Black (with some white scratches now) ST
>
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