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Finally got around to installing the factory 07 crimson red lower fairings I got for xmas today.
Took about 4 hours total (gotta love translated directions like "Respect the 29mm distance" and "Mount lower bracket left rear bottom on bike"). Pardon the awful white-balance (taken under fluorescent garage lights with the garage door open, flooding the room with a weird temperature light) and the horrendously messy garage.
I used a flash on a couple pics, which unfortunately highlights the massive handprint smudges and the fact that the original upper fairings/other plastics have water-spots cuz I last rode in the rain (why the color match looks the slightest bit off). I didn't get around to buffing it, and I had to be careful where I put my hands since I didn't want to drop it and grind the brand new plastic on the abrasive concrete floor. The new bits are also completely unwaxed, so I had to hold off on taking her for a spin despite it being 65*F out, because it took so long and so I didn't get a chance to throw some wax on the virgin plastics in order to protect the virgin paint from the roads being super grimy with sand and salt.
With any luck, the rain that's forecast for tomorrow will be hard enough to wash most of the remaining road crap away and give me a chance to wax her before heading out on Thursday (ought to be a balmy 47*F and sunny).
The crappy thing is that I had to take my frame sliders off, cuz I'd have to cut the fairings otherwise, but hopefully I'll get new ones that are compatible with the pre-cut holes ASAP -- I don't wanna be riding around and mangle her when it could've been avoided for $70 with properly-fitting frame sliders...
Totally changes the look of the bike, at least I think so.
Back when I got her:
Enjoy,
~Spicy
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Originally Posted by R1slowflyer
, and throw a coat of wax on the new panties to keep all that nasty salt/sand at bay 
