Author Topic: What does the space under the fairing do?  (Read 4157 times)

Offline jbrough7

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What does the space under the fairing do?
« on: April 11, 2006, 09:05:47 PM »
tons of wind rushes in UNDER the fairing in that little space...anybody know what that thing does?

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What does the space under the fairing do?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2006, 10:49:53 PM »
You actually just stated it.... tons of air rushes thru it because otherwise you would be a barn-door on the highway.   :wink:


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What does the space under the fairing do?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2006, 12:11:58 AM »
That hole in the bottom of the winds screen equalizes the air pressure in front and behind the wind screen.  This means less turbulance t the rider.

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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2006, 06:02:45 AM »
Thanks, guys...that's why i can always hear david bowie singing 'under pressure' above 164 km./hr!!

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What does the space under the fairing do?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2006, 09:56:26 AM »
Quote from: "jbrough7"
that's why i can always hear david bowie singing 'under pressure' above 164 km./hr!!


The question is:  do you sing along?  And do you do the Freddie or David parts?
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« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2006, 04:27:33 PM »
NOT that there's anything wrong with that.......

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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2006, 04:49:44 PM »
Quote from: "jbrough7"
NOT that there's anything wrong with that.......


Wandering off topic here...

When I am "in the zone" (not AutoZone), I get stuck singing the same song over and over, inside my helmet, sometimes almost and hour before I realize it.  Something about riding stimulates that part of my brain, I guess.  I have several that come up for no reason, but the absolute most frequent is another duet, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" and yes, I do both the Kiki *and* Elton lines!
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What does the space under the fairing do?
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2006, 05:03:13 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2006, 06:04:49 PM »
Sven:  This is embarrassing but I love 'Climb Every Mountain' from the sound of music every time I go up a hill.  And on a nice day, I always scream out Mr. Blue Sky by ELO!

hey - if i ain't got a radio, I make one!

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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2006, 07:03:36 PM »
who wants to take up a collection to get jbrough7 a $20 walkman :stickpoke:
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2006, 07:15:36 PM »
Quote from: "jbrough7"
And on a nice day, I always scream out Mr. Blue Sky by ELO!


That is one that I sing a lot too...it's got to be some sort of "motor reflex"!
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2006, 07:37:33 PM »
or a cellphone with in helmet mics, so he can walk around walmart talking to himself.   :lol:

"honey, don't take the kids on the isle where Darth Vader is, he's talking to the merchandise... "  :stickpoke:

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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2006, 07:58:44 PM »
Hey - I don't have to sit here and be insulted, you know - I can go home and be insulted there instead!!

mike - talking to yourself is a sign of intelligence, or is it craziness??  I can never remember which!  Yes, you can!  No, I can't you retread!  Back off jack, or I'll hit you!

Sven : whatever happened to Kiki?  Elton married a guy from Canada - but we won't go there !  Not that there's anything wrong with that!

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What does the space under the fairing do?
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2006, 01:19:25 AM »
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« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2006, 07:23:58 AM »
One bad thing about the space is it lets all kinds of water and dirt in there and then you only have a .5 inch of space to clean on the back of the fairing.