Drilled fairings...cool or not?

[Spike16]

yeh drilled fairings are cool, they scream factory racer at you! think 125/250 gp bike's and suzuka 8hr oki bike, o and the fireblade but im not as much a fan of that,

+ there's always the fact it saves weight!!! :D

[fumb]

nah iv seen that picture before and its a rc30

I thought it was one of the thos NC30 with the lassive mirrors (uk spec?). But now you mention RC30.. i'm so ashamed

[Mockery]

If that's an RC30, why does it have a 5-spoke rear wheel, and say RVF on the side? Bit of a mystery, seeing as RVF's have 17in wheels to start with.

The drilled fairings have potential to look awesome, in fact it's giving me ideas as well...

[CMSMJ1]

[quote="Mockery"]If that's an RC30, why does it have a 5-spoke rear wheel, and say RVF on the side? quote]

the wheel is a dymag..
I reckon it is RC30 too..too big, not an NC35 as the tail is wrong...

God we are nerds on here...

[viper_biker]

It certainly is an RC30. The 5-spoke wheels are Dymags and it's go a 'Tony Scott' sticker on the seat... Any of our RC experts know anything about this bike???

Personally, I'm not a fan of drilling the fairings, but if it proves that it will keep the bike cooler then go for it.

[royster81]

do it mark ,don't listen to gareth ,what does he know,he bought a suzuki....

do it before i do it or you'll be copying me ...are you sure 1mm holes are going to be big enough,i was thinking 3 mm at least

[CMSMJ1]

Will find out when I get drilling the black track fairings I have...

3mm probably good...

[Cammo]

If that's an RC30, why does it ... and say RVF on the side?

The scheme looks to be based on the early honda works rvf750's (pre-rc30) when they first got rothmans sponsorship.


Mark: How steady is your hand? :D

[royster81]

thats a great picture,
where are you thinking of drilling mark?
i was thinking of doing some holes down with the bottom rad just behind the front wheel and some more just at the opening of the vent on the bottom panels.

[Cammo]

thats a great picture,

For mine that's the greatest race bike EVER built! [1991 Honda Super-RVF, Doohan/Beattie Suzuka 8hr bike]

The holes in the fairing of this are for minimising weight I'm pretty sure (rather than cooling), the whole bike weighed in at 138 odd kg's, and more than 145hp! Not much power compared to the works RC45's, but a thoroughbred race bike.

Magnesium bodied carbs and the whole shebang surely helped get that weight down....