full fairing vs naked bike.

[Blackout]

Originally Posted by Rotten Randy

doing an indicated 160 on a naked bike makes for a great neck workout.

Man, you must have one of them 620s.

[Randy]

Get proficient and run your bike harder. That's what it's made for. You'll love it even more if you do.

[wcw]

I've taken Keith Code's school and used to bomb the Tx Hill Country every weekend on my Aprilia Mille. Nowadays I'm on the Monster and the lack of a fairing for me is not that big a deal unless it's a situation like RottenRandy said... high speed. There's an obvious difference then. But I'm all about the turns and the lack of a full fairing is a non-issue here. I don't really give a poo about hauling ass straight so there again lack of fairing is a non issue. Now if I lived closer to a track and could attain high speeds as part of the course, that's a different story.

Another side benny is lack of fairing is mucho less $ and pita if ya low side or drop.

[NuTTs]

big difference beck, a very big difference. like in winter you can still feel your fingers and your neck doesn´t look like Arnies´

[That Nice Guy Beck]

Originally Posted by NuTTs

big difference beck, a very big difference. like in winter you can still feel your fingers and your neck doesn´t look like Arnies´

LOL

[porschaholic]

Mmm, nekid

[spidey]

Huge difference. Both in summer (fairings=hot) and winter (no fairings=cold). And for anything over 70 (or even less if you're going any distance) or in stop n' go, the fairing make a massive difference (good at high speed, bad at low speed--cooked legs/body)

The Duc without a windscreen gets some pretty serious buffeting over 100, even in a full tuck. I can do 130-140 on my r6 and not feel like someone just stomped on my neck for a while.

OTOH, you can get your helmet over the front end of the non-fairinged bike easier than a fairing-ed bike, but that's probably not a concern if you're just doing a Starbucks loop.

[Duc_LOrange]

yeah, nekkid is cool, but if you're doing 3 or 400 miles a day, the flyscreen makes a HUGE difference.

[sconly]

I have had three fully faired bikes and this Monster is my first naked bike and I am not looking back. Is there a difference, simply put, yes, but typically a fully faired bike will deliver a different performance package than a naked bike, I prefer the naked bike now that I am a bit older and more responsible and have different tastes, I like the Monster because it doesnt egg me on to go faster all the time like my TL1000R did and the R6 was worse. the Monster, I love because I can hang back and do the speed limit (comfortably) or I can wick it up and be a hooligan if I choose. besides I dont need to go faster than 130 and the track I ride on has a short straight which is good for 130 if your on a GSXR1000.

[27044]

My Supersport is a lot smoother with a lot less wind blast at highway speed than my Monster. I haven't had long enough to know how much hotter it is in the summer, but it is generally a lot less fatiguing to ride above 75 MPH.