poly 26 lowers

[paul1606]

Before i fork out my hard earned cash , has anybody fitted these to a gen 1 thou ? any pictures OR comments (good or bad) would be much apprieciated any pictures of other fairings fitted would be good also. Cheers in advance

[bludclot]

 
my personal opinions
 
 - the tcp fairing lowers don't suit the bike and look rubbish, the design being far too busy.
 
 - the only picture i've seen of the poly26 lowers makes them look excellent. (from the poly26 site) the product picture of the 2 fairings as supplied makes it look like a considerable amount of work would be required to bring them to paint readiness standard. it also looks very much as though the centre stand would be lost. i would be budgeting a further 1 - 300 for preparation and paint and would want to know for sure that the paint being used would match the paint already on my bike if i was to be fitting them.... not an easy task or requirement to be met for any painter, the metallic black bike probably being the easiest colour to match.

[paul1606]

i,m with you on the centre stand looking as if it becomes unusable not too concerned about finishing / colour etc as my son is a panel beater & works in a body shop  (payback time for all the dads taxi rides)

[BMCfaz]

I fitted a Poly26 bellypan to my CB1000R, and, while their designs are good, the finish is very very poor. The fibreglass needed quite a bit of filling and finishing before it was ready for painting.

IMHO Poly26 products are overpriced considering the amount of work you have to put in. I hope you've provided enough taxi rides for all the work needed!