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Post by senpro on Jun 27, 2017 0:20:58 GMT -5
Thanks Tim. I'm not sure who made the more common RE5 bags but I guess that both the bags and the fairing were all made in the USA (?). Some of my original bag locks have USA stamped on them somewhere. I'm surprised by just how many of the bikes back in the day had fairings if the owners who turned up to this event are a reasonable sample. I'm not sure who made the Suzuki fairings or bags either, Wayne. Suzuki played those cards close to the chest. My only hint is an accessory manufacturer with AA on it made a backrest that exactly fits up to the Suzuki rack. One member here, some time back , mentioned that he had a AA rack . Tim P.S. Those bikes are beautiful examples for sure. Is that a movie set canvas painting background ? Might have been me. When I rescued the bike, it had a AA rack and sissy bar. Pacifico Shadow Faring mounted with Vetter fork mounts. I have the Vetter documents that came with it.
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Post by timpa136 on Feb 8, 2019 18:23:49 GMT -5
Tim, in the very first picture you've put up, there's a blue rotary in the top right corner with a factory fairing. But not with bags that I recognise. Were these owner fitted or another version of the bags from Suzuki ? I also see that they use the short stalks on their front blinkers when mounting the fairing. Much neater than simply transferring the long stalked standard blinkers across. For fans of the tour kit (I believe there are two of us), it's interesting to see that they were available from the get go. Sam once mentioned that at one of the launch events, long before deliveries started, a fully kitted out "Tour King" was on display. I didn't see any mention of a tour kit in a magazine 'til '76 and that seemed to indicate it was a "beta test" for a future release. Wayne, I recently uncovered the mounting instructions for the early M fairing . If I don't have room to post on photobucket, I will email pic if interested. Tim
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Post by Jess on Feb 8, 2019 19:05:56 GMT -5
Tim,
If you could email me a copy directly at RotaryREcycle@gmail.com, I sure would appreciate it.
Thank you sir!
Best
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Post by wayne on Feb 9, 2019 18:41:44 GMT -5
Wayne, I recently uncovered the mounting instructions for the early M fairing . If I don't have room to post on photobucket, I will email pic if interested. Tim I'd like that Tim. Am back in AU but not back home yet. Will email when I am. Easiest fairing to install and remove though, very well designed IMO. However, I like collecting any bit of RE5 Trivia. Even that belt buckle abomination.
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