Painting an RS

[dougie]

Well I hate to be the fly in the ointment but.... I have had several S fairings painted by the same painter. He is well known/repected. Usually when I go to his shop there are show type projects, exotic cars, bikes etc. in the shop. Anyway, I asked him what would be best and he advised masking. After all the work I put into the bikes, I wouldn't hesitate to take the fairing apart if he advised to.
The first one was 6 years ago with no sign of a problem. Obviously if there is repair needed in that area it would be different. FWIW

I believe what Moore84RS and Major Softie are referring to are the seams between the 7 pieces of an RS fairing, not the dashboard.
An S fairing has no seams.

[SteveD]

I believe what Moore84RS and Major Softie are referring to are the seams between the 7 pieces of an RS fairing, not the dashboard.
An S fairing has no seams.

Yep, I expect that'll be it.

[R90Steve]

[quote
I believe what Moore84RS and Major Softie are referring to are the seams between the 7 pieces of an RS fairing, not the dashboard.
An S fairing has no seams.[/quote]

You make a good point and actually I am aware of the fairings differences. One thing that I believe is the same though is how the cockpits fasten to the fairings and I believe that removing the cockpit was part of the OPs original question.

In the post previous to mine, SteveD was explaing how to drill out and replace the "brass spacers".
On the RS fairings I've worked on, brass spacers were used only to secure the cockpit to the fairing and that is what I was referring to and I should have made that clear.

IMO, no question the 5 big pieces of the early and the 7 pieces of the later fairings should be seperated for painting.

[dougie]

IMO, no question the 5 big pieces of the early and the 7 pieces of the later fairings should be seperated for painting.

What's a bit ironic is that I went through all this "RS" painting stuff, then switched my bike over to an "S" fairing

[Chuey]

It is easy to take apart and easy to put back together. There are no critical alignment issues or delicate operations. The dash could easily be masked but it is so easy to take it out and the job may be just that 1% better.

The original factory plastic rivets that attach the windscreen are re-useable. The hollow brass rivets are available.

Chuey

[SteveD]

The original factory plastic rivets that attach the windscreen are re-useable.
Chuey

But a pita to use, and fragile too.

[moore84rs]

Replace the wind screen rivets with black nylon
binding screws and nuts.

[Major Softie]

[quote="moore84rs"]Replace the wind screen rivets with black nylon
binding screws and nuts.

OMG!

He has all the slots perfectly horizontal.

[Airbear]

Replace the wind screen rivets with black nylon
binding screws and nuts.

OMG!

He has all the slots perfectly horizontal.

That is so offensive to all of us 'vertical screw-slot orientationists'.

[ME 109]

Replace the wind screen rivets with black nylon
binding screws and nuts.

OMG!

He has all the slots perfectly horizontal.

That is so offensive to all of us 'vertical screw-slot orientationists'.

I was never sure which camp to follow, the verts or the horrors so I went with phillips instead. Screw 'em.