Anyone have a naked Sprint?

[FirstVR4]

Hello all,I'm new here.
I'm thinking of converting my 01 Sprint to a naked look. Has anyone here done this?

Shawn

[smegin]

FirstVR4

Weclome to the site, lots of interesting stuff and a wealth of experience within the group.

Never seen this done before but doubt that it will look good, afterall the Sprint was designed as a full fairing bike so they hang things off the frame and engine knowing that it is all going to be covered up. Guessing it will look a tad messey with no fairings

[DaveM]

Welcome FirstVR4,
it has been done but I can't remember who did it.

DaveM

[triumphite]

Yes, it looks lame. Frame and gas tank look goofy with no fairings.


Just take off all your plastics, take a step back and look at the mess you have created.

[ocgeorge]

I am with Triumphite. I had been doing some work and was riding the
Sprint w/o fairings. GAWD that was ugly!

[DEcosse]

I came across this on another forum - not crazy about the red frame but otherwise think it actually generally looks really good! They could have done a better job with the lights though, with some units designed for naked (S3 even!) Mis-matched wheels aren't a huge asset either.
No turn signals, but that wouldn't be hard to find a mounting location
Appears to have 2003 GSXR 750 forks incidentally with the 4-pot Tokicos that come along with those

Anyway, gives a general idea of how a naked Sprint looks - I think it works.

[kludge]

This member left the nose of the fairing on his. This side looks okay but the other side is a bit a mess of pipes. You'd have to try and graft the Speed Triple radiator and cooling hoses on there to make it look tidy I think. With some fabrication skills you could graft the S3 headlights on there.

[DEcosse]

Originally Posted by kludge

..... but the other side is a bit a mess of pipes. You'd have to try and graft the Speed Triple radiator and cooling hoses on there to make it look tidy I think. With some fabrication skills you could graft the S3 headlights on there.

I agree with the comment on the bike referenced - that would only be an issue with an older gerneration. Honestly I'm not sure how you get around that, even with a Speed Triple Radiator - on the 97-01 S3's the filler neck/thermostat is up under the false front of the tank. On an 02+ with the later motor with thermostat in the engine, you wouldn't have that filler neck/thermostat assembly mess.
S3 headlights I believe could be integrated without too much trouble using the S3 bracket along with the light buckets. There are after-market twin lights that bolt to the forks that would also look better than the Sprint units.

[Sprint1050DA]

That blue and orange one must have gone down hard. The frame looks pretty dented. Like DeCosse said matched wheels, better headlamps, and a bit more work to finish the whole thing off and I think it'd look ok. I'd personally probably go for more of the RS look, but that's just me.

[TheNomad]

Originally Posted by FirstVR4

Hello all,I'm new here.
I'm thinking of converting my 01 Sprint to a naked look. Has anyone here done this?

Shawn

The best part of the ST's look IS the fairing.

If you have a crashed bike that needs a new fairing; I would do everything I could to obtain a replacement.

If you are doing it for the "look"; I would say get a Speed Triple.

MD