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Offline NC Steve

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LS with Pichler
« on: March 29, 2014, 10:22:43 AM »
Forgive me if this has already been discussed here, but have y'all seen the R65LS listed on Ebay with a Pichler fairing installed? I may be missing something, but she looks like a complete beauty!  8-)




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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 09:44:08 AM »
You ain't missin' nothin', brother.... That IS a beauty!! :D  Wowzers! :P
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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 11:28:03 AM »
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I may be missing something, but she looks like a complete beauty!

Doggone.. I sure miss my Pichler.  It looks better in black, of course.



On a related note.. anybody have any thoughts about round vs. square headlights?  Pichler seems to be defunct so I'm considering switching to a different fairing, but most seem to have round headlights.
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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 07:54:07 PM »
So how does an R65LS wind up with a square headlight?  Looks a lot like my K75s fairing.
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Offline Matt Chapter

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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 11:04:23 AM »
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So how does an R65LS wind up with a square headlight?  Looks a lot like my K75s fairing.

I suspect, especially based on these images http://www.pichler.de/Pages/preisvere.htm, that it was part of the pichler package to convert to a square headlight.  My bike isn't an LS, just the regular monoshock that shares chassis and whatnot with the R80.
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'04 R1150 RT ~41000 miles
'86 R65 / '84 motor ~72000 miles. SS lines, Spiegler rotor, Progressive monoshock, Keihan silencers, a piece of Pichler fairing.
'76 CB400F ~26000 miles. non-runner!

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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 01:17:09 PM »
It looks quite nice - except that I don't like what they did to the seat on that red one - a custom 1-up seat is fine, in concept, but that one just looks weird to me.
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Re: LS with Pichler
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2014, 08:39:45 AM »
I had a Pichler on my R100 and it looked nice. It was fine until on the interstate following a truck or in a cross wind. The first time behind a truck, I pulled off the highway to see which wheel was falling off. That thing would wobble the bike so bad, it was scarey to ride in traffic.
While a cross wind will blow the now naked bike around some, with the Pichler it would blow into the next lane.
Not a fun ride.
Bob
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