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It is a Silverwing that came stock with fairing and bags. The lady I bought it from took off the fairing, and mounted a nice stock headlight, and turn (GL1000?)signals, along with the headlight mounts on the fork tubes. I have a decent Windjammer IV and wanted to try it on the bike. I have the bracket bolted up and the windjammer in place. I still have to hook up the wiring, which looks OK. I should be good to go in a day or two. So far all is well. It has 59K on it, and it is getting a little loose here and there. I did tighten up the steering stem and bearings.
I live about 15 to 20 miles from town, depending on where I go. I work 42 miles in the other direction. I like this bike a lot, it is pretty light and sporty. Very easy to ride, and it averaged 51 MPG on my last fill up. I like to keep it out front where it is handy to get at so I can hop on and go. It is so easy to take it around town on errands, and sometimes drive it to work. Well I want to drive it to work often and save gas. It is just fun to drive. But, the open air blowing on me is a little much, especially going highway speeds. Maybe I have been on too many nice smooth full dressed GLs to go naked again? The naked 500 is great up to 40 or 50,I can hang on OK. After that, it starts being rough. If the mileage goes way down with the fairing, I might remove it
I had a CX500 custom back in early 80 or 81 very new with about 1200 miles on it and circumstances caused me to sell it not too long after buying it. I would like to find one now for parts or a whole bike with low mileage to fix it up nice. BUT this one was cheap and it costs me a whole $9 for insurance for 6 months. Plus 51 MPG means it is cheap to own and drive. And I keep the 1200 nice for going out with my wife, hopefully on a road trip sometime. I may change my mind next week.
Rudy, thanks for the tip about Harbor Freight. There is one in Norman OK and OKC near my work place. I'll check it out soon. That is a good place to look.
