Impulse sunday afternoon ebay purchase - full fairing for my GS550

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  • Gadgetboy550
    • Mar 2026

    #1

    Impulse sunday afternoon ebay purchase - full fairing for my GS550

    Thought i would share this monstrosity with you all.. found it on Ebay and was going cheap, thought it could be fun to play around with!

    anyone seen one of these before?

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  • GS1150Pilot
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    • Nov 2013
    • 18973
    • MoN, AZ

    #2
    Holy Mad Max, Batman!
    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
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    • Gadgetboy550

      #3
      Mad max indeed!! Maybe I shouldn't have watched the latest one in the cinema on Sunday...

      Its is going to go on my already slightly mad max inspired 550!

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      • JEEPRUSTY

        #4
        THat thing is beautiful
        The fairing is crazy cool and period correct
        Hell you could go round the world with that much protection and never feel a chill

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        • Steve
          GS Whisperer
          • Jun 2005
          • 35927
          • southwest oHIo

          #5
          My first thought was "Vesco Rabid Transit", but then I looked that up and said "no, it's not".

          Any markings on the inside to give any hint about the manufacturer? Almost looks BMW-esque, too.

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          • GS1150Pilot
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            • Nov 2013
            • 18973
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            #6
            Older Pichler?
            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
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            2016 1200 Superlow
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            • eil
              Forum Sage
              • Dec 2012
              • 3062
              • SE Michigan

              #7
              Wow.

              That is quite a thing!
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              • Guest

                #8
                Add a giant top box, a couple of doors and roof and you'll have a Suzuki Fit !

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                • Buffalo Bill
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                  • Jun 2008
                  • 6008
                  • New Buffalo, Michigan 49117

                  #9
                  I dunno how well a little 550 can push that through the weather?
                  Prolly get much better performance on a liter bike.
                  Very good protection from all kinds of wet and cold weather for sure.
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                  • Gadgetboy550

                    #10
                    Off to collect it tonight, so will check for any markings on it and report back!

                    I am predicting and severe reduction in performance once it's fitted bust worth a try for ?20!

                    I suppose if if I am going slower, at least I will be warm haha!!

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                    • cornishgs
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                      • Sep 2014
                      • 76
                      • Redruth,Cornwall, United Kingdom

                      #11
                      oh yeeesss,mad max mfp goose type fairing,have you got the boots to match!1

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                      • JEEPRUSTY

                        #12
                        Oh your in UK
                        its a superb sample of the bike
                        take of fthe fairing and you have a gem

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                        • Grimly
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                          • Sep 2012
                          • 5797
                          • Ireland

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Gadgetboy550
                          Thought i would share this monstrosity with you all.. found it on Ebay and was going cheap, thought it could be fun to play around with!

                          anyone seen one of these before?

                          I had one almost the same as that on my 79 bike.
                          There was a rash of them around at the time - inspired by the BMW RS / RT fairings and all of them grossly inferior to the real thing. In my fairing (made by Acrybre), the fatal flaw was a knife-edge blast of icy air that concentrated itself on my kneecaps. Apart from that, it worked well enough, but nowhere near as good as the one it copied, as I knew from direct experience of the RT.
                          Dave
                          '79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
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                          • GS1150Pilot
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                            #14
                            Looks like it would be an almost perfect accessory for a KZ1300.
                            "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                            ~Herman Melville

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