Well, after getting in a little closer to look at some details inside the fairing, it turns out it doesn't have the square headlight after all. The square black thing I was looking at, which I thought was the bike's headlight housing, is actually an electrical box full of wiring and connectors. The headlight/turn signal mounting bracket found on the standard model isn't there, either. The electrical box uses a different mounting bracket, which wouldn't work for the headlight/turn signals. So it looks like this bike came from the factory in this configuration (sport-touring model?) with the fairing already mounted. I thought it was added later.
So if I wanted to remove the fairing, I'd need to find a headlight and figure out a way to mount it and the turn signals (they're attached with a bracket to the underside of the fairing). But I'm not really concerned about that at this point. The prospect of making it a sport-tourer is what's really appealing to me. The fairing does a good job of blocking most of the wind, and those vents in the lower part direct warmed air right on the legs in the cold weather. Nice feature on a cold day. And they can be closed or turned to direct air out instead of in.
A previous owner also installed a cigarette lighter in the panel under the windscreen (you can see it in one of the pictures I posted). I could use that to power a GPS.
My friend also has two other handlebars for it (one is the stock bar), and two other seats (one is a Corbin) that are different heights, both lower than the stock seat. He said I could try them all and see what set-up I like best.
so now that you've had it a few days is it a keeper
Yeah, I think I'm gonna go for it and start making payments on it.
