Strip the tupperware?

[Slingblade]

Gday All

I have gotten hold of a decent 96 Trumpy Daytona and i am all at sea as to whether to strip her or not. I have not had a fighter project for a while now, but when i sink my teeth in it all tends to happen quickly.

My dilemma is i have always loved the original original Hinkley Trumpets, especially the original black Speed Triple, but this is a Daytona and anyone who knows their 90's bikes knows this bikes fairing is about as sexy as a plastics can get.

It is all blacked out with red plastics, and will never look like the black speed 3, but i just took the lowers off for some maintenance and it really does look shit hot with that black donk.

I am just seeing it with a round 9inch headlight with red body and chrome ring..................

What the fuck should i do??

[Jup]

Why not unbolt all you can - go as far as you can without doing anything permanent and see how she looks and then decide?

[ShedBoy]

What jup said. Keep the original gear and it can always be put back to standard. I am doing this with a 84 GPZ 1100 at the moment. Staunch looking bike to start with but a change was calling.

[robmac]

Definitely get the fairings off. Have you seen racecomp's Daytona??

[Hillsy]

Make sure you don't lose any bolts if you start stripping it - they're mostly imperial bastard sizes that you won't find at your local hardware store....

[80s freak]

Mate of mine did a "Speed 4" back when they were new, looked awesome! And went like fuck too.