Thanks so much for taking the time to produce this video. I am about to reinstall the fairing I took off 18 months ago to paint, and your process flow is certain to save me several occasions of stop, back up three steps, and re-start. My job will be a little busier - I will install the instrument panel fuses and teh side pockets. I use some one-inch-thick teflon foam to protect the tank from the side pockets. That foam was originally intended for sealing large (15 inch and up) high-pressure flange joints in petroleum processing plants.

Another wonderfully detailed video. Thanks for sharing it for the benefit of other RT owners ...and prospective owners, like me! That's an interesting story from the designer, about the horizontal lines on the headlamp cover glass, but I wonder how many people have lost their licence after asking you the story behind them! I never knew what they were, but I honestly thought those clever Germans had installed defrosting elements in the glass for winter riding!

So well done, Brooks Garage - thank you !!! - G. Hartl, West Bend, WI

Another very thorough and informative presentation. Thanks for posting.Thanks for the Bolt Guy link

"Fisheye" headlight glass story (from an old airhead comrade): Lines on back of glass (occasionally replaced with rear window defroster tape); the lines warm up from headlight, warming the glass and defogging the lens...JFF.

This was just what I needed. I had to remove the lower fairings to clean up my bike. Looks like it hasn't been done in quite a while. Thanks. So far, I only have one gripe about my new (to me) 1981 R100RT...the fuse location inside the headlight bucket. Out of curiosity, I pretty much peeked into every place I could to get familiar with the bike, which meant digging into the headlight. Yikes...I wouldn't want to have to change a fuse on the road with that setup. I reckon I will probably relocate some of that rats nest...probably to under the tank.

Absolutely excellent. Just in the middle of this same job. Many thanks.

My RT shield got hit with rock and I found Slipstream made in UK windscreen that really looks good on the RT fairing. I hope i never need this vid to take my rubber ducky fairing apart. :) I broke the dry gasket pull throughs and used shoe goo to adhere the gasket with tape holding it flush to screen.

FWIW, pulling rubber nibs through windscreen: Coat them with dish soap.

Greetings from the Philippines! Your video is very timely as I am currently restoring my 1984 R100RT. I just took apart the fairing to have it repainted. That windshield was a huge problem. I used a dremel to slowly grind the edge of the rivets away. When I took it apart the I remember that the windshield rubber gasket was between the instrument panel and fairing. In your case, the rubber gasket was on top of the instrument panel. Did you do this because it was an easier way to reinstall the windshield?

Hi ,greetings from Arbroath ,Scotland . Thank you for this informative video how to do.... I was stuck big time and without your assistance it would have been one long headache.Three minor points to include I believe each instrument you installed may have benefited by having a large o ring around the bezels, but you may have had them on in the shot and I could not see them .The windscreen height is important to consider if you have not yet bought one. Do you look over it or through it debate? There are some height differences avilable.Finally I worked out an easy time saving method to insert those pesky rubber rivits.I used thickish fishing line and vaseline to tie one single knot around the wide end then gently pull through windscreen.I had no breakages but its important to use a thicker fishing line as a thinner one can cut into the rubber. Take care, Richard Allan.

I was wondering if you could help me. I have a 77 R100S with an RT fairing on it (the previous owner was apparently converting it to an RT). This also meant he did some creative rewiring. I've been chasing a bad ground, but lately, the issue has compounded with the headlight indicator lights no longer lighting up. So I decided to pull all the wires off, clean the board, and now I want to reconnect them. Problem is... I don't really know where some go. The wiring for the blinker, for example, isn't represented on the wiring diagram I have (the left blinker has a black, orange, and light blue wire). The orange wire was clipped into a combiner (that blue plastic thing with a bit of metal in it to connect two wires) with a blue and red wire. The light blue was soldered to a blue and black. And I don't remember where the black one went. I'm autistic, and looking at the wiring diagram makes me feel overstimulated with visual input.

Love your work..I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a vido on how to remove the faring..for a BMW R100RS..I thought I had seen one posted I should have saved it..in any even any help would be welcome..as Im sure there is a very specific procedure to make it easy...

Your descriptions and solutions are SO good! I had a 1983 RT once and I think it had a rubber boot at the top of each fork leg so the fairing didn’t have 2 big holes through the fairing - will you install these later or maybe it’s not an RS thing? Stay safe🕊

wonderfull video thanks . no fork/fairing gaiters though?.

Hello, I recently had to remove the fairing from my '95 monolever R100RT and I left the upper fairing in one unit (left and right uppers, center upper, gasket, windshield, and dashboard). Now I'm restoring an '89 R100RT and was thinking of assembling these components off the bike and mounting them as a unit. Is there any reason why this method wouldn't work? Incidentally, I love your videos and learned a lot from them. The idea of replacing the gasket rivets with nylon screws is a stroke of genius. Do you remember which size you used? I'm thinking M6x12, but would appreciate your input.

I love the story about the anti-radar system in the headlight cover. How has that worked out for you Brooks?

Did you buy this RT fairing new?...............Your bike is looking Very nice!!............did you have the pin striping hand done? very nice!!

Would you be able to share where you bought the ignition switch marker plate? Can’t seem to find it anywhere. Thanks.

I am just trying to assemble one that came in boxes. Bike done, onto the fairing. Do the cylinder covers have another nut on the engine mounting bolt or do they use the nut that also holds the engine? It makes a difference to the width of the fairing. I can make it fit with and without an extra nut but just wondered which is correct.