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K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:10 pm
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One of the prior owners of my k100rs pulled out the vents located under the grips in the black rubber fairing inserts (the piece that spans the outer fairing and the tank/motor). He replaced them with sewn nylon material storage pockets, obviously custom made. The pockets attach to the lip of the opening with velcro strips glued around the perimeter, and each pocket has a heavy cloth cover that is likewise attached to the top of the pocket with velcro on all 4 sides. Some of the glue attaching the velcro strips to the rubber is failing.
The storage area is perfect for gloves, tire pressure gauge, earplugs, doodads and whatnots, and I was wondering if there were any other solutions to put in an actual box with a hinged latching lid? BMW parts diagrams show the vent only, & I've looked at RT and LT fairings, but the openings look quite a bit larger on those bigger fairings. Anyone else using these areas for storage on their RS? If there's nothing else out there, I'll likely just remove the old strips/glue and attach new strips with some 3M adhesive tape.
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_10.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_11.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_12.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_13.jpg)
The storage area is perfect for gloves, tire pressure gauge, earplugs, doodads and whatnots, and I was wondering if there were any other solutions to put in an actual box with a hinged latching lid? BMW parts diagrams show the vent only, & I've looked at RT and LT fairings, but the openings look quite a bit larger on those bigger fairings. Anyone else using these areas for storage on their RS? If there's nothing else out there, I'll likely just remove the old strips/glue and attach new strips with some 3M adhesive tape.
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_10.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_11.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_12.jpg)
![K100RS: Upper fairing kneepad(?) vent storage box? Photo_13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f81/18/31/52/73/photo_13.jpg)
Last edited by thal13 on Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:43 pm; edited 1 time in total