Jota 2 fairing genuine?

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stevepm2011

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Cologne, Germany
A question for the experts:
Some time ago I bought what I understood to be a Jota 2 fairing.
It certainly looks like one, however the inside is rough fiberglass. Looking at various Jota photos, all the fairings seem to be smooth on the inside, and thicker than the one I have.

Is this a copy, or did Laverda actually make fairings like this at some point?

Steve
 
Injection moulded plastic.
They are prone to cracking, especially around the headlamp opening,.and mounting points.
Maybe a DPO has fibreglass-reinforced the inside?
The series 1 fairing, on the other hand, was all fibreglass.
 
Seen them in moulded ABS or similar, thick and smooth on the inside, also seen them in GRP (fibreglass) So who knows, have two series 2 Jotas here at the moment with consecutive numbers, would cause a rivet counters hullabaloo...they are not the same.


    Keith
 
I guess in the dying days of the empire they cut corners wherever they could.
I saw some Corsa bodywork at the weekend that was in fibreglass (from the factory) too.
 
When I bought mine new it had a smooth plastic fairing which developed splits and cracks inside 1 month.
The Warranty replacement issued was fiberglass and 32 years latter it still has not split :D

Cheers
Bruce
 
Maybe that's the answer.
The factory realised the original injection-moulded plastic one was prone to cracks and their solution was to replicate it in fibreglass. Not a retrofit unless a warranty claim perhaps, but maybe there is a frame number after which only fibreglass was fitted at the factory.
I'm not that interested in whatever number that may or may not be, just trying to make sense of this.
 
Mine is thick plastic and smooth.
I was lucky enough to have the Jota 120 bodywork sprayed by a 'plastics' man who repaired/replaced and reinforced all the dodgy bits beforehand. It caused him quite a few problems but he got there in the end.
He put a new headlamp opening in as well that was not quite so snug on the headlamp shell, which seems a common problem and perhaps the cause of the cracking.
 
Thanks to all for the information.
I guess mine is probably genuine, as the quality of the fibreglass  moulding is quite good and I can't see any differences in size or style  to the thick plastic ones.
Regards to all from Minnesota (around 0F and occasional snow...)

Steve
 
Dellortoman said:
My Ducati MHR fairing is rough finished fibreglass on the inside. I guess that was the way they did things in 1980s Italy.
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mine, too, was as rough as a bear's backside - i fitted an aftermarket fairing from harris which was made of woven rovings and had a nice finish inside - it was a real swine to fit though and eventually i made it into a one piece and split the bellypan to get it on, but it didn't drag in every bend like the original 'cos it fitted virtually onto the engine cases.
 
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