Welcome to the forum Bret, nice opening post. As peels say, Jompy, or mo key face as he is known doesn't like fairings either so his R1, or the half one as we call it is naked too . At the end of the day, it's your bike and for you to decide how you want her to look and ride , some people like to bling their R1's or turn them into dedicated track weapons or street fighter them, we are all different and the world would be a biting place if we were all the same.
We all have the p!ss taken out if us from time to time, this is a great, friendly and supportive forum, so any questions just ask, someone will have been that's, done that and got the t shirt to boot.
Sorry to hear if your off the other week, at the end of the day, bikes can be repaired or even replaced, us humans, or primates in the case of Jompy can't be replaced ,so I'm glad you were ok.
Anyway welcome and we look forward to watching you bring your R1 back to life albeit somewhat short of clothes
Welcome
Stephen
