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Subject: Re: Fairings 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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>> Weather may turn cold, and long distance winter motorcycle commutes
>> may continue unabated, but of those of us who take sound advice of
>> Jesus to heart, many are cold but few are frozen.
>> 
>> 				Jordan
>
>Excuse my towering ignorance, but what is a 'fairing'?

   "fairing n. An auxiliary structure or the external surface of a vehicle,
    such as an aircraft, that serves to reduce drag."


   The most common type is a [usually plexiglass] windshield on a motorcycle.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project