it is a ninja 500ex A5 which of course means it is a 1991. To Steve: I was sourcing parts today and it looked like a brake pedal was goign to be 65 dollars and a clutch cover was going to be 135. I still can not believe it, one week one week!!!! I do not care about the fairings are much as i do my bike running though. I thought I would be the one to break it too, not my friend who which in an awsome sense of irony is a licensed motorcyclist. God loves me.