Also if I remember correctly Don purchased a new outer fairing for his bike recently and I'm almost certain he didn't have to return the old one.

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Yes, this past spring. Didn't order it "normally" though. Had the local dealer give me a list of all the dealers in the country that showed one in stock. There were six or seven that showed stock if memory serves correctly.
Second one I called actually had the fairing new, in stock and ready to sell. Had ordered it for someone and it never got used for some reason. So they had old inventory with narrow demand they were more than desirous of moving. Even agreed to a 20% discount when I asked how badly they wanted to move the old expensive stock in the big box.
Don't know if the fairing would have been a piece requiring VIN verification and return otherwise. It simply never came up when I was buying this one. Some piece are (or at least were) and some aren't.
Brian, if you're dealer won't check active stock around the country for you send me the part number. I'll get the parts counter here to run it. Maybe you can score a piece of stock someone would like to move also.