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grandpaul · Aug 30, 2011

...is getting perilously close to running!

Basically just need to install oil & fuel lines, primary drain plug and petcocks, top off all the lubricants, and I can test-fire it and set timing.

Full build thread is here- commando-have-your-way-t8427.html

swooshdave · Aug 30, 2011

Can you post detailed pictures of the side fairing mounts? Measurements and angles would be great.

Mine got "lost" although they may still show up.

grandpaul · Aug 30, 2011

I'll get pix of my home-made brackets in the morning.

Simple straight Z-shaped 3/4" mild steel flat stock (thin, like 1/8" or less) from a nearby hardware store.

Bolted to tank front mount studs under the mounting bracket on the frame, and right to the bottom of the lowers.

davamb · Aug 30, 2011

Looks pretty damn good in my opinion.
May I ask - what did you use for the headstock/fairing mount GP?
I've been thinking of making something a bit more sophisticated than I've got.

swooshdave · Aug 30, 2011

grandpaul said:
I'll get pix of my home-made brackets in the morning.

Simple straight Z-shaped 3/4" mild steel flat stock (thin, like 1/8" or less) from a nearby hardware store.

Bolted to tank front mount studs under the mounting bracket on the frame, and right to the bottom of the lowers.

I thought of something along those lines, but since you did all the work.

gtsun · Aug 30, 2011

That's a beauty, but tell me how do you not burn your legs on those high pipes/mufflers?

Diablouph · Aug 31, 2011

Looks fabulous, and it might shame Swooshdave into painting his tank.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

davamb said:
- what did you use for the headstock/fairing mount GP?

Production racer replica unit, it clamps around the headstock and also mounts the meters.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

gtsun said:
... how do you not burn your legs on those high pipes/mufflers?

Heat shields. Clamp-on aftermarket variety.

I personally dislike heat wrap, but lots of folks use that. In fact, these pipes were wrapped in it, that's why they are so discolored.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

Diablouph said:
...it might shame Swooshdave into painting his tank.

I don't think so.

davamb · Aug 31, 2011

grandpaul said:
davamb said:

- what did you use for the headstock/fairing mount GP?

Click to expand...

Production racer replica unit, it clamps around the headstock and also mounts the meters.

Ah ok, one of these (upper unit):

from Clubman Racing?

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

davamb said:
Ah ok, one of these (upper unit):

No, it's shaped differently and has a platform for the "dashboard" of the fairing that angles down and has cut-outs and holes for the meters.

I'll get a photo tomorrow.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

It's on the left side, facing away from the camera.

Keith1069 · Aug 31, 2011

My original design brkts continue to fracture on the outer clamp tube just below the 1" wide steel strip where it is welded to the clamp. Every year i have to remake the clamp tubes, cut off the strip steel and small bolt clamp tubes and reweld the lot. It's becoming a pain and your idea looks like it could be a better way. last repair I extended the clamp tubes so there is more surface area fixed to the frame down tubes and they are holding up but if I ever ride again (another story) I can see them going. The problem is that the fairing side panels flap around so much at some engine speeds there is huge repeated bending stresses on the brackets.

davamb · Aug 31, 2011

Thanks GrandPaul, think it might be this one (again from Clubman):

My interest is because the home-made bracket for my Dunstall doesn't have any support on the "dash", only two points beside the headlight, under the headlight and the two side points next to the tank. The dash could really do with some support to take out some of the flex there.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

Those clamp-on lowers are better than my el-cheap-o design, for sure.

main unit looks almost identical.

gtsun · Aug 31, 2011

I have a 70's era prody style fairing and they look so cool I really want to use it but I'm afraid of the lost turning radius they say it causes. Being a 850 frame it's allready not the most agile at slow speed tight turns but I guess I'll just have to mount it & try.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

WAY reduced turning radius.

I'm contemplating building my own bracket, I have more than enough stuff to work with including a spare Dunstall bracket.

gtsun · Aug 31, 2011

Of you could find a way to make a bracket that doesn't mess up the turning radius I would buy one in a heart beat.

grandpaul · Aug 31, 2011

It's not just the root tubes of the brackets that interfere with teh fork tubes, but the fork cap nuts collide with the meters.

Significant damage waiting to happen in a minor parking lot bump, and I have original green blobs!

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