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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Question vibration front fairing

hi all i ride a 2006 flhxi yesterday afternoon i was riding home from a ride and the front fairing started to vibrate at low idle it would go a way as i accelarated any idea is there any brackets or a mount that could be broken in there?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 04:44 AM
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hi all i ride a 2006 flhxi yesterday afternoon i was riding home from a ride and the front fairing started to vibrate at low idle it would go a way as i accelarated any idea is there any brackets or a mount that could be broken in there?
That is a real possibility. Call in the Touring forum and use 'search' to find recent threads on them. I believe there is a source of stronger after-market brackets that may help.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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Default fairing vibration

Bro,
Check out my post yesterday, "Both main harness brackets cracked" bet you'll discover something there.
 
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All four of your fairing brackets will break,replace or repair them !
 
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