$49.00 fairing
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Road Warrior
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From: Rochester N.Y.
$49.00 fairing
Well guys what do we think?
I was looking for a 1/4 type fairing for my '48 , but after installing a 7" headlight , the search was tough.
I found this one , got it for Christmas , and just got around to fabbing some brackets to mount it up.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Univer...-/321710522911
It came from www.chaparralmotorsports.com.
The fairing basically does not fit "any" bike , but side mount headlight bikes might be pretty easy to fab for.
I figured , what the heck I'll try it!
I had nearly all the materials laying around , so here it is........
The fork clamps are sliced up ehaust pipe with 1/2" tubing welded cross wise for the bolt mounting.
You can see I sliced up an oil bottle to make fork protectors from the clamps and to insure a proper fit.
The side plates are stainless flat stock I had in the corner.
I did have to buys the cross bolts and nuts.
In the 3rd picture you can see the only brackets that actually come with the fairing (against the fairing plastic).
I had to go back to the stock headlight base mount to bring the DS bucket forward and down for the fairing.
I will have to notch the left side for the clutch cable on my final assembly.
I will paint the brackets and maybe wash the bike sometime this summer.
What do you guys think , scrap it or keep going ?
I always liked the '60's cafe fairing look , is it OK on the '48?
I have personally spent about $11.00 on this project so far for hardware (fairing was a present from the wife)
I appreciate your input , I'm not much of a style oriented guy.
Mick
I was looking for a 1/4 type fairing for my '48 , but after installing a 7" headlight , the search was tough.
I found this one , got it for Christmas , and just got around to fabbing some brackets to mount it up.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Univer...-/321710522911
It came from www.chaparralmotorsports.com.
The fairing basically does not fit "any" bike , but side mount headlight bikes might be pretty easy to fab for.
I figured , what the heck I'll try it!
I had nearly all the materials laying around , so here it is........
The fork clamps are sliced up ehaust pipe with 1/2" tubing welded cross wise for the bolt mounting.
You can see I sliced up an oil bottle to make fork protectors from the clamps and to insure a proper fit.
The side plates are stainless flat stock I had in the corner.
I did have to buys the cross bolts and nuts.
In the 3rd picture you can see the only brackets that actually come with the fairing (against the fairing plastic).
I had to go back to the stock headlight base mount to bring the DS bucket forward and down for the fairing.
I will have to notch the left side for the clutch cable on my final assembly.
I will paint the brackets and maybe wash the bike sometime this summer.
What do you guys think , scrap it or keep going ?
I always liked the '60's cafe fairing look , is it OK on the '48?
I have personally spent about $11.00 on this project so far for hardware (fairing was a present from the wife)
I appreciate your input , I'm not much of a style oriented guy.
Mick
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That huge side gap looks terrible IMO. If you could find or make something to fill that in, it would look great. It really shouldn't be hard to come up with something. But that gap and exposed mounting hardware is a deal breaker for me. Regardless if you paint the hardware black or not, that large of a gap will never look right. Again, just my opinion.
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That huge side gap looks terrible IMO. If you could find or make something to fill that in, it would look great. It really shouldn't be hard to come up with something. But that gap and exposed mounting hardware is a deal breaker for me. Regardless if you paint the hardware black or not, that large of a gap will never look right. Again, just my opinion.
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I agree with you Rich. But it looks like the space has to be there or else his bars would run interference with the fairing, but even if he fills it with something, it still looks unnecessarily too far forward. It looks to be representitive of the typical early swept back crotch rocket fairing design, which would normally be placed further back towards the rider, and that space wouldn't be there...it would be occupied by a set of clip ons, which, if he switched over to, he could then mount the fairing back farther and it would look proper. Lastly, I think that having the headlight 6" in front of the running lights/directionals looks a bit odd and also hides the lights on one side, unless you're viewing the bike from an angle less than 30° from head on.
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Thanks for the input guys , I think I'm going to box the project till fall when I have more time.
I should be riding after the winter we just had.
The fairing is designed to be mounted nearly against the bottom tree and would work great with clip on bars.
It really should be mounted about 2-3" closer to the bike.
This is why the forward mounting caused me so much greif.
I will fill in the sides with lexan , painted black from the inside which will make it gloss black and scratch proof on the outside.
I just thought it might look neater this way and make the bike look more like a bullet or torpedoe going down the road.
I did like the mad Max idea , although my wife would faint if I went that direction.
Mick
I should be riding after the winter we just had.
The fairing is designed to be mounted nearly against the bottom tree and would work great with clip on bars.
It really should be mounted about 2-3" closer to the bike.
This is why the forward mounting caused me so much greif.
I will fill in the sides with lexan , painted black from the inside which will make it gloss black and scratch proof on the outside.
I just thought it might look neater this way and make the bike look more like a bullet or torpedoe going down the road.
I did like the mad Max idea , although my wife would faint if I went that direction.
Mick
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I think its pretty cool. mad max cool. I would get rid of that front fender now and it would look REAL sick.
. maybe put some more off-road looking tires on it to set it off. like an adventure rider tire or duel sport tire.
like these
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...nzia-rear-tire
. maybe put some more off-road looking tires on it to set it off. like an adventure rider tire or duel sport tire. like these
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...nzia-rear-tire
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