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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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Default Another way to fix broken fairing brackets
After two go rounds with repairing and replacing brackets I wanted to do something that would truely be a permenant fix. I made this fairing support bracket from a piece of 3/4 aluminium angle. It spans all the way across the fairing from mirror mounts to top speaker screw to main vertical mounts, it ties everything together nice and firm. This was a very slow project with a lot of trial and error, and hand fitting and adjusting every bend. In conjunction with the factory failure prone brackets, its hell for stout, you could probably lift the front end by it. I didn't have a welder but it still came out pretty nice with the trusty rivet method. could have made it lighter and neater with a welder. Anyway, I think I'm done repairing fairing brackets. I highly recommend building yourself one of these. Good winter project.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Holy Moses. That'll work.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Looks like it will work - that's alot of alum & rivets. Might want to patent before HD steals it away.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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I have used just the angle brackets, so far so good. Your brackets look really solid, should last a long time.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Crap for what you paid for all that mass up high in the fairing you coulda bought the HD new and improved models that came out last year!
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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How far back was it breaking? Im amazed all that is necessary.

i actually braced mine with two little L brackets before they broke just to try to prevent it.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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A bit of over kill maybe? Alcoa must be very happy.
 
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Top marks to you for your fabrication skills.

Since repairing a broken fairing (black) bracket with an inexpensive L bracket at the top many miles ago, I haven't had a black/vertical bracket or speaker/horizontal bracket break.

Again, really nice fabrication; thanks for sharing.

Wonder if anyone will ask you to make one for them.

Carl
 
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Good job it is ez to see you put sometime in on it. A friend had is break I program water jets so this winter I will pick up the pattern off my 2010 and fit it to is. GOOD JOB
 
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The brackets were designed to break before the fairing does...it might prove to be more cost effective just to change a bracket once in a while instead of a fairing.

Good luck!
 
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