Broken Fairing Bracket Repairs
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Road Master
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Broken Fairing Bracket Repairs
All though I did not have any broken fairing brackets YET I wanted to install braces to make sure it didn't happen so it was just preventive maintenance. It only took about half hour and a few dollars. I cut the "L" brackets to fit the existing factor brace and used my wheel grinder to round off the rough edges. Purchased a " L" bracket at ACE Hardware, four nuts and bolts with lock washers an nylon lock nuts. Drilled two holes for each side and used the existing hole that goes into the fairing. Very easy job to do.
Road Master
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All though I did not have any broken fairing brackets YET I wanted to install braces to make sure it didn't happen so it was just preventive maintenance. It only took about half hour and a few dollars. I cut the "L" brackets to fit the existing factor brace and used my wheel grinder to round off the rough edges. Purchased a " L" bracket at ACE Hardware, four nuts and bolts with lock washers an nylon lock nuts. Drilled two holes for each side and used the existing hole that goes into the fairing. Very easy job to do.
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Road Warrior
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Being a machinist sometimes comes in handy. I broke both of mine as well as the brackets that go to the speakers. Had to get new ones for that but had to fab some new bracket ends like you. Mine weren't that long though.
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Kit on eBay for this $25
I stumbled across this thread as a friend had this issue. Found this kit on eBay. Thought I would pass this along for those that are not machinists. $25 you can;t go wrong!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fairi...Q5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fairi...Q5fAccessories
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My Brother's 09 brackets cracked, no significant structural gain in the updated version, they probably redesigned the mfr process to increase the strength of profit margin.