Fairing Brackets Rant
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 417
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From: Watauga, TX
Didn't look into getting new ones from the MOCO, read to many post like yours about multiple failures. Also didn't know they had redesigned the MOCO brackets. Is the redesign for ALL model years or just the newer 09 up frames?
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 549
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From: Wpg, Mb, Canada
My bike is an '02. Don't know if brackets are specific to the year.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,979
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From: Central IL
I'm sure glad I don't have your luck... Both of my horizontal brackets were broke at the speaker mounts. I got the repair kit for both the horizontal and vertical brackets. Went ahaed and repaired the vertical ones before they broke.
Didn't look into getting new ones from the MOCO, read to many post like yours about multiple failures. Also didn't know they had redesigned the MOCO brackets. Is the redesign for ALL model years or just the newer 09 up frames?
Didn't look into getting new ones from the MOCO, read to many post like yours about multiple failures. Also didn't know they had redesigned the MOCO brackets. Is the redesign for ALL model years or just the newer 09 up frames?
Retired Admin
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 21,865
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From: Wisconsin
HD changed the design of the brackets a couple years ago. I replaced the horizontal brackets this summer myself in about an hour for less than 20 bucks. That would be the ones where the speaker attaches.
Last edited by IzzoQuazzo; Sep 18, 2011 at 01:57 PM.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,615
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
The vertical brackets don't need to be replaced if they break. I performed a simple fix and they've held through almost three years and one accident. Here are two how-to threads:
Link 1
Link 2
As already pointed out, the horizontal brackets have been upgraded and the new design should be more durable.
Link 1
Link 2
As already pointed out, the horizontal brackets have been upgraded and the new design should be more durable.
Last edited by iclick; Sep 18, 2011 at 02:29 PM.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 2,916
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From: earth
The new "improved" brackets still suck, best fix is the cheap L brackets from the hardware store, quicker too. I agree with the OP, this should have been corrected by now, it's comical how many folks think the MOCO has addreseed this problem adequately, with their 4-5 iterations of improved brackets, yet new bikes are still experiencing broken brackets.
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