Fairing bracket broken !UGH!
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Road Warrior
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From: Idaho
Fairing bracket broken !UGH!
So today I get home & notice my cruise control wouldn't light up so I start to hunt for the reason the fuse keeps blowing. Check the dash, no issues pull the fairing & notice the fairing bracket on the left side is snapped!
Thankfully easternperformance.com is running a small sale on the alloy art, looks like I'm down a few days till they get here.
Thankfully easternperformance.com is running a small sale on the alloy art, looks like I'm down a few days till they get here.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Bay Area
Im not sure if you have a batwing, but that happened on my sons Streetglide. He bought the new HD brackets that appeared to be of better quality than the oem ones, check youre threaded inserts for being buggered up. After the bracket breaks the only thing holding part of the fairing on is the fairing screws to the inner fairing and the wiring harness stuff. Havent looked at eastern performance yet on these
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Road Warrior
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From: Idaho
Im not sure if you have a batwing, but that happened on my sons Streetglide. He bought the new HD brackets that appeared to be of better quality than the oem ones, check youre threaded inserts for being buggered up. After the bracket breaks the only thing holding part of the fairing on is the fairing screws to the inner fairing and the wiring harness stuff. Havent looked at eastern performance yet on these
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Jacksonville, FL
So today I get home & notice my cruise control wouldn't light up so I start to hunt for the reason the fuse keeps blowing. Check the dash, no issues pull the fairing & notice the fairing bracket on the left side is snapped!
Thankfully easternperformance.com is running a small sale on the alloy art, looks like I'm down a few days till they get here.
Thankfully easternperformance.com is running a small sale on the alloy art, looks like I'm down a few days till they get here.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2011
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From: Ketchikan Alaska
Awhile back I had my batwing fairing break at the top of the bracket. I just purchased the repair kit off of amazon and a few minutes of drilling and a beer it was repaired.
Much easier than replacing the whole bracket and they claim it is stronger than OEM.
Much easier than replacing the whole bracket and they claim it is stronger than OEM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Ohio
Check them all closely. When one goes it leaves a lot of stress on the others. I had 3 broken in my fairing. I used a couple angle brackets from Home Depot to repair the main ones. Probably about a $3 fix. The ones by the speakers I replaced with new ones that were much stronger than the originals.
Road Captain
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I had a Batwing bike back in 2006 and those fairing brackets were a know weak link in the fairing design. Many riders were having to replace or repair them. Glad to see the MoCo has once again failed to upgrade or fix a know faulty item. Cheap-*** bastards they are....
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Charlotte Metro
One of my vertical brackets broke at top i used stainless kit by Dan Ragan. Worked great without replacing bracket.
www.raganfabworks.com
www.raganfabworks.com
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