Brackets to hold headlight fairing, limited tools, more limited budget?

[bitten_by_tarmac]

Could use some inspiration for the mounting hardware. The mount for the bottom of fairing will be easy. The mount for the top needs to be quite a complicated shape.

Messing arround with the bits of aluminium I have, I could bolt something together that will probably be suitable, but it will be a lot of work to file about 20 parts to shape, and if I crash it will bend and snap and I will have to do it all again.

My friend has welding gear I could use, but it is not the best, and I havent welded in many years, so would likely just make a mess if I tried to weld something from steel. I'm sure I could make something usable if I had enough scrap to practice on though. The biggest problem with that is I don't really want to wait six weeks until we are both free at the same time. At least with this method, I can probably just bash it back into shape if it gets bent.

I looked at plumbing fittings, but found nothing suitable. Looked on ebay, nothing. What I really want is some sort of rod, with sturdy ball joints at each end. Any ideas?

 

[ILoveThumpers]

What you're describing sounds like the RAM mounting hardware.

www.rammount.com

-Deek

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[EDIT] Take a look at the "A" Size ball configuration... just over a half an inch in diameter. http://www.rammount.com/EmptyPages/COMPONENTS/ACOMPONENTS/tabid/1555/Default.aspx [/EDIT]

 

[HerrDeacon]

Is this a full type fairing? 1/2? Or just a 1/4 fairing that mounts to the forks and moves with the steering? I'm going to be doing a similar thing for my 1/2 fairing but haven't done anything with it yet.

 

[bitten_by_tarmac]

It is a small fairing, from a Kawasaki AR125. You can see it test fitted in my thread about "exact opposite of do the ton"

I have some brackets designed in my mind, I am guessing the fairing + bracket will add about 2.5 kg on the front end, does this seem aceptable? About 1kg on the front was lost by the previous owner, different mirrors and clocks.

I am not a skilled enough rider to tell the difference myself, but the cg seems very wobbly. I want to reduce the wind blast when covering distance, but do not have the knowledge to know if I am accidentally screwing up the handling.

I am building this bike to ride, not to take photos.

Cheers guys.