Mounting a cafe' fairing/flyscreen

[scott s]

So, I picked up one of these fairings/flyscreens at Barber and I'm a little confused about how to go about mounting it on a CB500/550.
It's pretty obvious that I just drill some holes and maybe use some spacers to mount it using the headlight bolts, but how do I install the headlight ring?

And a pic of how it looks attached (nabbed from the 'web).

 

[scott s]

To get access to the bolts at 3 and 9 o'clock, usually the ring is off and you go from inside the bucket. If I do that and mount the screem (easy), how do I then have access to the screws to reattach the ring?
It's probably something simple that I'm just not seeing.

I guess I could double nut a bolt from inside, leaving a threaded "stud" coming out of the bucket, then install ring and use acorn nuts to attach the fairing to the stud?

 

[Gongie]

Mounting a cafe' fairing/flyscreen

Will it fit over the headlight ring?

Looks like the stock Thruxton fairing uses a separate set of brackets/ears, mounted (slightly lower) to the forks.

I'm sure you could fix something up from stuff at Home Depot (or a similar place).

Hope that helps.

 

[scott s]

Yes, it fits over the ring. At first glance, I thought I'd just use the stock headlight ears and bolts, drill some holes in the fairing and be done. However, I now see that I can't reinstall the headlight ring once that's done.
The more I think about it, the more it looks like there will have to be a couple of small brackets made/used.
Surely someone here has mounted this style fairing before....

 

[jbrtwork]

That is a sexy looking fairing. 8)

 

[beachcomber]

Exactly the same as the Bikini fairings of the 60's.

The 2 mount pads [ Fairing ] on the side attach to the original headlamp brackets [ fork tubes ] - you can just see them [ Black ] in the Red/White pic. Either Acorn nut on the outside or tack a captive nut to the OEM headlamp bracket and use machine screws from the outside. The headlamp then simply attaches to the fairing via the bezel. On my Rickman Bikini, I also used a pair of brackets coming off the original headlamp mounts back to the fairing rather than to rely entirely on the bezel fixing. Remember in the 60's, anything that wasn't nailed down vibrated loose !!!

 

[scott s]

I sent Hotwings Glass an email since it was one of theire screens. Here's the reply they sent:

"Greetings!
Check at your auto parts they should have metal clips to hold the nuts that secure the head light then you can just screw the head light mounting bolts in.
Later
hotwing"

I'm not really sure I understand what he's talking about. ??? Anyone know?

 

[Maritime]

I think he means the clips you use on a car to hold bumber skins etc. They are threaded bent sheet metal and clip through the hole in the bucket and grab with teeth to stay in place. IF I can google one I will post it but they come in a bunch of sizes and there usually are bolts right in the same section for them.

 

[Maritime]

here is a dodgy drawign I did, you may know what they are. If yo uhave ever removed a plastic bumper cover, or mudguards etc. off a truck or car, you have seen these in some form or another.

 

[scott s]

I know the clips you're talking about but they would clip over the lip/edge of the bucket, right? That still doesn't allow me to get the headlight ring on.

It sounds like he's saying that they hold the nut in place from inside and I can use a bolt, but I'm not sure.

The more I think about it, the more I think I need a small bracket of some sort...

 

[Maritime]

You would insert those through the hole in the bucket and leave the light and ring in the bucket. Then use a bolt through the fairing, ear, into bucket and tighten up. they basically make the bucket hole a threaded hole to accept a bolt.

 

[1976cb356]

I want to put a fairing on mine later on. It looks like that clip would work. Are there any clips like that at a auto parts store or hardware sstore?

 

[Tim]

Rewind the tape.

On my headlight bucket, and I thought on most, the nuts for the side mounting bolts are welded into the bucket and you don't need internal access to hold the nut in place. Are you saying on your bucket the nuts on the inside that the mounting bolts thread into are loose and need to be held in place with a wrench?

Do the indentations on the fairing line up with the mounting bolts anyhow? If not, you might get away with mounting it to the headlight ears, using another set of bolts.

You might also find that if there's enough clearance between the fairing and the bucket that you can tilt it back enough to expose the trim ring clip screw.

But bottom line is I'd be looking for a way to secure the nuts inside the headlight bucket with JB Weld or something so you can tighten the mounting bolts with the headlight assembled.

 

[scott s]

Honda headlight buckets are plastic and the nut inside is loose. You generally install the headlight with the trim ring/bulb off, then install ring/bulb.

 

[scott s]

I can't believe no one here has used this screen. Am I the first? When I get it figured out, I'll be sure to post pics.

 

[Tim]

Here's an idea

Mount your headlight bucket with short lengths of threaded rod, using a coupler on the outside as the nut, which will then give you a threaded female end for another bolt to mount the fly screen.