bent front fairing bracket????

[Ryan Johnson]

Anyone in and around South Dakota, SW Minnesota, NW Iowa, and NE Nebraska might want to check our new local sight out. Here's the link; http://groups.msn.com/dakotadualsportriders

[Spike55]

Search eBay for KLR650 cowling brackets. I just bought a NOS but a bit rusty one for $30 ($19+$10 S/H) versus $110 from a dealer. Rattle can repainted it and mounted. Used a heatgun to remove all of the white stress marks in the plastic but the marks start to disappear "right before" the plastic begins to melt. On my last trip, my buddy flew by me and hooked his handlebar into my fairing and pulled it and the headlight off to the lower right (we both hit the deck with this one). The bracket was hopelessly bent and I just couldn't get all of the angles / bends back in place for the fairing & headlight to be close to normal. Don R100, A6F -- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "monte quint" wrote:

> > Last year the KLR, Time Bandit, fell over in my carport and on top

of

> the lawnmower. > > Broken windshield, crunched the aftermarket dash, etc. > > Since then I have removed the forks, changed springs, added fork > brace, and squared things up as well as possible when re-

assembling.

> > When sitting on the bike with the handle bars aimed straight ahead > the fairing and windshield are at more of a 11 o'clock position

than

> 12. > > Everything is tight as far as I can tell so where is the problem?? > > I have a tall windshield and I really notice the air flow hitting

my

> right shoulder at speed. > > This wouldn't be such a big deal if it weren't for the "left"

aspect

> of the twist. While I do not mind being twisted a bit I cannot > accept a left twist over a properly "right perspective". > > > A comment on "Chinese" helmets. In China with millions of 2 wheel > riders you will only see what here we would call a "bump cap" as

seen

> on > most construction and industrial sites. A plastic cap with a hard > plastic adjustable headband and support . No chin strap. No

shield.

> No padding. > > Thanks for any advice, well almost any advice. > > Monte >