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Offline StangMATA

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Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« on: June 04, 2009, 11:11:04 PM »
I'm not going to do a real naked conversion. I have my headlight issue mostly figured out but I'm trying to find a cheap way to mount the clocks.

03 1200S.

My thought is to make a piece of aluminum, bolt it up to the upper yoke where the bar mounts go through, and put a break in it to angle the gauges up. I won't be putting the full bullets on the back either.

Has anyone found a bracket online that works? I do not want to change the upper triple tree mount.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2009, 05:05:53 PM »
I few people here have made up what you describe...just out of a piece of aluminum I don't know of any bracket you could buy that might fit.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2009, 05:30:47 PM »
Thanks. I made a cardboard template today. Shouldn't be overly difficult...but I don't mind the easy way out either.

I'll post up what I end up doing. Hopefully it can help someone else out in the same boat.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2009, 06:29:33 PM »
I tried to find the old post about this but can't I actually pretty much copied someones from the site... and now I can't find the pic of it anymore. It wasn't hard to do, and was also very cheap so it was a no brainer for me.
'05 Bandit 1200, Full Muzzy, Dyno jet stage 1, 5 degree ignition advancer, Galfer SS Lines, EBC rotors, busa shock, busa forks
'03 R6 trackbike

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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2009, 11:30:37 AM »
If it would be possible to take a pic that would be outstanding!
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2009, 02:21:19 PM »
Heres some pics of the bracket. I chose not to angle it, my understanding is that most people do though.

'05 Bandit 1200, Full Muzzy, Dyno jet stage 1, 5 degree ignition advancer, Galfer SS Lines, EBC rotors, busa shock, busa forks
'03 R6 trackbike

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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2009, 04:35:52 PM »
Wow, that bracket is pure BA  :clap: Too bad you arn't marketing them to the public, I'd take one express shipped.

Thanks for the pictures, I think you have changed my mind about how I am going to do mine.  :thanks:

Also, do you have the specs on those mirrors? Those look sharp too.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2009, 05:53:37 PM »
Also, do you have the specs on those mirrors? Those look sharp too.

+1 on the mirrors!  Those look great!  Best looking bar-enders I've seen yet!!  :bigok: :beers: :thumb: :bandit:
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2009, 06:39:33 PM »
they are GREAT mirrors, nice and clear and good quality with a slightly blueish mirror...sadly the price matches and I haven't replaced the one I lost in my low side (literally lost even went back a few days later but just couldn't find it anywhere)
Made by RIZOMA in Italy...same people I got my grips, signals and rearsets from. Bought them from http://www.pjsparts.com/ GREAT service am very happy with them.
As for the bracket before making it I was sure I'd at least trace out a template with some measurements to upload and share but then impatience got the better of me and it just had to be put on so I could ride. When I do my busa fork conversion in the next little while I'll see if I can't upload a decent template/pic of it. It's not in mint shape anymore due to (you guessed it) the lowside BUT it would still give some indication.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2009, 07:04:26 PM »
Thanks for the link.

I was just going to ask you if you had a CAD drawing of the bracket. Sucks that you don't. I just went out and ripped a couple of pieces of sheet metal only to figure out that it was too thin to start with.  :banghead:
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2009, 12:30:14 AM »
I found this today and it might be a start...but it looks a bit basic for $28. It also looks like it bolts up to the side of the triple tree yoke and I'm not sure how I like that considering those bolts are recessed.

http://www.aztec8.com/catalog/i203.html

or since I bought these basic fork tube mounts I could mount it to those like so

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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2009, 07:35:12 PM »
I agree I think $28 is a bit steep, and I just cant quite picture it in place on a bandit, especially with the stock instruments.
I paid $12 or something along those lines for my piece of aluminum, it made my bracket, my headlight ears (both version 1 which I didn't like and Version 2) and some other little brackets.
I really wish I had a better template for you, it really wasn't hard at all. I used a jigsaw with a metal blade and did lots of filing to get it to the right shape. It just took time because of all the filing.
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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2009, 12:08:40 AM »
I agree I think $28 is a bit steep, and I just cant quite picture it in place on a bandit, especially with the stock instruments.
I paid $12 or something along those lines for my piece of aluminum, it made my bracket, my headlight ears (both version 1 which I didn't like and Version 2) and some other little brackets.
I really wish I had a better template for you, it really wasn't hard at all. I used a jigsaw with a metal blade and did lots of filing to get it to the right shape. It just took time because of all the filing.

Thanks. I need to figure something out soon.

Here's a couple teasers of what is done so far



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Re: Fairing to naked conversion - clock bracket
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2009, 11:18:33 PM »
Hey, nice work on the bracket.

I did one a while back myself. I started out having it flat but once mounted it was obvious that it had to be lowered a mile or two before it looked any good.