Kurt's XS1100 Spa and Resort...

[Radioguylogs]

No ears on mine

In case you need a survey, my SG Bagger has no headlight mounting ears.

The fairing appears to be dealer installed.

[madmax-im]

Hi Kurt,

Typical fairing install usually leaves the headlight bucket brackets folded in rather removed. The Venturer oil cooler and fairing bracket are sandwiched together originally from Yamaha.

I'm sure this sounds easier than what you may actually have in front of you.

Doh..I had forgotten that you could just fold those ears in...but given my bike. .nothing seems to be cut and dry...But Thanks for the reminder. ..

[kboehringer]

Headlamp Ears

Typical fairing install usually leaves the headlight bucket brackets folded in rather removed.

Mike,
I had THOUGHT of that when I pulled the lamp bucket. But the speedo cable and clutch cable were a little bit in the way. If I pull them and re-mount the ears would easily fold in and all I would have to do is secure them together somehow so they don't rattle or something.

I did notice the ears have these sharp little tabs on them for holding the turn signal wiring (in stock form) which will point directly at the area where the fairing wiring pigtail (on the left) will be located. It also looked like (remember I have little experience with the standards) clutch cable routing/replacement would be a TINY bit easier without them? That's sort of the point where I concluded it MIGHT be best to just pull them off.

I do know that Ben is such an advocate of the "Frame Mounted Fairing" that it is EXTREMELY unlikely that he will ever want to remove it and return to what he had before so leaving them in for the day when this could be converted back is not necessary.

I'm going to fold 'em in, take a pic, and let Ben make the choice......

KURT

[madmax-im]

fold 'em and forget 'em...LOL...One less PITA thing to do... oh and dont worry if they rattle...i wouldnt even hear it...life begins @ 90...decibels that is...

[3Phase]

Kurt, Max,

You can use an old oil filter o-ring, the large one, looped through the headlight shell mounting holes to keep the ears from moving around and secure them to the wiring so they don't rub on the fairing when you turn the handlebars.

My '80G didn't have anything on the front but the fairing when I bought it. This will seem a little more difficult than it really was but I managed to trade/buy a set of the chrome ears along with the Standard headlight and turn signals.

It's simple to reinstall the lights for those times when I'm working on or testing something and I don't want to mess with the fairing (or the police for riding without lights) and sometimes it's just nice to have the breeze on your knees and the wind in your face.

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[MPittma100]

Tabs

The tabs are normally folded in and tie-strapped.

[3Phase]

Yeah, there's supposed to be a Vetter bag to cover the wiring after you remove the headlight shell too. It's a little ragged but I still have it.


The harness is off but as you can see it's as easy as 01, 02, 03.

O-Ring and Ears 01:



O-Ring and Ears 02:



O-Ring and Ears 03 -- all done:



Hmm, I love Xenon flash photography. It looks like I need to replace or re-chrome the fork ears, then paint the instrument cluster and find some new nuts to replace the rusty ones -- "Just one more thing!

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[kboehringer]

"Just one more thing!

We found a snap together bag on Evil-Bay that will work similar to yours. It looks like the one JeffH uses with his Pacifico. Thanks for the O-Ring and instructions that should work great keeping stuff from rattling and help secure the wiring bag too.

Just one more thing, your lamp ears appear to be on the wrong sides, they are upside down? Will the OEM lamp bucket mount that way?

Kurt

[3Phase]

Good eye there, Kurt!

None of the triple tree bolts or steering neck nuts are tight either and the ears are upside down because I had everything torn down and had to slap it together last month to move the bike. Oops....

I just checked with the OEM headlight assembly and it won't fit upside down so, "Don't do that!"

And now I have one more "'one more thing" to fix.

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[madmax-im]

There ain't much thats beyond Kurt's eye for details....

[madmax-im]

Kurt, Max,

You can use an old oil filter o-ring, the large one, looped through the headlight shell mounting holes to keep the ears from moving around and secure them to the wiring so they don't rub on the fairing when you turn the handlebars.

My '80G didn't have anything on the front but the fairing when I bought it. This will seem a little more difficult than it really was but I managed to trade/buy a set of the chrome ears along with the Standard headlight and turn signals.

It's simple to reinstall the lights for those times when I'm working on or testing something and I don't want to mess with the fairing (or the police for riding without lights) and sometimes it's just nice to have the breeze on your knees and the wind in your face.

.

When I installed my WJ4 on my XJ1100 I used a very large cable tie-wrap to secure the folded ears...

[3Phase]

I used cable ties first for the ears but kept having to cut them to work on the electrics so I used an old o-ring instead of throwing it out.

Kurt's good. I looked at Jeff's bike at the rally and it was a lot closer than 15 feet! I was impressed by the paint job and the other work he did.


Right now the ears and forks on my '80G are just loose and sitting in place so they don't get lost or stepped on. The bike fell off the ramp getting it out of the truck when I brought it home and I didn't even try to play catch with ~650lbs of dead motorcycle. There was some damage to the paint, cluster, bars and switches so the frame is being stripped and cleaned for painting while I fix or replace things. It will all get put back together shiny-side-up as the bike gets painted and repairs are completed.

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[madmax-im]

The cable ties have a tab in their center that can be released and then the whole thing can be undone without cutting it...however i never had to do that cause I never messed with the electrics so we were good there...
Kurt's work was mainly cosmetic and repairing a buggered fairing...the only mechanical was the rear brake...Jeff himself takes the credit for how well the bike runs ...
A similar scenario here...This is 99.9% cosmetic makeover for SwampThing...my fairing is buggered way beyond what Kurt had to deal with for Jeff's...At some point I'll post the before and after pics of the fairing and bike... Keep in mind that Kurt makes no claims to be anything but a shade tree painter...no claims to being a pro...however every time he paints he improves upon his skills and knowledge. If ever there was a complaint..its that he is 475 miles from my door...thus the logistics of delivery both ways through the urban nightmare called Atlanta.metro....are prolly the biggest PITA that i have to deal with...that and being bikeless is beginning to drive me a little batty...

[madmax-im]

Heres the fairing as I got it ...BTW this was a freebie for the cost of shipping from Leonardtown MD...Thankyou DuWayne Potter




Where we are at the present time...

[madmax-im]

The middle shot is cool...kinda like a rat bike fairing...its got that industrial look...