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  • #1

    Windjammer Mounting bracket

    A friend is giving me a windjammer fairing. He told me he took it off a honda something, can't remember what exactly.
    So I need to fab up a mounting bracket, I searched and saw a lot of folks have done the same as I'm getting ready to do.
    Unfortunately no one ever posts a picture or dimensions or drawings of what they ended up with, or better yet what a "stock" bracket looks like.
    Can anyone help me out? I'm sure I can come up with something workable on my own but it will be so much better/faster with a good starting point.
    1979 xs1100 Special -
    Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

    Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

    Originally posted by fredintoon
    Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
    My Bike:
    [link is broken]
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  • #2
    Found this on ebay....item no. 190240809961...looks pretty close to what I have on mine. I had a spare but I think I gave it away, I'll double check when I get home.
    Ernie
    79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
    (Improving with age, the bike that is)

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    • #3
      yeah, that looks similar to the bracket I've been given too but I doubt that height, spacing, angles, ect ect would be the same for a honda "something" as for my xs. If you have a spare made for an xs I'd love it if you could post up some measurements from it so I know how far to modify the one I've got.
      1979 xs1100 Special -
      Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

      Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

      Originally posted by fredintoon
      Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
      My Bike:
      [link is broken]

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      • #4
        Swanee.com sells them new for about $130.00, if you can get on their web site.
        Fastmover
        "Just plant us in the damn garden with the stupid
        lion". SHL
        78 XS1100e

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        • #5
          Originally posted by wa407mpp
          Swanee.com sells them new for about $130.00, if you can get on their web site.
          $130???Ouch! I bought one used from a fellow Xsive for $25....but you gotta look around..it may take some time...
          1980 XS650G Special-Two
          1993 Honda ST1100

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          • #6
            Hey psy,

            Couldn't find my old braket last night. If I get a chance tonight I'll take some measurements off the one that's on the bike.
            Ernie
            79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
            (Improving with age, the bike that is)

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            • #7
              Wow, talk about timing. I need a mounting bracket too. I picked up a Windjammer 4 with a honda mounting bar and I need to fab one for an XS1100. I would be interested in a picture and dimensions also. I would think you could fab one with a steel bar, a heavy hammer, and maybe a torch.
              '80 XS1100LG Midnight Special
              Looks like an '82 Maxim, Fuel Injected
              '82 XJ1100J, Fuel Injected
              Stan Hutchison

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              • #8
                Just a tip from the Vetter site,

                Study an existing mount and placement. Note that the rear end of the fairing mount is about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2” ” lower than the front mount. Proper windshield angle approximates the fork angle. Try to make the fairing as close to the bike as possible. Usually, it is the handlebars that hit the windshield at full lock that limit how far back the fairing can go. You may want to play with handlebar pull backs. When you are all done, sitting on the bike in riding position, the upper windshield edge should appear to be about 1” below the horizon. Cut it off to that height. You don't want a windshield above your eyes because in rainy weather, when the windshield has water on it, you cannot see the road ahead!
                Ernie
                79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
                (Improving with age, the bike that is)

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                • #9
                  wa407mpp - I assume by your "if you can get on their website" comment that you don't know what their website is? I tried www.swanee.com and that didn't work, its a junk advertising site. I also tried searching for swanne and couldnt' find anything that was motorcycle related. I have no intention of buying one for that price but maybe they'd have a picture or something.

                  egsols - thanks for looking, if you get a chance measurments would be great, but I'm not in a hurry, I won't be using the fairing for a few months, I'll put it on when it starts to get to cold to ride naked.

                  I've also been browsing the vetter site and didn't see that little bit about the mounting position, at least I know what I"m shooting for.
                  1979 xs1100 Special -
                  Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

                  Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

                  Originally posted by fredintoon
                  Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
                  My Bike:
                  [link is broken]

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by psycoreefer

                    I'll put it on when it starts to get to cold to ride naked.
                    In addition to a full fairing I also find that clothes help with the cold wind.
                    Ernie
                    79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
                    (Improving with age, the bike that is)

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                    • #11
                      Your right, I almost never ride without my leather jock strap and full face helmet, some things just need a little extra protection. Does that count as ATGATT? On the plus side, riding naked prevents saddle butt on those long rides, and I've never had a bee get stuck inside the shirt I wasn't wearing.
                      1979 xs1100 Special -
                      Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

                      Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

                      Originally posted by fredintoon
                      Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
                      My Bike:
                      [link is broken]

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        ATGATT

                        SWMBO says if I've got the gear, she's got the time.
                        Ernie
                        79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
                        (Improving with age, the bike that is)

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                        • #13
                          bracket

                          I have one for a 80g sitting in my back yard it was for a stock fairing setup
                          91 kwaka kz1000p
                          Stock


                          ( Insert clever quote here )

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                          • #14
                            garth, would you mind taking some measurements and posting a little diagram or photo? I wonder if the standard bracket is different then the special bracket?
                            1979 xs1100 Special -
                            Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power

                            Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.

                            Originally posted by fredintoon
                            Goes like a train, corners like a cow, shifts like a Russian tractor, drinks like a fish, you are gonna love it.
                            My Bike:
                            [link is broken]

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                            • #15
                              ok

                              Will do
                              91 kwaka kz1000p
                              Stock


                              ( Insert clever quote here )

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