Top half fairing for Slimline Commando

Antony

I have run a PR (production racer) fairing since 07 with clip-ons a rearsets etc. Tough on the wrists but beats fighting an 80 mph headwind sat up for an hour or two! Mine is an older restored fairing but I used a Mick Hemmings main bracket as he just happened to have had one made suitable for my Veglia instruments (most only fit the short Smiths clocks which have the mounting studs oriented differently). However it was a one off I was lucky to get from him.

So, depending on your instruments the offerings from Mick and Norvil could fit but there are differences. The one from Mick had a single 5/8" dia. tube supporting the headlight and lasted 600 miles! It needed a triangulation brace and has been fine since. Mick's single tube does allow a bit more steering lock which is severely reduced and makes U turns tricky. What you will also find is that the PR side mounts (downtube to fairing 'wings') are pretty crappy and fracture regularly until beefed up. Basically the flapping of the side 'wings' due to low frequency vibes breaks the side of the clamp attached to the bar connected to the fairing. Have a look at Norvil's site, that shows the brackets in fair detail. Of course if you are looking at bare 'Universal' fairings you are on your own but the PR method of attachment via headtube and downtubes works quite well. Let me know if you need any more info. I have a few pics of mine. Have a look here which shows mine over the years. I recently cut and shut the fairing to reduce the pronounced droop it had so the lower part of the sides (wings) is now more parallel to the top mount.http://s424.photobucket.com/user/keith1069/library/Commando%202007-2013?sort=6&page=1

The same basic arrangement should work on the Featherbed (dumbo here realised you were not talking about a Commando until I hit 'Reply'.) Anyway I hope you can work something out. What I have seen this year is a lot of Featherbed specials wearing old Ducati fairings, 70's vintage I think. ATB.