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Old 02-08-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Tbird Sports faring

Has anyone fitted a sports faring to a Tbird Sport? If so have you got any pictures or info as to the supplier and what was involved in fitting>
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I fitted a universal cafe faring to my TBS.

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Hi,

By a Sports Fairing, do you mean something similar to the Triumph offered Fly Screen for the TBS?

If so, there is a company who have been producing fly screens for Ducati Monsters and have now started offering variations for the Bonneville range. I suspect they can be adapted to our classic triples. They look very neat - take a look at: www.dartflyscreens.com

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Hi Mack,
The only picture I ever found was on a German site


Witch make I don´t know i think it is a fairing build for the old Ducati´s like this one from airtech
http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/...0SS1977-80.htm
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THAT is the fairing I want for my TBS!!!!!

I would love to know how he mounted it.
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should be pretty easy - the headlamp is part of the fairing, pulling ir forward would let you get to the mounting tabs on the headstock (vestigial from the other t3 models). You could fabricate a bracket to hold most of it from there. For the sides you could add brackets that wrap under the tank.
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THAT is the fairing I want for my TBS!!!!!

I would love to know how he mounted it.


Me too Wombat But How ????? don´t know, it won´t be easy i think.
First my other mods maybe next winter a fairing.

Will try if the fairing from my Ducagiva will fitt (not to use it)


I think you need a good front bracket
Like this???http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/.../brackets.html
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Ah..., a half-fairing?

The yellow TBS looks to be fitted with what I think of as the Norton Commando road-going "race fairing"? Aka, the Rickman Commando racers.

Similar to this link: http://www.norvilmotorcycle.co.uk/063935ATY.htm

The fairing was produced originally as the Rickman (Matisse) Avon fairing, and was fitted to a number of Brit and Matisse framed Japanese racers.


I guess with the position of our handlebars (rather than clip-ons) a half-fairing like the one fitted to the old Honda GB400/500 models would be good, but I don't know if they are available?

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would let you get to the mounting tabs on the headstock (vestigial from the other t3 models).
The parts list drawings show 2 brackets on the headstock, but my TBS has only one.
Is this normal?
I am also wondering if the OEM fairing bracket from an early T3 could be easily modified to mount one of these fairings.

Anyone have one (even a damaged one) that they could send me to try out?
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Maybe I'm being dense, but how do you turn with that fairing attached to your headlight? Seems like it would severely limit the range of your front forks...
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