Triumphrat

01-31-2006, 04:24 PM

Hi all
After dropping my bike last year and having to fork out for fairing on the entire right side i decided to get some crash mushrooms(why do we always do it after?) Anyways i was looking at fitting the and am really a bit worried at drilling a hole in the fairing to try and find the mount. Had a few ideas on how to do it. And read the advice given from the site, but still a bit weary. Has anybody got any tips on how to do this without making it look a mess???
Thanks in advance
Karl :???:

02-01-2006, 06:09 PM

Drilling for the mount I cant help you with but someone suggested to me that after you drill a hole big enough for the bolt of the frame slider you put the fairing where its supposed to be, screw in the frame slider as far as you can and trace the outside of the slider to get a near perfect hole to cut out. I hope that makes some sense to you. I working on the same project myself, let me know how it goes

Chris

Will · 02-01-2006, 07:33 PM

The problem with that method is that a hole saw requires a pilot hole made by a drill bit to keep from wandering. You really want to get the pilot hole accurately located by measurements, then drill a small hole to check the location, then drill the pilot hole and cut the slider hole at the same time after you are sure that the pilot hole is centered on where the engine bolt will be. If you try to use a hole saw without drilling the pilot hole at the same time, the hole saw will take off on you and make a mess. It isn't pretty!

sprintrsdawg · 02-02-2006, 08:32 AM

To locate where to drill the fairing, I mounted a bit of rubber padding, about the size of a dime, to a bolt (you could probably use a piece of dowling, as well) that was long enough to place pressure on the inside of the fairing when the fairing was mounted. I placed the bolt in the motor mount, put some paint on the end of the rubber pad, then fitted the fairing. When I removed the fairing, I had my centering mark. Then I used a hole saw on a drill. Worked just dandy.

Kurt

LOWEY · 02-03-2006, 06:58 AM

Fitted r&g to mine last week, well a mate done it for me really!!

I was concearned about drilling the plastics also

Anyway went to B&Q bought a 16mm hole saw and the attachment to attach it to a drill and gave it to my mate. He done it in 30 mins both sides.

Cracking job i was well impress, any questions just ask.

burgessa23 · 02-03-2006, 10:24 AM

Lowey, does your speed four have a full fairing too? I thought I was the only one!

LOWEY · 02-04-2006, 06:51 AM

No my s4 has not got a full fairing but it has got the radiator cowls, which have to be drilled to position the r&g sliders.