Fairing/crash bung bracket damaged.

hi all
managed to drop my bike yesterday,
though i got away with the damaged as the cheap crash mushroom did its job only trouble is the mounting bracket the mush is on has bent and have just been told by suzuki that i have to buy the full fairing kit to get that one bracket
please has anyone got one laying around

take it off, put in vice and straighten, it will be weaker tho and if its not causing any problems when bend why worry???

What sunshine said. I you don't want to straighten it yourself look up yellow pages for a local Engineering workshop. If you visit in person with the part to hand, and if you ask them nice enough, they might even do it for free. You could also ask about it being weakened by the fall, and and if there is anything that can be done to add some strength to it.

If push came to shove, any Engineering firm could make you a new one. Even with one-off part costs, it will probably still be cheaper than buying a whole new fairing kit.

Welcome! If it's bodgeable, I say bodge it. The fairing is mainly cosmetic, and you'd have to do more than drop the bike to really b****** up a bracket, I reckon (not BASAT tested!) I have dropped my 1/2 faired pointy several times, no bung, not much damage (apart from trying to ride with a disc-lock installed...which cost me the knobble on my clutch lever and broke the indicator housing, now glued!) A vice is usually sufficient to turn wrong angles into right angles.

Point of interest - R+G seem to mount their bungs on a long(er) main engine bolt.
Bikini/unfaired

Full fairing

In their case, i believe the bolts are more malleable than usual, to bend on crashing, in your case the fairing bracket appears to be used as the sacrificial component rather than the mounting bolt. (Again, awaits Big Ape approval.) If it's made of normal metal, hasn't been dropped 40 times, and only has to support a fairing, I say it'll be fine.

i had same problem when mine met tarmac i ended up buying R&G bungs as the come with a block that replaces suzuki`s flimsy bracket not cheap but needs must

ps b carefull if u try n bend bracket back the welds snaped on mine & b4 u ask its been down on both sides so i dont have either spare (sorry)

went to esb in bolton and was told by the nice lady called ann that i had to buy the full kit, gutted to say the least, then up popped one of the mechanic who said "i remenber someone putting the r+g bungs on and left the orignals i think they are downstairs" could i be that lucky.
yes up he came with the right item and did not want a penny for it
RESULT what a nice bunch of people
thumbs up for esb bolton

Good result mate!

[andrewsmith]

nice 1!!
Asking round is normally the best policy