crash bung bit with fairing

anyone know what the bit connecting the crash bungs to the main body are called? (black j shaped thing used when bike fitted with lower fairing)??

anyone even know the bit i'm talking about

[DarrenSV650S]

Yeh I know what you mean. Unfortunately I don't know what they are called either.
But you don't want to use these for crash bungs. Although the type of bungs that fit to these standard J pieces are a lot cheaper, the J piece is weak and will easily bend if you come off. As it bends it will crack your fairing. The only real option I found was the R & G crash bungs. They come with a sold metal block which fits behind your fairing using two bolts which go right through the engine. The actual bung then bolts on to this. This is a hell of a lot stronger and will help to save your fairing. I had an off a wee while ago, quite high speed. The bike scrapped along its side, the bung and bung bolt were bent to buggary, but the metal block was fine and the fairing was not cracked. It only had scratches, which are a lot cheaper to respray than buying a whole new set of fairings.

where the hell were u with this advice 4 days ago before i slide on gravel and put my 3 day old new bike on the deck!!! broke the j piece section, cracked and scraped left side fairing to hell!!

so do the crash bungs fit ok with the lower fairing? what goes in the space left by the standard ones(hope u understand what i mean)

where did u buy said crash bungs and for how much?

cheers marty

[DarrenSV650S]

Ahh thats very unlucky mate. Same thing happened to me. I am getting one lower fairing, nose section, tail piece, mudguard and cowl resprayed for about £200. The R&G's are the dogs danglies. Bit more expensive but deffo worth it. I got mine for about £90 off ebay (they dont come up often) Think they go for about £100 from R&G's website. They look the same from the outside as any other crash bung. Only they are a lot stronger.
The metal block is totally concealed behind the fairing with two bolts which go right through the engine to the bung on the other side. The bung then screws into this metal block after you put the fairing back on.
Hope this helps and you get your bike sorted asap