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Vetter Mounting Guidelines
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| The last Windjammer brackets were made in 1987. Since I had sold the company 8 years earlier, I don't know if the new owners kept up on fitting new models. More often than not, I am asked for guidelines in mounting Windjammer fairings onto newer bikes. They can and I ask for the writer to send me a picture from the side, with the camera at tank height, a pic of his bike. Then I ask that somebody hold up his fairing where he thinks it belongs, without moving the camera. Then I volunteer to PhotoShop the fairing in the right place so he can build hardware to hold it in the right position. One such Vetter owner wanted to make brackets for his Magna but found an existing pic of a Winfjammer already mounted on a Magna: | |||||||||||
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With just a few changes, this fairing would have fit so much better. Follow these guidelines. |
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Position: The fairing needs to be moved as far back as possible. Usually one of three things are the limit: 1) The handlebars hit at full lock. 2) The instruments hit the dash board 3) the forks hit inside the opening. My guess is that the forks will hit if we try to move the fairing back, above. The fairing is now tipped back a little. As a rule of thumb, the windshield should be at the angle of the forks. |
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Windshield height: Sitting in normal riding position, on the wheels (not the center stand) make the windshield about 1" below the horizon. In this position, you can peek over it when it is fogged up. You can duck down a little to avoid hail. Buy a taller windshield if you need it... cut it down if you need to. Sand the edges into a smooth radius. You never know when you might be hitting it. Bracket fabrication tips: Newer bikes have wider tanks which means that the rear mounting bolt needs to be cut away. Sometimes this is possible but it shortens the distance between the mounting bolts and puts undue stress on the plastic. A better solution is to lower fairing so the rear mounting bolts are below the tank. The strongest part of the bracket needs to be the front. Go to great lengths to make the forward portion very solid. The angle of the bracket line - where the fairing mounts - IS NOT LEVEL WITH THE GROUND. The rear is about 1 1/2" lower than the front. Take a look at some of the ways Vetter Owners are innovating mounting brackets on the Vetter Owners Pages. Send us your solutions so we can post them for others. |
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Updated Oct 7, 2009
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