I have a 2000 M750, and various previous owners have made their fair share of modifications, some reasonably well done, others not so much. No fairing was installed when I bought it, but it came with the original bikini fairing and some mounts (and a hideous rattle can black paint job, but I fixed that). The mounts are a strip of bent aluminum going to a round portion which wraps around the mirror mounts. One of the mounts cracked, so I went looking for if new ones were easily available, but I didn't find anything which resembled my mount. I'll probably just make a new one myself, but I wanted to check with you guys: is this the OE style mount, or is this a solution that someone else came up with? If not, what does the stock mount look like? See below for pictures (also note my spiffy controls which I just finished refurbishing... not relevant, I just want to show off).
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0By5dKyi_dJR2U0pMWGRtNFBNMEk)
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0By5dKyi_dJR2OWdkQzRJQ09xSGs)
Last picture shows the mount from the front, and also shows what the kill switch used to look like.
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0By5dKyi_dJR2ZGY0NXZVTEFIV00)
Home done. Fairings were not stock on that year 750. That is an OEM fairing though. Those mounts are home made. Factory mounts, if I remember correctly, go to upper triple.
Quote from: howie on April 13, 2015, 01:25:03 PM
Home done. Fairings were not stock on that year 750. That is an OEM fairing though. Those mounts are home made. Factory mounts, if I remember correctly, go to upper triple.
The factory mounts did indeed attach with longer screws through the upper triple pinch bolt holes.
The brackets were cast and steel and weighed about 10 lbs. The early fairings were pretty solid compared to the later units which benefit from stays.
Thanks guys! Just what I needed to know. I think I'll stick with the DIY style for now and make a replacement for the cracked part (since they work pretty well and cover up some ugly washers that I needed to mount the non-OEM mirrors).