Bikes with fairings standard or option?

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Guys - the triples that had the headlight fairing fitted, did they have this done at the factory or as an option with the front fairing bracket fitted? I've just brought a 3C that has one fitted with the fairing bracket on the headstock and not sure if this was standard or an option?

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Thanks again guys....as you can see the questions have started :)

Jamie
 
First triple with a frame mounted half fairing was the 1980 Jota.
This had the factory fitted bracket welded to the headstock.
All 180 triples had this bracket on the headstock from then on, whether a fairing was fitted or not (as far as I am aware). Plus the 1982 120 Jota in your pic,

If your bike really is a 3C (wire wheels, drum rear brake) then originally it would not have had a fairing bracket from the factory.
Either someone welded one on or it has had a replacement frame at some point.

If it was a late 3CL (alloy wheels) then there is a possibility it would have had a bracket as standard.
 
Thanks Grant, it is definitely a matching numbers 3C with rear drum brake and spokes. I will have a closer look but as you say it must have been fitted after it left the factory - I'll try and send some pictures of the mount.

Thanks again

Jamie
 
I have had 2 fairing fitted over the years.A TT Montegi full fairing and now an SS Bevel.They worked well back when you could cruise at 140ks for hours in OZ.Those days are over,thats a hanging offence these days.If I had my time over I would be returning my 3C to relatively standard condition or at least visualy.Have a look at Keiths 3c and Bretts 3c and Morices Drumers.They are such a stunning beutiful bike just as they are.Its one hell of a lot of work fitting a fairing well,and its mandatory to weld the headlight area mount or they wobble and brake.In my opinion its just not worth it.And thats coming from a serial modifier.
 
Here is a standard factory fairing bracket job.
2 threaded tubes welded to the headstock, black shaped bracket bolted to it (M8 from memory) and then a rubber isolastic type thingy that the metal subframe bolts to.

 
G'day Jamie as Grant mentioned I believe no  3C's had factory fitted fairings for sale to the public but they did some endurance racers at the factory that had an SFC style fairing so you have either got a retro fit from a previous owner or a later frame re stamped or maybe a rare factory endurance racer  :-X :-X :-X
 
One thing about Fairings - They keep Wind from beating you to death and keep you dry in the rain.

I believe, I'm about the only one on this forum to mount a 5 lb 3/4 Dunstall Rickman on my 71SF and love it.

Plus it actually looks good on the bike. I could have chopped it to expose that beautiful looking mill but I prefer keeping the wind and rain off my legs.

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Once you have used a fairing you will NOT do without one.
 
Maurice: Them Pic's are a few years old. I'm Running Bridgestone Battle AX V's 110's and 130 70"s now: So Back OFF - YOur post has nothing today with this thread..

If you ever shoed the old Perilli Phantom Rayon Radial Belted - You would know it was a great tire for our Breganzies other they tended to get hard over the years and where rather scary in the rain but once heat up where fantastic on sunny days.
 
Doesn't take much to take the carrier off but when I'm touring it comes in handy

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Don't let Marty see the kick down gear change. It will dissappear
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Not relevant to "FAIRINGS" - My rear sets have been on the bike for 10 years and have worked flawlessly without disappearing. More then I can say for Motalia and Torrozzi designs that are placed in a position for riders with 2ft legs - Thankyou.
 
and then a rubber isolastic type thingy that the metal subframe bolts to.
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This rubber continued Laverda's practice of multi useage of the same part - it was originally used as the "bearing" for early 750 and 350/500 swinging arms - regards - Phil
 
phil37 said:
This rubber continued Laverda's practice of multi useage of the same part - it was originally used as the "bearing" for early 750 and 350/500 swinging arms - regards - Phil
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and the rubber isolastic thingy does not fit the purpose of a fairing mount very bloody well. The factory when re purposing the existing part fitted a tube spacer inside it to sleeve it down to fit the mounting bolt, but it still leaves it too big and the fairing moves around.

At Wolfgang's rally I bought a new isolsastic thingy to attempt to cure the obvious slop in the fairing mounting, only to have Wolfgang point out that it wouldn't stabilize the fairing any better than the old one unless I shimmed it properly internally, which he then showed me how to do.

I wound up using brass shim stock to sleeve the spacer itself inside the hole it is supposed to be stabilizing but doesn't, then sleeving the bolt itself in the spacer with more brass shim stock, to finally get a stable fairing mount that is still rubber mounted but without all the slop.

Paul LeClair
 
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