HavocCat
Chris
So, I got Humpty Dumpty back together today, however in the process of the rebuild I developed an issue...
I took the opportunity of crashing as a good excuse to buy some new fancy clip ons that I have been frothing over for a while. When I got them installed with my replacement upper, I found that I have a slight rubbing on the top of the fairing when at max turn left or right. When turned right, the throttle cable housings are just barely coming in to contact with the upper part of the fairing. When turned left, the plastic housing for the mode switch buttons and old high beam switch comes in to contact.
I have checked function of all controls at all steering angles, it does not cause any issue to running any of them such as clutch, brake, throttle returnability...
So my question is, is a slight contact like this a failable tech item? I took my 90 degree angle grinder and ground off the sharp corner of the plastic housing on the clutch side, however I am not sure how I would go about making the throttle cable housings not contact.
I will attach some pictures to show you all what I am looking at.
Here is a general overall picture of how it turned out. Do these lever guards look unusually low to anyone? They don't contact the fairing, but this is the optimal angle for effectiveness for where I have my levers at.
Here is the throttle side. You can see at the left side of the picture, there is gap between the brake and the lever guard, but the throttle cables are just contacting the upper part of the fairing.
Another throttle side shot, backed out a little bit.
Here is the clutch side.
A side shot of the clutch side. I should note here that the clutch lever never contacts the fairing anywhere in the turning radius. And the mode switch is not affected either. The only part hitting is the plastic housing.
Another angle of the clutch side. I have never set up aftermarket clip ons before, so I just sat on the bike and put the clip ons and levers where I thought they were comfortable... If any of it looks off to anyone please let me know!
I took the opportunity of crashing as a good excuse to buy some new fancy clip ons that I have been frothing over for a while. When I got them installed with my replacement upper, I found that I have a slight rubbing on the top of the fairing when at max turn left or right. When turned right, the throttle cable housings are just barely coming in to contact with the upper part of the fairing. When turned left, the plastic housing for the mode switch buttons and old high beam switch comes in to contact.
I have checked function of all controls at all steering angles, it does not cause any issue to running any of them such as clutch, brake, throttle returnability...
So my question is, is a slight contact like this a failable tech item? I took my 90 degree angle grinder and ground off the sharp corner of the plastic housing on the clutch side, however I am not sure how I would go about making the throttle cable housings not contact.
I will attach some pictures to show you all what I am looking at.
Here is a general overall picture of how it turned out. Do these lever guards look unusually low to anyone? They don't contact the fairing, but this is the optimal angle for effectiveness for where I have my levers at.
Here is the throttle side. You can see at the left side of the picture, there is gap between the brake and the lever guard, but the throttle cables are just contacting the upper part of the fairing.
Another throttle side shot, backed out a little bit.
Here is the clutch side.
A side shot of the clutch side. I should note here that the clutch lever never contacts the fairing anywhere in the turning radius. And the mode switch is not affected either. The only part hitting is the plastic housing.
Another angle of the clutch side. I have never set up aftermarket clip ons before, so I just sat on the bike and put the clip ons and levers where I thought they were comfortable... If any of it looks off to anyone please let me know!