Project Windjammer

[chuck hahn]

Well I just have one thing to say about all this..I am UTTERLY astonished that the fairing and loweres are the same ones me and Dale drug out of the bin that day. THEN..I saw them all sawed up and laying next to your dog. Now I see the fairing reassembled and the lowers rebent and fitted..Its all very interesting and its just amazing what these parts have been tru and now they are like new again!! Just UTTERLY amazing!! Glad that you got such joy and satisfaction from them.. I will also say you got a heck of a story behind them and pics for backup. I bet many a conversation about it all will be had. Enjoy and keep us posted. Best luck, Chuck

[850GT_Rider]

Wow - what a job well done!

I'd make sure to send a note to Craig Vetter himself. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of all the work you're doing, just to have his equipment on your bike.

He'd also be really amazed at the lowers. His very own website says Type V lowers only fit Type V Windjammers. You done proved him wrong!

[chuck hahn]

MODIFIED lowers fit ANY fairing..LMAO!!!!

[Planecrazy]

I agree that a note and a link to this thread would "wow" Craig Vetter. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he sent you some of the outstanding parts you need (like the snapvents, moldings, and attachment hardware for the lowers, as an example) just because of the impressive job you've done pulling off a "Frankenstein" reincarnation of a chopped up fairing, etc...

It truly is one of the more impressive projects I've ever seen on the forum and it's not even finished!

Regards,

[Guest]

My painting skills are.... actually I have none.

well, you can definitely say NOW you do have painting skills!

[Matchless]

well, you can definitely say NOW you do have painting skills!

I am definitely not going to be that forward, even to myself, before I have done the tank and fairing!
Although I must admit, I have been strutting around the bike in the garage with a bit of a smirk when no-one was about!

[Matchless]

Windjammer has just been painted:

[rustybronco]

That sure didn't take you long! what did you do; start painting as soon as company stepped out the door?

[Matchless]

That sure didn't take you long! what did you do; start painting as soon as company stepped out the door?

They were just around the corner on their way back to Cape Town!
The weather report shows 27 C for tomorrow so I will have it baking in the sun for a while. The harness has been patched in as well!

[DanTheMan]

The whole job looks way better than my hack job! Especially those lowers, I didn't spend near as much time and effort making the 750 lowers work on my bike, I just cut until they fit the way they worked best for me.

[Matchless]

The whole job looks way better than my hack job! Especially those lowers, I didn't spend near as much time and effort making the 750 lowers work on my bike, I just cut until they fit the way they worked best for me.

I must give Dale some credit. I had to make a call on Dale shipping the type IV lowers over and then finding them impossible to fit to the Windjammer V (as Craig Vetter himself said). Dale confirmed that it would just require some bending and trimming which was enough for me.

If anyone has some detail on the "bungee cord" that was used to tie the two lowers under the carbs I will appreciate it. Were the eyelets on the badge mountings used for this?

[rustybronco]

If anyone has some detail on the "bungee cord" that was used to tie the two lowers under the carbs I will appreciate it.

where did you get this information from?

[chuck hahn]

It looks awesome Andre!! Way different than the pics in post #1 !!!

[DanTheMan]

I didn't know anything about a bungee cord. Now, I'll have to see if I can make a spot to tuck the remaining bits of my flaps for my lowers in closer.

[850GT_Rider]

where did you get this information from?

It's on Craig Vetter's website as "Instructions for mounting Lowers", but I think the bungee cord solution only applies to Type 5 lowers, as that's the instructions that are shown.