Hi
The Dunstall fairing had 2 mounting points. There was a mount from the neck and another under the 2 frame fails under the gas tank. I didn't have the original mounts so I made my own. I am in the process of making a new neck mount out of aluminum but I won't be working on it until the weather warms up.
Here is the neck mount. I used long eye bolts around the tank mount pins to hold the bracket tight against the neck of the frame.
The 2nd bracket supports the bottom of the fairing and is held in place by U clamps. You can see the eye bolts for the neck bracket around the tank mount pins on the frame.
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These 2 brackets are approximations of what Dunstall supplied with the fairing. I am making much nicer brackets that will be adjustable. I started on the new neck bracket. Here is what I have so far.
Always use some type of rubber washers or buffers between the brackets and the fiberglass fairing. The headlight hole has been enlarged on your fairing. Here is what it looked like originally.
Post some pics of your bike. I love to see Dunstall bikes and parts.
Scott
Hi Scott,
Thanks for your help and the info. We talked before, I wanted to buy your red fairing but shipping it to Australia was prohibitive due to the cost.
How does the mount hold to the front of the frame? Did you have to weld anything on to the frame?
What’s holding the headlight and turn signals?
I see your yellow fairing doesn’t appear to be fibreglass. It’s flat and not rugged like fibreglass and be edge is square and white.
What material is it made of? And is it original?
Looking at the one I got, the opening for the headlight isn’t the same as yours. The top of yours is flat whilst mine is round.
The bike I have is a K1 which I got some years ago. It has a lot of history, the guy had it since 1975 and it went through many transitions. Until he put the Dunstall kit on it. But he never had the fairings. He said the pipes rot very fast and the rearsets had issues, and fell apart. So he put Australian made Hanko pipes and Tarozzi rearsets.
The wheels are Henry Abe, and I think they are original.
When I got the bike the tank was leaking, so I put a liner on it and I am yet to put fuel in it. I hope it holds, it was hard to put the liner in because the tank has two compartments and I can’t see if I covered all the rear compartment since I can’t see it. I literally spent hours rolling that tank with the product inside.
Here are some photos of the bike.