Wanted: 86 vfr750 Right Side Fairing Stay

Hello Everyone,
Im looking for a right side fairing stay for my 86 vfr750..its the last piece i need and my bike is complete. Does anyone have one they would sell or know where I can get one? Any help is very much appreciated. Ive included a picture of the one I need.

Thanks
Dutch

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I got one of these at my local Honda dealer last year - it had to be ordered but only took a few business days to arrive. If I remember right it was about 8 dollars or so...

 

Yup.

I've gotten mine from Honda also.

 

Thanks guys im gonna pop by the honda shop today..i was looking at several dealer parts fiche and they said discontinued so i hope not.

 

Hi Dutch
I ran across the same dilemma on one of my braces. I scrounged around and found some stainless steel tubing left over, it was 1/4" id. I cut it off and welded a nut on one end and slid in a headless 6mm bolt on the other end and welded it in. I sprayed it with some sealer.



You can make a strap type of brace using some 1/8"x1" aluminum or steel stock. or threaded rod or ....

 

Hey Camo thanks for the info..i will definately add that to my book of tricks..but i did order a new one at the dealer..they are available but not cheap..$20. But while i was there i sold an extra tank i had to a friend of the parts guy so it all worked out. So if you're looking for one they can be ordered from the dealer. Thanks for all the help guys...

 

I have several but do not run them on my bike. They are the devil if you have a tip over as the will break a huge section from the lower. My two pennies. VFR Chuck sends a really nice set with his product, way better than stock, may want to ask if he will sell just those.......if you have that kind of time. Your great grandchildren will really appreciate them.

 

Hi Toecutter
Both of my side fairings were broken out as you described. Makes me think that I want to redesign the mounts, maybe just some aluminum strap. Notice in my picture above you can see the weave of the layer of carbonfiber that I bonded to the inside.

 

When you say that VFR Chuck sells a nice set with his product, do you mean that he sells the fairing stays with the fiberglass fairings? I have a set of side fairings and a tail from him (but somehow not the fairing stays) and I just finished painting and application of decals... I'll be in the same boat next week in terms of finding fairing stays. I will also happen to be in Columbus this weekend, so if Chuck sells them and I can swing by his place, then I will do so. If not, I can always fabricate my own.

So your panels are stable without the stays? I didn't know how much flex there would be in the panels and just planned on putting them on since that's how they came from the factory. Are you running the stock plastic of the fiberglass from Chuck?

Also, interesting factoid I realized last night while putting the stripe decals on... did you know that the left and ride side triangular panels are different heights when measured from top corner to bottom edge where the screw hole is? One side is about 17" and the other is about 18". At first I was ticked off that the part from Chuck was incorrectly sized, but I measured the stock panels I have and they were the same. Apparently, making the panels symmetrical was not a big deal back then... or maybe there is some reason for it that someone else knows about??

 

JCF
My fairing is about 30-50% reinforced with carbon fiber. I am sure it is twice as stiff as stock. Not sure how it compares to your fiberglass panel. You may have luck if your front lower mount is reinforced with a panel and the rear lower mount is made stiffer. On my stock panel there is only a clip on the front holding the panels togheter and a single 6mm bolt screwed into a sheet metal brace in the lower back mount.

 

Unfortunately I don't have the stock cowls as they didn't come with the bike when I bought it, so I can't compare stiffness. All I can say is that the fiberglass ones don't flex a whole lot.

Are you still using the braces that you made, or are you not using them because of the damage they can cause / Toe's suggestion?

I guess at this point, I will just put everything together next week and see how it feels. If it's flimsy, I'll make some brackets with aluminum, and if it's sturdy, I'll leave it alone.

The mounting method on these panels is the same as stock, as best as I can tell. I have two spring clips that hold the the front lowers together (one in the front, one on the bottom) and the 6 mm bolts on either side at the rear of the panels. It appears as though a shelf / lip was added to the front lower of the cowls. I'm not home otherwise I'd snap a picture to show you what I mean.

Here's two pics showing the point where I'm at now. Clear coat, a carb sync, and a couple of minor things and I'm ready to ride... so close! :biggrin:

 

Carp
I reread my post and I wasn't clear. I put the side mounts on as the lower stock front and rear mounts didn't seem substantial enough.

Beautiful paint. Your bike should be great.

 

Thanks Camo!

I'm in Columbus right now, so I think I'm going to give Chuck a call and see if he has any side mounts handy. If not, I can always make ones with aluminum strips if they are really needed once it all goes together. It seems like the aluminum ones would probably act as a crumple zone if you ever did tip it over and just fold in on itself, hopefully leaving just scuff marks on the side panels.

 

I have had both stock panels from 86 and 87.... the 86 stock panels were heavy the 87's not so much both sets took a lot of abuse I repaired the 86 panels and when I laid it down at longs earlier this year it only broke where I repaired it.. the 87 panels are flimsy as I have no "side bracket" .... (My side mount screws are busted need to tap them out) and the repairs that I did on the bikes original fairings would suggest that they are really bad for the fairings....both sides that particular corner had to be fixed... with that being said, I would prefer to have those points utilized, It would make the wobbles on the fairings less