Thruxton Fairing Instrument Mount

When I bought the Thruxton in 2017 I immediately noticed the potential problem that Triumph had created with the fairing kit - namely the ill considered wiring routing to ignition switch and instruments. I sorted the ignition switch by taking the harness out of the plastic guide;- which Triumph have now decided to do too!

The instruments posed more of a problem. Initially I messed around with the routing of clutch cable and brake hose as both fouled the instrument harness. Then I added a couple of standoffs to the instrument mount to lower the binnacle. Neither was really a fix, just like Triumphs belated recall solution.

So with my warranty expiring last month I decided it was time for action. I had sketched up a solution some time ago and made some patterns but at the time could not find any suitable metal at my price - free! So eventually I just had to open my wallet and buy a bit of suitable aluminium. The result is a bracket that picks up the lower fairing main mounting bolt. This meets my basic modification criteria that mods must be easily reversible. An added bonus is for me is that the instruments are now also easier to read.

 

Hi Glyn, if you mean the lowering block then yes it did - necessary with the frame. The cable/hose fouling was possibly a combination of the fact that I seem to have a Friday afternoon build, plus the dealer who fitted the fairing did not have much of a clue and apparently could not follow the instructions.

The real problem is the short run of harness to the instruments which is going to fail sooner or later as it puts a lot of stress on a very small part of the sub-harness at its junction with the main harness. Triumphs recall has not really addressed this, it has just weighted the fail chances towards 'later'.

The Thruxton is actually the first faired bike I have owned that does not have the instruments mounted to the fairing, which Triumph could have done at no extra cost by welding a couple of lugs to the fairing frame.

 

No I have not bothered. As mentioned above I did the Triumph "recall mod" on the ignition harness two years ago - simply removed the harness from the plastic shroud.

There is no point in me fitting the recall spec shroud on the left hand side as removing the instruments from the top yoke eliminates all relative movement between instruments and frame and therefore eliminates the risk of the wires breaking.