Must admit it’s still as the last pic, I’m off for two weeks over Christmas and it’ll turn from the caterpillar to the butterfly. I’ll post the pictures from the worst to finished
The fairing is a lot more work than you might imagine, it’ll be great once finished though, added to the new suspension I’m really looking forward to the next ride
I bet you are and i dont blame you although the weather might put paid to that in January, but lets hope its milder as its freezing here….
All coming up together now Glyn, take your time and enjoy… plenty of time while the weather is cold, that said my wife and i just got back from a little ride over the severn bridge into Wales for a pint… was quite nice with the sun shining…… but its gonna look nice when its all finished thats for sure..
Be very interested to see what difference you think the suspension makes. Should look stunning in black with the fairing. Finally got a ride on mine today, about a 60 mile round trip. Only my second ride and it did fell slightly clunky this time, guess it all has to bed in, even got to emergency brake as someone careered around the outside of a roundabout while indicating left. Brakes made a horrific noise like metal on metal, but worked well enough.
I unplugged the whole loom and re-routed either side of the fairing frame and it all went back with bags of room, I just hope the lights don’t go off when I hit the hooter
This is all good practice, if you dont like the fairing when its done then dont worry, it will always fit on mine. Ive been on my thruxton every day with my wife this week, xmas eve, xmas day, Boxing Day and today, this involved a pillion passenger and a pint, so its been a good week, just gonna ask my wife where we are going tomorrow….ha.
Had a five hour round trip this morning to pick up the new (second hand) seat but chuffed with it! Going for a ride on Saturday so will see how it feels then!! Any of you chaps got a set of rear foot pegs for the thruxton knocking around you’d like to parts ways with??
I think foot pegs for a thruxton are as rare as hens teeth,i looked for a while and in the end i had to get them from triumph, were around £39. i got the sport pegs to match the front ones, as i thought the rubber ones wear out eventually.
Heres a close up of the little bracket and ball bearing Matt. yes a bit fiddly as theres a small bracket and a small ball bearing that fits together and you slide it in with the peg into the bracket, so a large tray or a bag to catch the parts should they fall off while fitting is a good idea, once you do the first one the second one is easy….. the hard part is not losing the ball bearing.
