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Thanks Rocketeer Mully. I'll see if there's anything available in the U.K. Or even make my own. I suppose I could use black delrin as that would put less strain on the fender.

Anyone had any issues with these and added stress causing damage?
 
Blackthou said:
Thanks Rocketeer Mully. I'll see if there's anything available in the U.K. Or even make my own. I suppose I could use black delrin as that would put less strain on the fender.

Anyone had any issues with these and added stress causing damage?
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just a note the shrouds (4) are made of some plastic and in my previous r3 they started to have stress cracks all over so bad after a while I had to reassemble them with glue ( similar break to tempered glass when it breaks) you can see the cracks from the inside before it shows on the outside !! and glue them together before it gets too wide spread, I attribute the cracks to the large temperature difference found in northern canada
 
put them on my 07 years back still look good,have not loosened up,no extra strain as you asked,would recommend
 
rocketjohn said:
I'd say where motorcycles are concerned a drop of blue loctite on every fastener you remove and replace is a good idea.
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I did that to my blinker lenses after losing one and the internal light fitting on some very rough dirt roads a few months ago. Just got back from 3200Km (2000 mile) trip including 1000+ over secondary sealed country roads and found I still lost a blinker lens that had fractured all around the screws, leaving them firmly in place with a little ring of orange plastic. When I checked the other side it had cracked both sides too but was yet to detach. They were not over-tightened either as I deliberately backed them off to prevent cracking lenses.

Cannot win it seems, and these are stock rear blinkers on rubber flexible stalks.

I recently changed my (pre-owner scuffed & spray-can painted black) chrome radiator shrouds for an unused chrome set from @garry fuller

Still used Blue Loctite on the screws though as I found them loose after just 4000km since last removed.
 
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