Home Made Wind Deflectors

Well I made a set of home made wind deflectors...and what an ass whoopin. If I could find suitable clamps (two piece) two go around the forks it would be cake pieces. I tried to use exhaust clamps and it turned out that they are a pain in the butt to open up and then bend back into shape (close up) around the forks. After I finished one (only to discover that the plastic I bought was probably two thin and would flop around) I dicided that the factory ones are a steel at what ever price. Lesson learned. If I had the knowledge and machinery of Flip it would probably not be a big deal. Cutting out the plastic was the easy part. My thanks to MarkC for sending me the templates. I now have a set on order. I have a picture in my photo's for your viewing pleasure.

Snuff:

The interlocking clamps that Triumph has made (most likely subcontracted by my friends () at National Cycle, are real proprietary. I've never seen a clamp with the interlocking halves like that in any fastener or clamp catalog.

Clamps

I've seen it suggested that 2" pipe hanger clamps from Lowes work well.
They are steel with a rubber liner..

Seems to me they wold need to be more like 2.25", but thats what I've read.

Roy

Yes, Lowes pipe hangers. I modified some Harley wind deflectors and used 2" (2 1/2 are too large) rubber coated pipe hangers. Attached are some pictures.

Two piece fork mounts from Kuryakyn ?

Would the 58mm mounts work?

http://www.kuryakyn.com/category.asp?bn=metric&cn=New+Products&page=3

I think they are $69/set...


Roy