New fairing - faring fairly well.

[Fred]

Three 2 bob pieces on top of each fork spring make for great preload on my '78E Standard.
They are an exact fit.

[Eveready1100]

Looking good, mate! Whatever you can do in winter to get the wind off the hands is a good thing. That's where the big bimmer fairing that was on mine fell down a bit. great protection for the body but the gloves were left hanging in the breeze.
As far as the forks go, I'd maybe put a 1/2 - 3/4" spacer (pvc pipe is good) on top of the springs and just go 15 wt oil in them. you'd be amazed at what a difference that makes to the front end
(Pssst. Don't tell anyone but I know of a fellow running 10w - 40 motor oil in his forks with great results and it lasts a lot longer than ATF or fork oil, si there's another option)

[excess.11]

Coming along nicely.........................thats a bike i d be proud to own.
Thanks for the pics...

[hobbsy84]

I'm afraid the puns in the title had to be done...

So, I just finished up fitting the Rickman Polaris fairing I picked up off ebay, thought I'd share the results. Making the brackets up and fitting this thing by yourself is definately a mission to get it straight.

It needs a bit of a tidy up, but the look is growing on me.  The much reduced wind at speed is definately growing on me. Once the fairing is painted, and the screen is replaced with a decent one, its going to work well, I rekcon. I've also just about finished up sorting out the panniers too, just have to sort the top box mounting. But the Gearsack is doing the job for now. The photos are a bit ho-hum, started running out of light this atfernoon after mounting the horns.





(Yes, some might feel that these fairing were everything that was wrong with the 80's, but I kinda like it.)

The best part of all this, is that she is riding pretty damn smoothly. I will have to update the suspension though, it bottoms out on a decent bump on the front. But certainly doing the job for now.

One thing I will have to sort out though, is the ticking noise the motor makes after its warmed up. I figure it'll probably be the valve train making its usual agricultural noises, it got a little better after adjusting up the cam chain tension. Might need to check the valve clearances, methinks. It never got a new cam chain during the rebuild either, might be on the cards sooner rather than later.