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Interest in cluster and headlights which turn with steering?

5.2K views 11 replies 10 participants last post by  Grumpy_Trumpy  
#1 ·
Anyone interested in a bracket to mount the instrument cluster and headlights so that they turn with the steering?

Back story: I flipped my handle bars to get a more aggressive riding position (which is great). However because of clearance issues, I can no longer use my flyscreen. I am looking into ways that I might be able to put the flyscreen back on. Also, I want to keep my stock instrument cluster and my stock dual headlights. One solution which was suggested (thanks Gyser!) was to have the cluster, headlights and flyscreen turn with the steering, which would remove the clearance issues.

I have found someone (Fractal/Daz at D3) who is working on a bracket to mount the cluster from the top yoke, which means that it will turn with the steering.
Daz is interested in looking into adding a bracket for the stock headlights, but would like to see what kind of interest there is before putting too much time/money into it. No pricing or anything, but D3 prices are pretty reasonable.

http://www.street-triple.co.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=12644.0

So is there anyone with lower handlebars or clipons who would like to also have a flyscreen? Or perhaps anyone who just wants a trick setup?

Like I said, no prices yet... Also not looking to collect any money.
Just looking to see who is interested...

Or perhaps you have a different solution? (already looked into the LSL solution... but I want the stock dual headlights)

Scott
 
#3 ·
Haven't seen that before. It is very nice and is VERY close to what I want... It would be perfect if the headlights sat out farther... I think it looks a little ridiculous with the flyscreen sitting so far in front of the headlights

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Not to mention, it is very spendy.

Great suggestion though!

Scott
 
#8 ·
That's not always true. Even with countersteering, at some speeds, the headlight would point inward, while at generally higher speeds it would point slightly outward.

That said, if I remember correctly, the round headlight SV650s had the light mounted to the forks, so it probably isn't enough to matter.
 
#9 ·
There are other negatives to think about including instability due to aerodynamic drag on the headlights which isn't an issue when they are attached to the frame. Also added weight the steering in general makes all kinds of weird things happen if you hit a rough bit of road mid corner.
 
#12 ·
I'd definitely be interested in something like this! Plenty of bikes have all the gear mounted to the forks. Its still very centralized so I don't think it would add too much weight to top of the bars during a steer. Especially given that the wheel barely turns over anything above ~30km/h.

GT