Got the 1986 Kawasaki Concours back together yesterday morning before church. It was pretty straight foward although tabs my neighbor welded between the supports were a bit of an obstruction for the speedometer. Tightening the bolts down pulled the brackets together tightly enough not to be an issue. Also everything had to be squared back up, and all the years of various repairs and work-arounds had to be sorted out. Some are no longer needed while others needed adjustments-like brute force to line up the windshield, the main fairing and the inner fairings!
I rode around some yesterday-no real "ride" but so far it's a big improvement. Lots of the bouncing and shaking is gone, and the signs of rubbing and chafing I saw during this project were likely caused by the fairing bracket failures. 3621 miles to 100,000!
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