Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (rabjay) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:21:17 GMT

Yeah, so send me yours! Actually right now I'm using the one good Honda clamp on one side and the National Cycle Clamp on the other. Managed to get both clamps on tight. Problem is that the shield is just a little on the crooked side. You can't tell from the front but the vent is clearly tilted to one side.
It'll work okay until I get either the Kuryakyn Clamp or the HOnda Clamp.
Alternatively, I might try to use both National Cycle clamps and use the spacers that...

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:18:26 GMT

Stan,

Thanks for clarifying that for me.

RJ,

I can see three potential problems with the clamp you ordered. It may be too thick. The mounting hole may be too big. The clamp may not close all the way and tighten around the fork tube since one side of the clamp butts up against one side of the 11mm (0.43") thick rubber grommet and the other side fits is 7/16"" away from its normal clamping position. The first two "potentials"...

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (rabjay) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:23 GMT

Too small. 41mm is about 1.60 inches. The clamps you recommended are max 1.25". I ordered one of these:

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products.asp?bn=metric&ci=2959

What do you think?

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:04:33 GMT

The 3 piece clamps (like on the lower link) do not come large enough for the forks. The ones for pegs on the upper link WILL bend the fork tubes. This is more of what I had in mind for Fred;

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:07:56 GMT

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (rabjay) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:33:09 GMT

Thanks. Been there done that as well as calling at least 12-24 different Honda dealers nationwide. The part is backordered from Honda and I bought the last one. All the parts fiches list the part, take your order then call you and tell you its backordered with no release date.
Kuryakyn makes a 41mm clamp that should fit the T's fork but it has a 5/16 hole while the stock bolt is 6mm.
Apart from having someone fabricate me a clamp, you think that's my best bet?

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Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:08:28 GMT

RB,

Have you tried all the parts fiches?

http://fiche.ronayers.com/Index.cfm/Module/Main/TypeID/26/Type/Motorcycle/MakeID/1/Make/Honda/YearID/39/Year/1998/ModelID/7337/Model/VT1100T/GroupID/320173/Group/WIND_SCREEN

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (rabjay) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:27:37 GMT

I really, really need at least one fork clamp, either side will do. Alternatively, I need to know what size side clamp I would need. Honda has backordered the mounting clamp for the fork and I bought the last right side one in my parts order.

Any suggestions since you all seem to be very involved in this?

Thanks,

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:07:35 GMT

Thanks Skip. I'll keep working on her, got some more to do.

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:56:12 GMT

She's looking really really good Fred.

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:37:24 GMT

Alain,

I find it amazing how something that looks smaller and looks right (the Clearview windshield) provides better wind protection than something that looks too big (the Rifle windshield), but all things considered the Rifle windshield must be shaped wrong.

Bob,

Besides replacing the windshield and the speedometer, so far I have replaced the left switchgear cover and the clutch-mirror support. Funnily, the mirror itself was fine. It did not break, but its...

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:10:33 GMT

Fred....I must agree with you on all that you said about the Clearview. It sounds like we have the same deminsions on both of our Clearviews. I absolutely love mine and how quiet it is when I'm riding behind this bigger shield.

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (mktobob) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:07:05 GMT

You bike is looking great Fred. What did you have to replace after the mishap last fall? Bob

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:42:53 GMT

Stan,

I bought the stock clamps. They work well.

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:21:42 GMT

I agree....it does look better than the Rifle shield. What fork clamps did you end up with?

Stan

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:57:23 GMT

I have a Cobra lightbar, but decided to go with the standard-cut, not the Valk-cut Clearview windshield. After living with the differences between a windshield with 12" long built-in lowers on my Nighthawk and one with no lowers, the Rifle that was on my T for 8 years, I definitely prefer the windshield with built-in lowers because it provides much better wind protection, with no undrafts or wind noise from updrafts. I also love the looks of the Clearview vs. Rifle. The Rifle was...

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:18:54 GMT

Stan,

I think you are right. Those kind of clamps would be strong enough. I think I have a few of them in smaller sizes. The trouble with them is they are so thick and strong they really have to be inserted from the end. Trying to unbend them, fit them over a handlebar, or a fork, and then bend them back into shape is difficult. On the other hand if you can remove whatever is at the end of a handlebar (grip) or fork (triple clamp) then they can be slid on from the end easily....

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:07:23 GMT

I don't think these would be strong enough....not for me anyway. This is what I really had in mind. They can be picked up at most cycle supply shops. JC Whitney calls these slide clamps (the ones in the lower right corner).

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:06:07 GMT

Thanks for the help Shannon and Stan. I know what to order now.

I have four stout aluminum clamps that came with my Rifle windshield. I wish I could re-use them for my T windshield bracketry, but the spacing is too wide. They are made to clamp outside the width of the fork spacing, not inside as the T bracket is. See picture below.

Stan,

Do you...

Re: A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (bamaTrider) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:59:19 GMT

Trider is correct. The 2 piece clamps for both left and right are identical....you just flip one opposite of the other. The #6 parts are just rubber fillers to help dampen vibration and to keep from marring the fork tubes. These photos are a little blurry, but believe you can get a general idea of how they mount.
A simple set of SS P clamps would work just fine if the originals prove to be hard to get. Ordinary SS and rubber grommets in hardware from Lowe's will do for the rest...

A Little Help Please

feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:34:36 GMT

For the last 8 years I have had a Rifle windshield on my T. I do have some of the stock bracketry I picked up a few years ago, but I am trying to find out what else I need. I do have #9 in the picture below, but it looks like I also need numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 21, 24 & 1 as well. What is confusing me is that the bracket that is pictured is for the left fork, but perhaps number 5 is for the left fork and number 4 is the mirror image for the left fork. Is that the way it goes?...