I still have the D-Times kit on mine, and while it's not made the job one I look forward to, it's drastically better than the stock arrangement. I did lose one Dzus fastener along the way, only to find it laying in the spot where I normally park at work. Now I give them a quick visual check as part of my pre-ride.
I think Derek's approach, without the metal bands, would be a further improvement, but I'm going to be spending the Spring on Project Get (Sorta) Nekkid which will delete the lower and mid fairings. I'll be going after the look of the fairing on first ST2 in this thread:
The road goes on forever, and the party never ends. - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
From: Derek Blackie <d.w.blackie@dundee.ac.uk>
To: st2_owners <st2_owners@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 8:13:20 AM
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Re:Here's a flaming echo !!!
I made my own brackets but they too were a pain in the arse, trying to get everything lined up and the Dzus to fasten was very difficult. Eventually I chucked the brackets and fitted the clip on Dzus receptacles to the top of the upper part of the lower fairing, It's been like this for about 4 years now with no problems. I can whip the lower fairings off in about 60 seconds but it takes a few longer to re-fit them. The RH side is a bit awkward to locate around the coolant reservoir but at least I can leave all of the top fairing in place :-)
Derek
'03 ST4s abs
Scotland
On 10/02/2011 14:33, "Colin" <st2cmack@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I tried the "kit" also, also had the same results. The fasteners, once lined up, would not stay done up. I went back to the wellnuts but with less of them and everything stays together just fine. Now there's a couple less fasteners to deal with!
Colin
00ST2
--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com <mailto:st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com> , Michael Toomath <bandmtoomath@...> wrote:
>
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> I have to ask if any other ST owners have attempted to install the fairing
> replacement brackets as supplied by a fellow lister, (no name will be mentioned
> at this point) the middle fairing has to loose 2 of the mounting lugs to do the
> job, and they cannot be put 'back on' once this is done. Then 2 stainless steel
> bands hold the upper fairing in place (with zoos, miss spelling intended, male &
> female fasteners) to enable the middle/lowers fairings to be removed while the
> upper fairing stays in place. I figure you know what I'm on about and possibly
> the product, and it's source. We (Bob, 40 years Ducati mechanic) and I toiled on
> this for *%#!ing hours and there is no way, and I say "no way" that it is
> possible to do, as is said, with this product. So anyone who has gone the same
> way as I did and made the fairing removal more difficult, for the rest of time,
> could you tell me if you had positive results with the fitment. And if so, how
> did you do it? My fairings still require the removal of the lot, as the lowers
> will not go into position without knocking the fasteners out of line. And the
> brackets themselves are too tight across the space to easily fit the male to the
> female and hold the fairings together, and the pre drilled holes on one side
> didn't line up with the fairing holes. All together a pain in the arse, and
> thumbs. Feed back would be appreciated, as from where I stand at the moment I
> would not recommend this system to my worst enemy.
> Not normally a bleeding heart, ride safe.
> Mike, 2003, ST4s, 'STralia
>
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