Should this be straight?

[rustychain]

I presume the fairing bracket should be straight and not cockeyed???

The welds are intact which I know can be an issue.

 

[DrFarkoff]

if your tank and panels line up without stupid gaps or a struggle to fit them?

Then it is fine

 

[rustychain]

A couple of the fairing fixing holes don't line up, which is why I dismantled things.

This will also explain why the lower mounting points are a pig to line up on the front frame.

I'll attempt to straighten it a little.

 

[wessie]

the BMW part no. is on the item 46632328688 - google it, select Images and you will see pictures

 

[rustychain]

the BMW part no. is on the item 46632328688 - google it, select Images and you will see pictures

Thanks Wessie - I tried that route but the parts diagrams show the bracket from an offset view point. Hard to tell if the 'arm' should be straight.

I've just an image with a head on view - it should definitely be straight!

 

[Wrigsby1]

That should be straighten-able... I have experience of other brackets...

 

[Lord Snooty]

Definitely looks like a bit of a kink in it on the left hand side which poses the question how did it become like that?

 

[rustychain]

That should be straighten-able... I have experience of other brackets...

Looks like your were right. A bit of vice work and manual manipulation seems to have done the trick.

 

[rustychain]

Definitely looks like a bit of a kink in it on the left hand side which poses the question how did it become like that?

A good question. Not happened under my brief ownership. Nothing declared by seller from this forum. A previous off?

 

[Wrigsby1]

Looks like your were right. A bit of vice work and manual manipulation seems to have done the trick.

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I once had a CBR6 subframe straightened with the help of a forklift...