greg bender

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Steering head travel side to side (how to limit)

After installing the stock fairing, I noticed that when I turned the handlebar fully left or fully right, that the fairing would hit the tank - not good. This is not an issue while riding, but becomes annoying when maneuvering the bike around the garage, parking, etc.

I had initially thought about performing some surgery on the fairing, but I'm glad I didn't. Instead, I drilled and tapped the solid round bar welded to the front of the frame that serves to limit the steering travel side to side. A 13/64" drill and a 6 mm x 1 mm tap did the job just fine. A 6 mm x 1 mm x 8 mm bolt screwed in all the way works perfect.