I have some photos at home that'll put up tonight, but I'll try and explain briefly now. On the left hand side of my bike where the nose cone meets the middle fairing panel there is a clip on the nose cone. On my bike, the 2 don't join in that area. I took the cone off and placed a spirit level on the brace, and the 2 sides are well out. Is a brace completely symmetrical? Is mine bent? Like I said, piccys laters.

Sounds bent..

Lots of them have been droped and tweaked. If it is the oe steel one then bend it back and see if that helps!
Do your headlamps fit perfectly centrally into the holes in't nose?

So here are the pictures of the problem and the brace:






Verdict?

Bent

Druid

fastdruid wrote:Bent

Druid

Everyones so personal around here

can you not just bend it back?

Simon_Ed wrote:can you not just bend it back?

Yeah but I wanted to know if it was bent before I started messing about with it

you said you took the cone off to check it, then you just said you messed with it?

no one apart from you can say if it was bent before you started. take it off then if its bent on one particular side check the side of the bike its bent, has someone dropped it without you knowing?

Simon_Ed wrote:you said you took the cone off to check it, then you just said you messed with it?

no one apart from you can say if it was bent before you started. take it off then if its bent on one particular side check the side of the bike its bent, has someone dropped it without you knowing?

Sorry must have got my words muddled up. The part where the 2 bits join has been broken since I've had it. I didn't know if the brace is supposed to be totally symmetrical or not. Mine isn't.

So now I know I need to straighten it.

Thanks guys.

EDIT: I see where the confusion was, I should have said "I wanted to know if it was bent before I start messing about trying to straighten it"

oliherst wrote:

Simon_Ed wrote: Sorry must have got my words muddled up. The part where the 2 bits join has been broken since I've had it. I didn't know if the brace is supposed to be totally symmetrical or not. Mine isn't.

Yes, should be totally symmetrical, both sides identical.

Druid