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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: rtcpenguin on January 20, 2006, 09:53:51 AM

Title: What is this?
Post by: rtcpenguin on January 20, 2006, 09:53:51 AM
What is this thing? I've seen it on several bikes but I have no idea what it is

(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/6747/what4ka.jpg)
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Phaedrus on January 20, 2006, 10:21:40 AM
*squints*

Is that a steering damper of some sort?
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: SV Devon on January 20, 2006, 10:24:47 AM
...no...it's a brace...mounts onto either tank supports or steering stem...holds up the fairing and windscreen....I guess for high speeds...
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: scratch on January 20, 2006, 11:33:55 AM
Yep, fairing brace, or stay; keeps the fairing from flapping around (imagine how much the fairing would flex without those there...and how blurry the mirors would be).
Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Alphamazing on January 20, 2006, 11:51:11 AM
Most bikes now have bodywork that can handle the stress of high speeds. Very few new bikes (I'm talking very new, like, '04 at least) have the fairing brace going over the speedo like that. The most notable exception is the Honda RC-51.
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