Anyone ever had a problem with the brackets breaking on their Reckless fairing? Both sides have broken in the same place as the one in the pictures. I only had the fairing for 9 months. I've sent the pics to Reckless to see if they will send me some brackets.
I had to repair them with some aluminum plate:
Other than that, I haven't had a problem and am vary happy with it.
I've been wondering about those brackets, and their durability since I first saw them. At least you're handy enough to fix them. Have you thought of making some out of steal?
had mine on for a ton of miles no issues, you had it under the headlight directly on top of the tree right?
only way I could see the bracket stressing like that was if you bolted it on top of the headlight base.
but then I have been wrong before lol
IF Reckless doesnt come through with replacements, take it to a local welding shop and have them tig welded. Id also have a 14ga plate added for strength like the aluminum plate is now. If that is a stress area though, the hole for the rivets and the rivets themselves will fail as well. So kep an eye on that.
Im gonna have access to a laser and several other toys in the next couple months. Ive been thinking about making brackets and such out of heavier gauge or higher tensile Stainless. I started thinking about that when I had my Memphis Shades on. I may have to spec out the Reckless bracket.
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