Hardware sizes on fairing?

[mrhedges]

Just wondering if anyone knew off hand what the sizes of hardware on the Fairing? A bunch of bolts seems to be missing and the fairing rattles around at very high speeds.

[Rick Hall]

Just wondering if anyone knew off hand what the sizes of hardware on the Fairing? A bunch of bolts seems to be missing and the fairing rattles around at very high speeds.

The #3 phillips head screws, typically black? Unsure, as most go with Murphs Kits (murphskits.com) screws.

All the same thread diameter and pitch, various lengths that are somewhat unimportant. However the two screws on the forward end of the belly pan engage the bracket the coolant overflow container sits in, they have to be fairly short (10mm?) else you drill into the over flow container.

Rick

[Boomer]

Almost all are M6 x 1.0 of varying lengths.
Murphs kits (available in Stainless or Black Stainless) does the job. 
https://murphskits.com/screw-kits/
The kit comes with a Screw Location Chart.
I stuck mine to a piece of cardboard and poked holes in it.
When the screws come out, I stick them in the corresponding hole on the chart.

[m in sc]

JIS, not phillips.. just fyi.

[connie_rider]

The main/front fairing has a bracket beneath it that sometimes comes loose.
Allows movement. Check that bracket if the main/front fairing is loose.
Like the others, I suggest buying a set of fairing screws from Murph.

Ride safe, Ted

[jacksdad]

I've replaced mine with stainless steel allen/socket heads, as above, they are M6x1. Next size up is M8x1.25, these are the diameter and thread pitch in mm.
Thats all there is to it! some metric bolts have a Fine thread, but I don't think there are any on our bikes. I just call round to the fastener shop that happens to be 2 minutes walk from me, and buy stainless socket heads, usually 10 or 20 of the most used lengths, cost me less than a penny each.
Thats the beauty of Metric: very very simple. One day the USA will catch up with the rest of the world and go metric 

[kkja13]

But we like our "Freedom" units! 

[Boomer]

But we like our "Freedom" units! 

So "Free" that you kept the units used by the oppressive British you rebelled against ? 
You're riding a metric bike so ya need to get with the metric! 

[kkja13]

Oh I use both metric and "freedom" units on a daily basis, and for anyone that has worked on an American vehicle, you know the pain of needing to have both sets of wrenches present. 

Is that a 9/16" or 15mm?  1/2" or 12mm? 3/8" or 10mm?
I usually guess wrong.

[m in sc]

i have a few vintage american cars and all Japanese motorcycles. different drawers in the box for sae and and metric, and 2 socket trays.

[Boomer]

Oh I use both metric and "freedom" units on a daily basis, and for anyone that has worked on an American vehicle, you know the pain of needing to have both sets of wrenches present. 

Is that a 9/16" or 15mm?  1/2" or 12mm? 3/8" or 10mm?
I usually guess wrong.

Buy a 1960s or earlier British bike and get used to using Metric (Fine and Coarse), British Standard Fine (BSF), British Standard Whitworth (BSW), British Standard Cycle (BSC), British Association (BA), British Standard Pipe (BSP), and "we-made-up-our-own-size" nuts and bolts,... all on the same bike.   
To this day I swear they were the reason behind the invention of the adjustable wrench. 

[m in sc]

i did vintage/antique clock restoration for a living for over a decade while i put myself through college and afterwards.... they really did make up their own threads in the 1600-1700s.  yeah.. that was fun figuring that stuff out. 

measure... measure..  single point on a lathe. hope it works.