Was a great day to ride yesterday. I couldn't wait to take the bike out after removing the fairing lowers for the summer. I did my pre-ride, got on my gear, started her up. I threw my leg over the seat and realized something was a little fishy. The gauges were way to far away from me. Guess it was early because it took me a couple of seconds to figure it out.
The welds on the upper, center fairing mount had failed where it bolted to the steering head. My first thought was how am I gonna fix this? Then how am I gonna ride it there. Fortunately I remembered that a friend has a small welder that would work perfect.
After taking everything apart we found the welds where the bracket ataches to the steering head were solid. On the other hand the welds holding the spacer in the bracket were garbage, very cold without any penetration.
So, two things.....have any of you had the same problem, and are you sure you're not going to in the future.
I had obvious rust dust around the problem area. I chalked it up to a loose bold. Check your fairing mount!! If mine had failed on the road I could have been trouble.