Right side of windscreen hitting brake resevoir

[Rothman]

Hey guys/gals, I custom fabricated and installed a 1" solid riser comparable to the Genmar riser a few months back. Once installed the windscreen rubbed the brake resevoir, just barely but after time, it's just enough to pizz me off. Anyway, I installed a DB screen today and it is hitting the resevoir even worse than the stock unit and still, only on the right side. I took a few steps back to get a better perspective on the situation and found that sure as schit the whole front/nose fairing is twisted or leaning a little to the right. The left side has tons of clearance with the screen. So basically, is it possible that the P.O. put the fairings on in such a way as to cause this type of thing? Or is that not even an option at which point we're talking about something bent (or worse broken) underneath?

Thanks in advance

 

[twotonevert]

Need pics bro, would it be possible to rotate the controls to gain more clearance?

 

[turbobusa2000]

I know that over time my fairing has sagged a little. I needed to tighten the bolts that mount the fairing stay bracket to the frame.

 

[mike1180]

When I raised mine up I had to grind a little off the fairing and windscreen as it did the same thing.
Dremel and sanding tube worked great.

 

[Phrogg]

Mine does the samething. I took everything off the front to see what was going on and it is due to the fairing tsay bracket being ****-eyed a little bit. I wonder if this is the same for other bikes as well.

 

[kjcili]

i used risers too......hated 'em and took 'em off cuz of hitting and i didn't like the tension it put on the cables. and I machined my risers only to .875". ur problem sounds like fairing stay issues tho. take the nose off and take some measurements, then you'll know 4 sure.

 

[dadofthree]

This is typical with risers.

 

[skydivr]

Mine touches with 3/4 Genmar and Suzuki Touring Screen, but not enough to make any difference. Some people have ground off the corner of their resevoir.

 

[Rothman]

Well I don't really want to take off the risers and I surely don't want to cut the screen. I guess when I get time this weekend I'll take off the fairings and see what's going on. Were all you other guys only hitting on one side of the screen as well?

 

[mike1180]

Some people have ground off the corner of their resevoir.

WOW.
Not me.
When I ground off the tiny bit of the fairing and windshield, you can't even see it.

 

[BusaBlue]

Try loosening the bolts and rotating the brake reservoir/lever down a bit.

 

[Rothman]

Try loosening the bolts and rotating the brake reservoir/lever down a bit.

NOt enough to clear it by a long shot. I have tried that....

 

[kjcili]

i actually did one other thing too, which kinda went hand in hand with my riding style. i have pazzo levers (shorties) and like using index and middle finger for clutch and brake, so i loosened up bolts and slid controls in about 1"