localmotion411
Street Tracker
After much discussion back and forth with Seth, and after him shipping me a box full of parts to ensure proper fitment before finalizing my bracket, I finally have a gorgeous front end courtesy of a new black D9 Standard Layflat. It has been on the bike for a couple of months now so I figured I'd post my positive experience already.
The bracket, along with a pair of LSL headlight brackets and a custom upper triple clamp from British Customs, allowed me to lower my headlight around 2" from the stock position. This allows the headlight to sit more in line with the seat and tank, where it should be from the factory IMO. The triple clamp has a recess in which the stock Bonneville bracket would sit, which dictated that I use a Standard Layflat vs. a Sport bracket. The bracket and the triple, being fitted together so well, look like they are factory pieces (albeit with a much nicer finish than factory Bonneville doodads).
Everything else I did to the bike out back were pretty much no-brainers, but the front end was a little trickier to get right. I literally have maybe 2-3mm of clearance from the bottom of the gauge acorn nuts to the top of the headlight bucket, but it doesn't look crammed together and actually appears very cohesive and "stock". Now for a set of shorter stainless brake/clutch cables/lines and I should be good to go. Here she is (only pic I have currently, will take more soon):
Here are some before pics:
Thanks Seth!
The bracket, along with a pair of LSL headlight brackets and a custom upper triple clamp from British Customs, allowed me to lower my headlight around 2" from the stock position. This allows the headlight to sit more in line with the seat and tank, where it should be from the factory IMO. The triple clamp has a recess in which the stock Bonneville bracket would sit, which dictated that I use a Standard Layflat vs. a Sport bracket. The bracket and the triple, being fitted together so well, look like they are factory pieces (albeit with a much nicer finish than factory Bonneville doodads).
Everything else I did to the bike out back were pretty much no-brainers, but the front end was a little trickier to get right. I literally have maybe 2-3mm of clearance from the bottom of the gauge acorn nuts to the top of the headlight bucket, but it doesn't look crammed together and actually appears very cohesive and "stock". Now for a set of shorter stainless brake/clutch cables/lines and I should be good to go. Here she is (only pic I have currently, will take more soon):
Here are some before pics:
Thanks Seth!