Farkle Me This, Fabman

[twowheelnut]

I saw this Wing at the Ride for Kids last week. Pretty cool, easy mount bar that should hold 3 or 4 farkles on Ram Balls. With the added down brackets and plexi shelf, this rider added a ditty bag for cd's and such. Anyone know if this Wing set-up will fit the FJR? If not, any of you fab fabricators care to take a swing at this one? Just keep in mind that it has to be adjustable for those of us with risers...

 

[trinibob]

i just wish backer air wings would make a set for the fjr!!!

 

[Scab]

Yo, dude. The bracket is the only biggie. The bar is simple. Conduit. Paint it black, cap the ends with plastic caps from Lowes. Without having the bike in front of me, I don't know if we have enough round bar left to mount a bracket. I am pretty sure I have a couple round clamps you are welcome to if you want. They are chrome, fit the round, come off flat with a bolt hole.

Heck, this is easy now. Use the clamps I have, conduit, welded tab on the conduit.

The clamps I have look like "q"

 

[Rickster]

Haven't see that, but I did see a shelf for the '06...

or search ebay for: Yamaha FJR1300 New Dash Shelf (No Reserve)

currently bid: Current bid: £0.99

address somewhere in UK, estimated shipping

 

[Scab]

The more I think about it, the easier I think this would be. Will have to look at the bike for the best mount location. What size farkle bar? 3/4, or 1 inch.

Where's Garauld? I bet he could farkle this with one hand tied behind his back.

 

[STL FJR]

I saw this Wing at the Ride for Kids last week. Pretty cool, easy mount bar that should hold 3 or 4 farkles on Ram Balls. With the added down brackets and plexi shelf, this rider added a ditty bag for cd's and such. Anyone know if this Wing set-up will fit the FJR? If not, any of you fab fabricators care to take a swing at this one? Just keep in mind that it has to be adjustable for those of us with risers..."

It's called a Texelent Accessory Bar. You can find it here - https://cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=TX

Not sure if it would fit an FJR though. It's popular on the Wings because it also reduces handlebar vibration.

 

[Shane Stump]

TwoWheelNut,

That bar is a Texelent bar (www.Texelent.com). I have one also on my GL1800 and I love it! I looked for a similar solution for the FJR1300 but gave up after I realized the equivalent would be over $350 for a bar (twice as much as the Texelent Bar).

Best Regards,

Shane

 

[Groo]

Deleted... never mind...

 

[FJRandy]

The more I think about it, the easier I think this would be. Will have to look at the bike for the best mount location. What size farkle bar? 3/4, or 1 inch.

Where's Garauld? I bet he could farkle this with one hand tied behind his back.

Actually you'd want 7/8" bar, and definitely NOT conduit! That crap is like butter. The Ram mount would collapse it in a second.

I'm surprised Garauld isn't all over this one. Piece of cake for a guy with his fabbing talent.

 

[Rogue]

I saw this Wing at the Ride for Kids last week. Pretty cool, easy mount bar that should hold 3 or 4 farkles on Ram Balls. With the added down brackets and plexi shelf, this rider added a ditty bag for cd's and such. Anyone know if this Wing set-up will fit the FJR? If not, any of you fab fabricators care to take a swing at this one? Just keep in mind that it has to be adjustable for those of us with risers...

You left too soon, I was talking to that guy in the t-shirt line, I saw his IBA t-shirt and asked if that was his GW.

 

[GunMD]

Haven't see that, but I did see a shelf for the '06...

or search ebay for: Yamaha FJR1300 New Dash Shelf (No Reserve)

currently bid: Current bid: £0.99

address somewhere in UK, estimated shipping

That looks EXACTLY like the one I have on my '05 from CA Sport Touring.

CA Sport Touring Shelf

 

[Stu64]

Maybe you could get something like this to work?

https://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/343/230/

 

[Fred H.]

I have one of the Texelent bars, along with some photos of it here.

https://www.pbase.com/fredharmon/texelent

I haven't checked to see if it will fit the FJR, but I spoke to the owner/designer of the product and he briefly looked at my bike to see if he could make one for it. I think he is pretty overloaded right now though, so it might be awhile before he comes out with one. I'll let you know if he comes up with something.

 

[jimbemotumbo]

Who's gonna drive while you fiddle with all the gizmos?