DIY - Fitting Ducati 749/999 Mesh to your Fairing!

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 08:56 PM

right boyz ( and girlz ) must be politicaly correct here

no gender discrimination and all that

the following tips are tips only , this is how i do it , and i,m nearly bald !! so if you,ve got hair then you may have to adapt them !! not that i,m sayin balding people do stuff different to hairy people but , well , okay i,ll get on with it

1/ take off your fairing
2/ put some mesh in the holes
3/ put it back on

any questions ? no , right i,m off to the pub , job done !!!!

sorry

i,ve just been told off by my daughter for being silly , she says all them nice biker "people " will think your,e daft dad

so here goes again !

1/ take off the fairing

2/ select and gather together your tools for the job , some paper , good scissors ( dont let marie see this there here bestest ) , a steel rule ( i used to get b*lloked at school for callin em rulers

it used to go "WARD that is not a ruler its a rule " blubber " the queen is a ruler " whack ouch !!! oh the joys of the stick !!!!
oh and some dust sheets to put down on the floor to stop your best bit of plastic from being scratched .
the mesh i used was from b&q and matches the original , and a glue gun , now its up to you how you fix it to the fairing , silicon , epoxy , but i find a hot glue gun quick and you can peel it off if you want to,
i did when i did my xerox job , and just glued em back on !!!

3/ get your paper and make a template , give plenty round and keep reducing it till its right , dont forget to allow for the bend on the joint

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 08:57 PM

transfer your template to your mesh , and cut it out ! keep it flat !!

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:01 PM

i like to mark holes etc on my template , and visable areas so you can line up the mesh to run in line with the fairing if you want ,

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:05 PM

now you,ve got a nice piece of "flat " mesh , you,ve got to keep it that way , no kinks , use your steel rule to make a nice " sharp " fold at the joint of the fairings , you could stop it short but it,d look sh*t

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:09 PM

now cut the 2 corners off the joint area , all you need here is a bit of mesh in the middle to grip , and start to form your mesh

its really quite easy on the dukes as there quite flat !

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:14 PM

right chaps its now up to you !! i,m goin down the hot glue gun route !!
make sure youre joint is tight at the fairing joint end and run your hot glue over the in situ mesh on the far side , i.e the side with the sound proof on , give it a couple of mins , apply pressure , and glue the other side

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:16 PM

the bottom bit is quite easy , just a flat bit glued on !! but follow the same procedure .

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:19 PM

i also did the bit in my hugger with the same mesh ,

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:23 PM

oh and like i say with the glue gun you can take it off as i did when i got my graphics on , and then glued em back on !!!

happy meshin

" spikey "

all operations were done at or below legal speed limits

**mono749** · 07 Apr 06, 09:30 PM

hi spike nice job im thinking of going down this route but what gauge mesh did you get from b&q??once again nice job and nice bike

**Spikey** · 07 Apr 06, 09:39 PM

aye up mono , nice to here from you , couldnt tell you wot gague , just went with my eye !!!! bloody cold out there , just been int garage , it says No 30 on the bar code !!! if thats any help

" spikey "