the thread is well encased in the rubber, but some liquid foam or gripfill will return it to how it was if necessary - which may be necessary for me....
i drilled it out, took a fair while, some broken drill bits and a bleeding thumb. cleaned out the handlebar, lined up the acerbis dual road, and the hand guard is too big, I won't be able to get full lock on as the edge of the guard will hit the headlight fairing. Using all three spacers, it is almost ok and will bend a bit... Does anyone ever use full lock? (obviously for steering lock but should be ok)
I am now at a (proverbial) fork in the road... Do I continue to try to fit it, or forget it?
Or, new idea: how difficult would it be to bend the tips of the guards? They're only plastic, and do flex a bit. Blow lamp?
Edit, an update:
I gave up. Used a metal based epoxy to refit the screw thread.
Going to sell the hand guards instead. They are on ebay, but if any one from here wants them, let me know and I will end the listing and not charge postage. So that's £50 delivered.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...1156743903
i drilled it out, took a fair while, some broken drill bits and a bleeding thumb. cleaned out the handlebar, lined up the acerbis dual road, and the hand guard is too big, I won't be able to get full lock on as the edge of the guard will hit the headlight fairing. Using all three spacers, it is almost ok and will bend a bit... Does anyone ever use full lock? (obviously for steering lock but should be ok)
I am now at a (proverbial) fork in the road... Do I continue to try to fit it, or forget it?
Or, new idea: how difficult would it be to bend the tips of the guards? They're only plastic, and do flex a bit. Blow lamp?
Edit, an update:
I gave up. Used a metal based epoxy to refit the screw thread.
Going to sell the hand guards instead. They are on ebay, but if any one from here wants them, let me know and I will end the listing and not charge postage. So that's £50 delivered.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...1156743903