Dash Shelf

Making the FJR yours - what have you done, want to do, plan to do, and how?
Post Reply
Bushwickklr
Squid
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:16 pm
FJRModel: 2007

Dash Shelf

Post by Bushwickklr »

So I've been looking for a shelf to add on to my '07 and have had zero luck. I heard that N Line stopped making them. Does anyone else carry or make dash shelves? Am I just gonna have to put half a dozen Ram Mounts on my handle bars?
Image
User avatar
Name Etc.
Veteran
Posts: 811
Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:42 am
FJRModel: 2014 triumph tiger 800sexc
x 1
x 1
Contact:

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Name Etc. »

I did the same search with the same results. No luck
ThisMotorCycleLife.net
User avatar
Cougar8000
Veteran
Posts: 452
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:43 am
FJRModel: 2006 FZ1
Location: Northern burbs of IL
Contact:

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Cougar8000 »

what exactly are you looking to mount? I am semi-working on this solution.
User avatar
raYzerman
Contributor
I post more than I ride
Posts: 9236
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:49 am
FJRModel: 2016 Versys 1000 Titanium Devil, 2014 DL1000, 1999 VFR 800 Bumble Bee
Location: Millgrove, Ontario, CA
x 2879
x 10726

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by raYzerman »

Someone on that other forum was trying to get a group buy going so N-line would build if they had a minimum order........ that was a wee while ago.
Keep yer stick on the ice........... (Red Green)
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
User avatar
0face
Contributor
Veteran
Posts: 3639
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:30 pm
FJRModel: 2008
Location: Chandler, AZ
x 2817
x 4971

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by 0face »

I think Gary/RYDTYM got one recently, shoot him a PM and see if he's got source?
Bushwickklr
Squid
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:16 pm
FJRModel: 2007

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Bushwickklr »

I'm looking to mount switches, radar and a few other accessories on there. I'd rather not have a dozen ram mounts but it looks like it may be my only option.
Image
User avatar
Name Etc.
Veteran
Posts: 811
Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:42 am
FJRModel: 2014 triumph tiger 800sexc
x 1
x 1
Contact:

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Name Etc. »

Bushwickklr wrote:I'm looking to mount switches, radar and a few other accessories on there. I'd rather not have a dozen ram mounts but it looks like it may be my only option.
I have thought about a ram mounted shelf. But it would be just as much to fabricate are the N-line... :D
ThisMotorCycleLife.net
User avatar
Geezer
Veteran
Posts: 906
Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:58 am
FJRModel: 2005
x 74
x 575

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Geezer »

I few years ago someone was advertising a setup with a bar that you could mount a bunch of RAMs to. If I can find it I'll post it.

I have a shelf on my '05 that I like a lot, but I would probably do something with a few RAMs if I were starting over. You can probably mount several things on one RAM if you can fabricate a bracket or two.
My wife asked me why I speak so softly around the house. I said that I was worried that someone was listening. She laughed, I laughed, Alexa laughed.
User avatar
raYzerman
Contributor
I post more than I ride
Posts: 9236
Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:49 am
FJRModel: 2016 Versys 1000 Titanium Devil, 2014 DL1000, 1999 VFR 800 Bumble Bee
Location: Millgrove, Ontario, CA
x 2879
x 10726

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by raYzerman »

If one got creative, and wanted something similar to the N-line dash shelf with the same mounting points...... fab up something yourself..... two vertical 3/4x3/4 aluminum angle pieces, attached to lower (make a bent tab here) and middle screws for the vertical black dash panels, another angle across the top of the dash to join them, a piece of 1.5" aluminum flat stock from the middle to the fairing above the headlight (yep drill a mounting hole and put a rubber well-nut in, the velcro idea doesn't work). Now you have the basic triangle. Make hardboard template (shelf) contoured to fit windshield curve, and put a half moon cutout in the middle above the speedo. Once happy, make shelf out of aluminum sheet. Make 1/2x1/2 aluminum angle stiffener to go across underside of shelf in front of middle cutout where you can't see it. Cut cross pieces and aluminum flat stock to suit cutout and stiffener..... drill and screw together, test fit, paint to suit......... a coupla nights work and you're done...... and can be made to look pretty decent I would think. The N-line is same just a little more refined. Need pictures and some dimensions, lemme know. I will have mine off for some maintenance work sometime this winter.
If you can find a used one, all the better, 'cuz it's gonna cost you the same........
Keep yer stick on the ice........... (Red Green)
Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it can sure muffle the sound.
User avatar
0face
Contributor
Veteran
Posts: 3639
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:30 pm
FJRModel: 2008
Location: Chandler, AZ
x 2817
x 4971

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by 0face »

Maybe Garauld would make something?
Bushwickklr
Squid
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:16 pm
FJRModel: 2007

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by Bushwickklr »

Thanks, Pictures would definitely help.

KLRNEF at gee mail dot com.
Image
User avatar
clocklaw
Swag Master
Veteran
Posts: 3032
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:34 am
FJRModel: 2005 FJR ABS - My Blue Angel
Location: Columbia, TN - Mule Capital of the World
x 467
x 246
Contact:

Re: Dash Shelf

Post by clocklaw »

Has anyone mentioned the Farkle Bar? I met Doug Shonley last weekend at the Music City Motorcycle show and purchased a couple of power options from him. Here is a video interview conducted by Nashville Riders this past weekend with Doug.

wheatonFJR wrote:...you don't really expect me to finger myself do you?
HotRodZilla wrote:Be careful, don't act dumb, and like your weiner, keep it in your pants.
Image
Post Reply