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As beautiful as the fairing is on the LeMans, I'm thinking it's going to have to get naked. Nothing permanent, and sorry my fairing is not for sale at this time. Step one: Gathering parts. I didn't really like any of the "cafe/chopper/bobber" fork ears available within an easy search. So I took it upon myself to create a cheap setup that won't cause me to fabricate anything. I came across these "accessory light" brackets that I thought I could use and are pretty reasonable. Some stainless hex screws and we're in business. But obviously the stock LeMans 7" headlight won't work here so i need a bracket of some sort..... Took a lot of searching but I found the right understated piece that will go well with the subtleties of the v11. This is from a sort of an adult erecter-set/Ikea company that makes this sort of crazy DIY furniture called 80/20 never heard of em' before, kinda cool. The color of the "mount" is not quite a match for the black marzocchi forks as I wanted a somewhat invisible mount like the v11 Sport. But they're cheap and plentiful. Also I swear to god I measured the stanchions at 50mm diameter w/ a buddy's micrometer... Mine says 53mm, so the mount isn't a perfect fit as it's rated for 50mm. Measure once, buy twice. So, what's cool about my half-witted set up is that the mount can either be inside or outside of the stanchions (sic?). Meaning that with the combined thickness of the brackets (.25") and the ability to flip the mounts inside/outside I should be able to use either the stock (7") Lemans headlight bucket or a much classier (8") sport/monster/bosch headlight..... If that makes sense. Hopefully the 4.5" length of the bracket (about 4" from mount hole to mount hole) is enough to cover the visual intrusion of the instrument panel. Haven't gotten into the actual conversion yet. Still debating between Bar-end mirrors and standard, plus turn signals. Comment/suggestions are welcome you're not going to hurt my feelings.