Drilling into your bike fairing to fit a luggage hook

[Throttled]

Has anyone fitted one of these?

http://www.bikedevils.com/ekmps/shops/bikedevils/images/bike-it-luggage-hooks-carrier-xl-bike-it-bikeit-bungee-1492-p.jpg

It means drilling through the plastic fairing. Can the fairing take it? Does it just depend?

[Guest Hodgy]

Never done it, but I would think it will need some sort of plate on the back to spead the load, or you'll risk pulling the nut through the plastic

[Colin the Bear]

I wouldn't. No anchor points on the frame? Most bikes have little lugs.

[whitedevil]

that looks like a terrible idea, just hook it onto the subframe somewhere.

[Stu]

you sure it doesnt go through to the frame ?

theres no way that would hold anything for long and wont last long at all

[Throttled]

It just comes with a nut and bolt to go through the hole you drill.

Scrap that idea, thanks.

[borgy95]

From past experience working with plastics (not plastics bike fairings specifically), you gonna have a hard/fiddly time just drilling through the plastic without cracking it especially if the surface is flat and you cant clamp it down. Though if you do start with a small pilot hole e.g 2mm then work your way up in small intervals until the needed size that should make things more manageable. and yes washers on both sides of the whole would be good. also the nuts I'd either put two nuts on the bolt or use one with a plastic washer built in (their exact name escapes me) that the nut thread can cut into so it tightens and won't come loose from vibration.

However i wouldn't be surprised if its made from ABS and so nice and tough therefore less likely to crack.

All in all the word 'bait' comes to mind!

Edited to sort my grammer out