Not bad at all. I'm 50/50 on it but it's much better than I expected

 

As long as you don't put like 14in risers on a drag bar and massive mirrors above that with built in signals lol.

 

I agree. I do like the idea and I must confess that in the past months I thought about a similar mod on my BO (with a chin spoiler too) before adding the billet headlight shell, but didn't find a specific model for BO neither a generic one that could fit properly. The wider triple tree imho needs a wider fairing and if you look the bike from the side the gap between fork tubes and fairing seems too much. I think the fairing should follow in a closer way the contour of the fork tubes and triple tree to suit the BO. Maybe if you manage to pull the fairing a little bit back by modifying the brackets the final result will be nicer. Just my 0.02

 

++++1

 

I like it. A lot. I don't think it's too narrow for the Breakout forks, but of course that could just be me. I think it looks good that it sits completely inside the fork tubes. For my taste, it should sit completely inside, as it does, or be wide enough to completely cover the tubes without overhanging them by a bunch. I think it would only look really "wrong" if it either partially covered the tubes or was so wide that it overhung them by a few inches on each side. Does that even make sense? It does to me, anyways.

I do have to say, I think the Breakout is the best looking bike to come out of the factory for a very long time, just as it comes out of the factory.

 

I think the bike looks great. I know some people think of SOA when they see a bike with a quarter fairing or deflector like that but I think of the 1977-78 XLCR or the old Kaw Z-1Rs. It could just be the difference in age and how long someone has been a motorcycle rider.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I'm still 50/50 still and may just nix the idea all together. The more I look at it, the more I like the tough look of the wide 49mm forks and the fairing takes away from that. It was a $35 project and killed some boredom...so it wasn't a total bust.

 

looks good actually.. if only a little wider to cover the forks

 

Although I don't like the look so much, either, I wouldn't call it ugly or horrible. It's just a different style. If this experiment adds to your convincement not to go this way that money and time was well spent. Plus you have something to get back to later if you might change your mind

 

True that
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