I have been reading up on the fork deflectors, alot of guys here really like em so i went and got some HD ones, the threads ive read arent real clear on how they were installed, i have a 2016 Road King, here is my question, read the instructions, easy enough right? took acorn nuts off windshield mount first side, install and finger tighten nuts, hits eng guard, all i read says about how close they are to lower lights, i have all kinds of room but cant move forward enough to not touch guard and it does affect the turning radius alot, took back off, what am i doing wrong? or did the dealer give me the wrong ones, part number on box is correct for 2016 road king, another question does the curve of the shield face forward so they are rounded off fork outward or do they go on rounded side towards back?

 

Rounded went in. Also get some fiber washers to keep chrome off chrome. I have a 2014 road King , installed them couple of months ago, I don't think they helped any, did notice more heat in the thigh area coming from the motor. Took them off yesterday,went on 200 mile plus ride, heat on thigh area was gone. I will leave them off. They are for sale if anyone is interested.

 

you may have them backwards, hope this helps

 

Another question does the curve of the shield face forward so they are rounded off fork outward or do they go on rounded side towards back?

On line pictures look like the roll forward. Which should give you more clearance with the crash bar.

 

Here is a pic that should help. The HD deflectors have plenty of adjustment to clear the crash bar. For mine; I had to loosen the acorn nuts on both sides, so I could rotate the fog light mounting bracket up a little. This gave me the clearance to rotate the wind deflectors forward as far as they would go, to clear the crash bar. For future reference, the plastic sleeves that the deflectors come in have little stickers on them. L is for "left" and R is for "right"

 

I bought some, box said they were to fit my 2002 RK. They did not. I put them on just before riding the bike to a job. I did not have time to adjust them, just bolted them in place as per the instruction sheet. When I backed the bike out of the garage, the deflectors banged into the crash bars. I bent the deflectors so there was clearance. Anyone interested is a pair of slightly bent deflectors? I though not, neither am I. They are back in the box.


Every thing else I got from HD fit. These did not.

 

compatible if you have engine guards. You may notice the note in the accessories catalogue that states 'not compatible with' some other parts. It's so hard to keep track if they just use the part # if you add these things a few years apart. I have the 'moustache' engine guard and the wind deflectors hit well before the bars are at full stop. Kuryakyn has some nice plastic ones that have indentations in them for the regular guards.

 

14 RK here and have the same lowers.
Not sure what the difference is but took me minutes to install and had no issues. They come close to the engine guard but never hit it.

I love these lowers, work great and would never be without them. I have had them on almost 2 years now. I do a lot of 80 MPH interstate and its nothing but smooth riding with them.

As far as the other post in here where the person uninstalled them, he is correct. They do change the air pattern a little bit and you may feel a little more heat BUT for me is was a godsend as my wife rides with me all the time and you need your passenger to be comfortable.

Once the HD lowers (fork deflectors) were installed, it did make my riding postion a little hotter but it took A LOT of heat off my passanger (wife), before that her leg was cooking, she was thrilled with the change and 1.5 years later still is, I still ask once in a while, never a complaint.

 

I put mine on in the winter and leave them off in warm weather. I mean, that's how they're designed to be used, right??

 

Thanks for all the input and pictures, that was the kicker yes i installed them backwards, thought they were miss labeled cause i thought the rounder part went forward, try again tomorrow, thanks again, Cliff