Ugly or what?
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Ugly or what?
Is it me or are fairings on Dynas or Sportsters for that matter plain fugly? For a stripped back concept to have an appendage not intended by the designer seems pointless. The only reason I can think of is to reduce wind blast. If so then a tourer will fit the bill. The fairings I have seen on a thread about 'club style Dynas' look very DIY to my eye. Over modding a bike to ruin it's aesthetics is a problem in the motorcycle world. I am fairly new to HD but was attracted partly by the 'beautiful machine' image. No offence meant but ever since I read 'The Emperor's New Clothes ', I have been sensitive to glaring errors of judgement. 
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883, everyone sees something different with these bikes, we each have a different vision of what the bike is. The Dyna's are the greatest bikes HD builds, they can become almost anything you can imagine; club bike, touring bike, a rolling jewel. Whatever you want, it can be. There are some incredible looking bikes in the Dyna forum that reflect the owners personality.
I don't want a fairing or windscreen myself but there are some great looking bikes with them... now if they just had flames...
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883, everyone sees something different with these bikes, we each have a different vision of what the bike is. The Dyna's are the greatest bikes HD builds, they can become almost anything you can imagine; club bike, touring bike, a rolling jewel. Whatever you want, it can be. There are some incredible looking bikes in the Dyna forum that reflect the owners personality.
I don't want a fairing or windscreen myself but there are some great looking bikes with them... now if they just had flames...
I picked up my Dyna last year, with the intention of going bobber style. Shortly after, I realized that a new Dyna didn't fit just how far I wanted to go into the bobber world. Truly stripped down, rigid frame, zero electronics... Chopping up a brand new, $15,000 bike wasn't going to work for me. After a seat & bar swap, I rode around for a few months enjoying the bike, but the Bare Bones seat, and hand position of my bars made longer rides unenjoyable. Then, I made the mistake of riding a co-workers club style bike. Seat felt great, and locked me in nicely to the bike. wrist angle of the T-bars was incredible. And the feeling of being pealed off the bike at any speed over 65 mph was gone. I have to admit, there is a level of thrill and adrenaline that comes with that **** your pants speed with no wind protection that I do sometimes miss. Anyhow, what I am saying is, my dream bike is a chopped up rigid pan head, and no Dyna will get me that far... So I ended up building something else I really wanted, a performance based HD that I can ride all day in comfort, and corners like its on rails. Actually looks wise, the fairing is my least favorite part of the bike, but it's functional.
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Is it me or are fairings on Dynas or Sportsters for that matter plain fugly? For a stripped back concept to have an appendage not intended by the designer seems pointless. The only reason I can think of is to reduce wind blast. If so then a tourer will fit the bill. The fairings I have seen on a thread about 'club style Dynas' look very DIY to my eye. Over modding a bike to ruin it's aesthetics is a problem in the motorcycle world. I am fairly new to HD but was attracted partly by the 'beautiful machine' image. No offence meant but ever since I read 'The Emperor's New Clothes ', I have been sensitive to glaring errors of judgement.
However, keep in mind that the "appendage" was actually intended by the designer on some models.
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photo...ideT-Sport.htm
Also I find your logic that a tourer should fit the bill if one wants to reduce wind blast to be like saying anyone who wants to haul something should have a 1-ton truck and therefore light pickups are pointless.