well, I guess you can make anything look good.
Anyone using a fairing?
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I thought Joe had a bike for every occasion.
I'll withhold judgement till I see it.
greg3131 what are you trying to do?
I ride alot in the cold and put on a quick release Plexi-Faring for the winter. It helps alot, but is butt ugly. I use small sheild in the warmer months.
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I'm guessing you don't ride the freeway at 75 MPH for an hour-and-a-half twice a day in 35 - 45 degree weather in the rain ...
Try that for a few months and get back to me ....
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Try that for a few months and get back to me ....
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He posted a thread on how he did his fairing ....
I had a thread on my conversion, but I didn't have too many photos ... I mostly followed a link to an excellent pictoral and gouge on how to do a FLST front end conversion: http://www.kenandjudy.us/Harley%20Pi...tEnd/index.htm
See my comments below from another thread on the subject ....
As you're probably aware I've got a fairing and had looked at several before settling on a Tsukayu ... paid $978 for a gloss black painted outer fairing with no radio. As you may be aware, I now have a FLST front end so the fairing is made to fit.
That is not the case for most fairings out there with the exception of Corbin, K-D VanillaZilla for Sportsters (should fit '05 and earlier Dyna) and SW Audio ... only three that I am aware of.
I had investigated several options, as follow:
- Dragonfly (http://www.dragonflycycleconcepts.com/fairings.htm)
- Dead Center (http://www.deadcentercycles.com/default.aspx)
- K-D (http://www.debrix.com/items/item.aspx?itemid=1280827)
- Kevin Evans (http://store.kevinevans.org/detachablefairing6x9.aspx)
- Hoppe Industries (http://www.hoppeindustries.com/)
- Wide Open (http://www.wideopencustom.com/dotnet...0/Default.aspx)
I used to have a narrow glide with a quick detach (QD) windshield. It occurs to me that one way to apply a fairing to a standard Dyna would take about three easy steps:
1. Obtain one of the fairings above (or one of about another half dozen or so sources) made for Road King and Softail models.
2. Bend the right and left mounting brackets in mirror images at two planes to narrow them to the proper width.
3. Remove the cam-lock clamps from the QD windshield and attach (bolt) the clamps to the mounting points of the fairing.
You would then be able to simply clamp the fairing to your bike using the QD windshield clamps.
A couple of caveats - for FXD, which have the riser mounted speedometer, you'd have to use a fairing with no inner shell (as I have done); the top-to-bottom distance between the clamps may not fall between your triple trees, so the lower clamp may clamp the fork tube below the triple tree. I do not see why that should be a problem.
Another observation - you'll need to move your turn signals from your handlebars so they can still be seen.
Thought I'd pass on some thoughts on the subject ....
R/
Priest
That is not the case for most fairings out there with the exception of Corbin, K-D VanillaZilla for Sportsters (should fit '05 and earlier Dyna) and SW Audio ... only three that I am aware of.
I had investigated several options, as follow:
- Dragonfly (http://www.dragonflycycleconcepts.com/fairings.htm)
- Dead Center (http://www.deadcentercycles.com/default.aspx)
- K-D (http://www.debrix.com/items/item.aspx?itemid=1280827)
- Kevin Evans (http://store.kevinevans.org/detachablefairing6x9.aspx)
- Hoppe Industries (http://www.hoppeindustries.com/)
- Wide Open (http://www.wideopencustom.com/dotnet...0/Default.aspx)
I used to have a narrow glide with a quick detach (QD) windshield. It occurs to me that one way to apply a fairing to a standard Dyna would take about three easy steps:
1. Obtain one of the fairings above (or one of about another half dozen or so sources) made for Road King and Softail models.
2. Bend the right and left mounting brackets in mirror images at two planes to narrow them to the proper width.
3. Remove the cam-lock clamps from the QD windshield and attach (bolt) the clamps to the mounting points of the fairing.
You would then be able to simply clamp the fairing to your bike using the QD windshield clamps.
A couple of caveats - for FXD, which have the riser mounted speedometer, you'd have to use a fairing with no inner shell (as I have done); the top-to-bottom distance between the clamps may not fall between your triple trees, so the lower clamp may clamp the fork tube below the triple tree. I do not see why that should be a problem.
Another observation - you'll need to move your turn signals from your handlebars so they can still be seen.
Thought I'd pass on some thoughts on the subject ....
R/
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I had a full size detachable windshield before ... it just offers no protection for your hands ... when you're riding for two hours in 37 degree weather in a drizzle, your hands can really get uncomfortable ...
If you're not going to be riding in quite such extreme conditions, I tend to agree ... a fairing is a little overkill for your average ride ....
Can sure cut down the fatigue factor, though, when you're going to be touring for long-distance rides ....
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If you're not going to be riding in quite such extreme conditions, I tend to agree ... a fairing is a little overkill for your average ride ....
Can sure cut down the fatigue factor, though, when you're going to be touring for long-distance rides ....
R/
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