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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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When I was at home in Nor Cal, I saw a few Road Kings rolling with this fairing and thought I'd give a go at modding it to fit my Fat Bob.

It's made for a 7 inch light and I initially thought that I'd just do the headlamp conversion but a few of my road dogs convienced me that it'd be more trick if I kept the twins.

Did some dermal work to get the lamps to fit. Still need to trim it a bit more and also mod the brackets for a better fit.

Functionally, it takes the wind off of my chest but my mug still gets a full blast. I think I can solve that if I just angle it forward a bit more. More to follow....

 

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Another pic

 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Hard to tell from the sides, looks good but I would like to see more frontal pics
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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Uno mas...

 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 08:50 PM
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looks pretty good ... who makes the fairing? do you have a model/part number?
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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It's an Arlen Ness Bob Dron made for a Road King
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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You did an awesome job with that! Looks like it shipped that way from the factory
 
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 11:09 PM
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Very cool fatbob needs more fairing options
 
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Looks pretty cool. Are you planning to relo the turn sigs (I hope so)?
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 01:36 AM
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Looks fantastic. Can you get some pics of your mounting hardware and pics from the seat. Do you think Harley quick disconnects could be used?
 
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