Originally Posted by Daehawc

First off, thank you to all of the people who offered info and advise as I was trying to decide how I wanted to do this.

I recently came back from a 2500 mile ride and the bike got damaged in the trailer. Insurance did its job and gave me a reason and some cash toward doing a dyna bagger setup.

While not "quick detach," this setup takes about 30 minutes to completely remove and go back to a lo profile solo seat, stripped bobber setup. My intent is to use the bagger setup for long rides and crappy / colder weather to extend my season.

So far, I'm pretty happy with it. The Cyclevisions bagger tail kit is well made, just pricey. The nice part though is that the bags are properly supported and they sit about as close as you can get. I am setup for the HD quick detach sissy bar but I just don't have it on in these pics.

Memphis shades batwing is well made and relatively inexpensive. Their mounts work well but unfortunately are left on the bike when you remove the fairing. Easy enough to remove the mounts as well and aren't that obtrusive when left on the forks but not as clean as the Harley clamps. I may work on modding the fairing to use the clamps down the line.

I used the Memphis shades 2330-0017 batwing on my street bob due to the 7" fatboy style head light I hd installed. What I didn't expect was that the new riser I used that raised and pulled back the larger head light made the fairing impossible to fit. Simple fix just switching to the old riser which I still had.

I also took the time to swap out my kury forward controls with the HD dyna footboard kit. I like the kury forwards but my right side peg kept loosening up on me and the hardware was corroding pretty bad over the past 4 years. Footboard kit was pretty straight forward to install. I did not swap out the lever the shift linkage attaches to as that would have meant tearing open the inner primary. I simply mounted up the kit to the stock lever and used a hacksaw on the old mid mount spline. I'd been meaning to get rid of the spline for about 4 years now but never got around to it.

All in all, bike handles pretty much the same. Although the footboards take a little adjustment to get used to but I can now easily stand up going over obstacles which was impossible with the forwards. It is amazing how much a fairing cuts the fatigue even over a windshield.

I know dyna baggers can be controversial posts so lets preempt a couple questions here.

1. I know it doesnt look as sexy as a stripped bobber. Thats why its reversible relatively easily for when I don't want convenience.

2. Why didn't I just buy a bagger. I wanted a dyna. I'd love a street glide but I don't have an extra $20K sitting around for a 2nd bike and I'm not selling my street bob. This way i have both functions.

3. I know, a fatter tire would look much better. Once this tire is worn I'll be looking into it.



If anyone has any questions let me know. It really is a simple mod.

Originally Posted by iDodgimus

looks sharp man, i like it...

any snaps of it stripped down, i'm interested in this fairing (I've a big light up front too) and would like to see the MS attachments... how do they attach to the forks?