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Old 11-13-2018, 05:51 PM
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I hope your problem is addressed in a timely manner, but who the hell is that woman with the big beautiful ****?
 
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Well the company has finally made good on my problem. Gave me a refund. But I was able to trim off an 1/8" and got the deflector on my bike.

The woman with the beautiful tit is my wife (wish!)
 
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Old 11-13-2018, 08:55 PM
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Well the company has finally made good on my problem. Gave me a refund. But I was able to trim off an 1/8" and got the deflector on my bike.

The woman with the beautiful tit is my wife (wish!)
Have you had a chance to test them out?
 
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Mine came in the mail today, installed them tonight, had to trim them to fit around the lowers (sharpie and die grinder), 3 times on and off to get them to miss the lowers when at full lock. The spacers are to thick for the turn signal/ driving light bracket to sit flush, but now they are spaced out a little more. I think they would fit a bike without lowers without having to trim them at all. 8" of snow on ground, so no test ride for a while!
 
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Old 11-16-2018, 06:55 AM
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I would consider these if I didn't have to modify them to fit my bike.
 
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Very small amount that needs to be removed. Like an 1/8" of an inch over a 1-1/2" span. But you have to figure out precisely where to take it off. This would be an easy fix by the manufacturer. I have not ridden my bike yet to see how well they work.
 
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Patience is key, trail fit, use a magic marker to trace the relief needed, trim to the line, check fit to verify, if good then install, if you need a little more off, mark it again and trim some more off. I used a die grinder and 1" rotary file followed by a 1" drum sander for clean-up, at full lock there is a 1/16" gap between the lowers and the GADS.
 
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Old 11-19-2018, 06:47 PM
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Very strange, mine fit without any mods and do not hit my lowers....

Now I do have to flex them back to get to the lower fairing torx bolt, but that is easy.
 
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Old 11-20-2018, 05:06 AM
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Manufacturing tolerances is probably the issue. It wasn't much of a trim, but I wanted to match the lowers profile when I trimmed it instead of a straight or guessed cut, must be my aircraft manufacturing experience kicking in.
 
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Old 11-20-2018, 07:01 AM
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I also think that lowers can vary a little in their placement as well, this could affect the fit.
 


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