I've had the Harley wind deflectors on my Heritage for several years. But after looking at some pictures of installed deflectors I may have had them on backwards. I can find pictures on this forum of them installed both ways. The instructions don't tell which way is forward and you can't tell from looking at the Harley Catalog or on their web site. Which way is forward on these things ? I thought I knew until I did a search for wind deflectors when I was trying to find out how to install my new driving light kit with the wind deflectors. Does anybody know the right way to install them ?

 

When I boght them for my wife, my buddy was taking his back that he had just bought. Said he innstalled and the windchield would not go on, so thought he had the wrong ones.

I found it pretty simple...the cut-out on one side, that many people think is there because of the turn signal, is really there because of the Engine gaurd. Your bike will not fully turn if you put them on wrong, as they will hit the gaurd before you hit full turn.

 

The outside tabs face to the rear of the bike on mine, which I think is the only way the notch will properly fit into the crash bars. Hope this helps.

CJ

 

Thanks, I now have them installed with the slanted sides facing towards the rear. I guess I've had them on backwards for years, duh. They look a little odd to me now, but it makes sense that they would handle the wind better this way, although they seemed to work ok the other way. It would have been nice to have a good picture with the installation instructions. I can read pictures fairly well most of the time.