MY friend has decided to add HD aux prem lighting Light bar to his Fat Boy but dealer states the HD windshield he has will not fit with it..He ownly use the windshield for long rides

1 Do we cut the windshield so it does fit have been told not hard to do

2 Can we order just the windshield itself no hardware use existing mounts

any advise would be greatley appreciated

Joe Dolci

 

I've cut a lot of windshields. #1 use a lot of masking tape. Cover more than the area you will be working in. #2. Draw your line and double check it. #3. Cut with hand held jig saw to within about 1/8 inch of your line. #4. Work it the rest of the way down with a sander. You'll get good results this way. Make sure the blade in the saw is fine enough to not cause cracks but good enough not to just melt the lexan.

 

Have have been thinking about adding the lamps to my fatboy and wondered the same thing about the windshield?

 

I think the light-bar mounts to the forks first, and the the windshield mounts outside of that. I think you'll have to have a whole new windshield frame as well as lexan.

 

It is a complete new frame assembly as well. It is wider with the lights. A Heritage winshield is what you will need.

 

I have used a die grinder with a cutting wheel. It melts its way right through!

 

I used a Roto-Zip to cut mine down, just tape her off and it will go through like cutting butter....

 

The guy I bought my '02 FXST from included a lexan windscreen which he had cut down a couple inches so he could see over the top of it. Looks okay and works, but I've noticed under the right light I can see faint discoloration (delamination?) a couple inches or so down from where the cut was made. Maybe the way he had it cut. I'll probably replace it with a non-cut windscreen at some point.