How much pain and anxiety is involved in removing the fairing permanently ? What are the big issues I'll be encountering ?

 

Google “convert FLHT to road king” and you’ll see many forum threads.

 

All those little detail parts for covering the steering head area can add up to a hefty price.

Plus add new center dash, speedometer, indicators, etc...

Easier to simply buy the bike you are trying to turn your FLHT in to..... a Road King.

What year bike?

 

An FLHT is a very particular model, however we can help a lot more if you tell us what bike you actually have and what you have in mind to do to it. The more we know, the more we can help - but at present we know very little!

 

2005 flhtpi, , should have waited and bought a Road King, I've had this one for about 5 yrs.

 

Take a look at the microfiche on a site like ronnies, and you can put a parts list together. I converted a batwing to a shark several years ago. With some patients you can find used parts on eBay, and convert it very for a decent price. Selling off the parts you exchange, will offset the $ spent.

I personally like to wrench and tinker with these kind of projects, so if you are the same, take your time finding the parts, and have fun with the project. If you are not the tinkering type, you may be better off trading/buying a road king.

 

I do love to tinker. Just chopped my 02 dyna ! Thank you for your advise and the lead to Ronnies. I'm gonna do this myself over the next year