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Oct 27, 2007 | 03:50 PM

Zack

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Opening lower fairings

Has anyone removed the adjustable black piece in the each lower fairing? This would allow more air flow.

Oct 27, 2007 | 06:58 PM

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I tried that this summer in Memphis after reading about it here on the forum. It only took a few minutes and I liked it better than removing the entire lowers like I did last summer. When you take the lowers off completely you get the tired inner thigh muscles after a long road trip cause the air pressure is trying to spread your legs apart. Leaving the lowers on without theair dams still gives you a lot better rain protection than taking the lowers off completely. With just the air dams removed, I got a lot more airflow to my legs and torso but could still position my legs to keep them out of the direct wind blast.

Oct 27, 2007 | 09:22 PM

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How'd you do it? Are they permanently removed when you take them off? I guess I should get off my lazy a** and go in the garage and look, but Im watching the Sox beat the crap out of the Rockies right now......

Oct 28, 2007 | 07:10 PM

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How much more air is coming through without them as having them fully opened????.... is it worth totally removing them if the difference is little if any? When the cold weather comes closing them up a little brings heat to your legs too....Ahhhhh makes the ride sooooo much better

Oct 29, 2007 | 08:36 AM

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How'd you do it? Are they permanently removed when you take them off? I guess I should get off my lazy a** and go in the garage and look, but Im watching the Sox beat the crap out of the Rockies right now......

No, you can put them back on. There is a nut and bolt arrangement that holds them on, along with some plastic friction washers. The only fly in the oitment is that there is a plastic molded tab that positions them in a channel they slide back and forth in. In order to take them off after you've removed the bolt it is necessary to loosen the inner black plastic molded part from the outer fairing shell just enough to let the plastic tab pull out. Hard to explain but you'll figure it out after you remove the bolt.

Oct 29, 2007 | 08:39 AM

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How much more air is coming through without them as having them fully opened????.... is it worth totally removing them if the difference is little if any? When the cold weather comes closing them up a little brings heat to your legs too....Ahhhhh makes the ride sooooo much better

It seemed like a lot to me. Notice that in the full open position they are still a good 3 inches into the airstream and have a foil on them that pushes the wind toward the frame disrupting a clean flow to you and the engine. When the air damns are removed there seems to be a lot more airflow to the engine area and to my torso, not as much as removing the entire lowers but enough more that I choose to leave the lowers on this summer.