Hey guys,
Just about to install a FXRT fairing from RWD on a 2016 FXDLS. Just wanted to see if anyone could help me. Just wanted to know what height mx bars you have to run to keep the indicators mounted in the stock position (under the handlebar controls) Any info would be appreciated.

 

At first I didn't dig this look...but know it's starting to rub off on me.

 

To any one runnin the small recurve windshields can u post links to where u got them from. I'm trying to find as low as possible. The lowest I can find is 8 inch

 

http://www.clearviewshields.com/moto...davidson/fxrp/


http://www.getklocked.com/shop/flare...style-fairings


haven't seen shorter than 8". I have a piece of tinted plexiglass or plastic that was sent as a windscreen for my fairing.
I was planning on chopping it shorter and using it as a shorty screen. but there isn't any recurve.
like this...http://www.defabstore.com/

 

Sat on a new FXDLS at the stealership with an RWD fairing and I loved it. Few questions.
How high for the bars? I'm running biltwell high trackers with zero rise. will I need new risers to clear?
Has anyone vinyl wrapped one of these? And if not how much are you guys paying for paint?

 

I was told by Joe at Deviant Fabrications that a 9" rise is needed to clear. So yes, you will need new riser or bars to clear. The cost of painting it will very from state to state, and painter to painter. The complexity of the scheme will significantly effect the cost as well.

 

Custom headlight bucket like the one in the picture is easy to mount and sits the light deep in the light well away from the lens.

 

Bike looks GREAT!, can't wait to see it done...

 

This is the Deviant Fabrications bracket, asides from the versatility and unlimited adjustability, it won't rub the paint off your frame neck. Easy on and off, I hear the folks at Deviant are getting nominated for a Nobel prize for the design of this bracket...lol

 

Hello hd forum folks,

new here and this thread was what made me register on this board !

Since i bought my first bike with a fairing back in the eighties - a 1984 FLH Shovelhead - i never again had another one with a fairing.
I rode that E-Glide for one year with the batwing, then stripped it from bags and fairing.
It was a nice experience, but finally, as almost every young rider at that time, i rated dresser-bikes as old geezer stuff and just liked to enjoy the wind more than i needed weather protection.

Now since i got an 88 FXR which i plan to use as a daily beater and ride more often, a fairing becomes attractive again - also i grew onto the FXRT fairing (with some modifications), which i must admit have disliked a lot when it was actual design back then.

I was watching the market for two years now and found only two at my location, but both had the late design inner fairing, what killed it for me.

I like the early inner fairing with it`s more floating, rounded design better, though it still could be improved - especially where it just looks as someone cut it straight off, below the rearward bracket mounting points towards the rider, looking like one part is missing.
With a short windshield and signal glass treatment, i would use one and be happy with it, just none crossed my way.

From all the aftermarket fairings i have seen so far, one is very close to the FXR fairing of my dreams.
The section below the rear mounting points that i described above (where the stock fairing has a bracket attached with two bolts on each side), is well treated here, as it has been designed to flow seamless all around.
I just love that inner fairing. Wouldn`t need the speaker openings, but they could be closed or used as a glove box.
The scallop is nice too and the redesigned windshield imo is a good update for that old fairing design.

One other sweet detail is it`s rear / lower section, where the inner fairing "folds" inwards, it`s all floating and another detail where the OEM fairing lacks completion or maybe just looks outdated, when compared.

Does anyone here use that fairing from Tol Design / Dreher Customs ?

What i don`t see on the pictures are the bolts for the brackets that i described above, the rear ones that the original FXR fairing has, also the picture of their kit shows only one bracket, the center one in front.
If i recall it right - on the FXR`s, when using the fairing without those additonal brackets it led to stress cracks or worse.
All the weight (usually 65lbs +) on the center bracket alone seems not a good idea without supporting brackets.