Has anyone removed the fairing on a roadglide? I have talked with guys that say its a real pain in the **** and very time consuming. I wanted to install a set of speakers and maybe a digital antenna without the HD shop gouging out the eyes.

 

You can do this by removing the outer clamshell. A little pain but not that rough. Make sure to protect your front fender and having a helper wouldn't hurt. Removing the whole deal to like paint the inner fairing is a whole lot more involved and not something for the inexperienced or faint of heart.

 

Piece of cake... get a service manual and follow the directions.

 

Shop manual tells you how to get it off. A little less help gettin' it back on.......... OTOH, it's not complicated. Remove the turn signals, remove the bolts from the inner fairing, lift up & out. It's in your hands! To re-install, locate the notches above each headlight, align with the arms from the inner fairing, press in & up till they catch. It takes some learning, but once you've done it a couple of times it's easy. Once the outer fairing is hangin' on the hooks, check the tabs between the inner & outer fairing, re-install the turn signals & the inner fairing screws.

'Course if you can live with the speakers that are in there just stick the digital antenna in the back & don't worry about it. I gave a digital to a friend, & we just stuck it in the bottom of his tourpac, & it's still workin' better than the original whip............

 

To make your life easier, when you have the outer fairing off, you should see 3 green clips that hold your lights to the fairing. Squeeze these and your headlight plate will come off. This makes it easier to find the 2 hooks that run behind the radio. This is where the fairing hooks on to. Once the fairing is back on the hooks, and your sides are tucked in, signal lights done up,just connect the headlights and push the headlight plate back in. You'll hear the 3 clicks as it engages the fairing.

 

Almost sounds as if you guys have done this before....I'm not so scared now lol. Think I'll get a shop manual though for insurance...

 

this is the best advice / Trick you can follow - It WILL save you a BIG headace and it make putting it back together super easy - taking it off is the easy part - getting it back on NOT doing the above trick is the hard part - at least for most of us....

 

While you have it off, glue your weather strips back on.

 

done it lots, no big deal

 

Heywood +1

That is the best advice for easy reinstall. The part that people say is a PITA. Aslo cover the front fender.