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Bought a new fairing, but it sits to low to block wind

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Old 07-04-2008, 02:07 PM
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Does it make sense if my bike was lowered 2" in the front that the fairing would sit lower and not give me the wind block I was looking for? or not? Bought the Corbin Fairing. I like the look, personally.
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Old 07-04-2008, 02:25 PM
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Doesn't make sense to me.&nbsp\\; Usually the fairing is mounted outside the fork uppers.&nbsp\\; When lowering the front, the shorter springs reduces the visible length of the fork lowers.&nbsp\\; The fairing appears smaller than the conventional batwing, which is probably what you liked about it.
 
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Old 07-04-2008, 04:47 PM
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Default RE: Bought a new fairing, but it sits low to block wind

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Does it make sense if my bike was lowered 2" in the front that the fairing would sit lower and not give me the wind block I was looking for? or not? Bought the Corbin Fairing. I like the look, personally.
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It only brings to mind what were you looking for in getting that fairing, obviously its going to block wind from the back side of it, but lets be real there is not much back side.
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That fairing sure looks good though, but IMO thats as functional as it gets, and has no bearing on how low or not your bike is.
 
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&nbsp\\;I'm curious as to why your corbin fairing looks like an Arlen Ness fairing instead of a corbin. Corbins go clear out past the hand grips and your&nbsp\\;doesn't.&nbsp\\;
 
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Default RE: Bought a new fairing, but it sits low to block wind

The Arlen one is the one in my sig, and that one was pretty much the same as far as wind resistance. I did put a larger windsheild on the Arlen one by going to plastic company but the results were minimal.
I also&nbsp\\;talk to a guy at Nasi's and he told me he could fab a winshield for the Corbin, I guess it's worth going over on Sunday and see what he has in mind. The dent on the side of my nose from the bug that splattered there is still visible and that was yesterday. Thank's guys.
 
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