When I removed my outer fairing from my 2007 RG I found and took care of some issues. I just want to keep you guys informed so you can check those things when you are working on your bike. I will also mention that this fairing was installed just by "the book".


The first thing I found was that the radio carrier had been rubbing against the outer fairing, both sides.


The radio carrier almost rubbed thru the fairing at one side.


Here you can see the fairing rest upon the radio carrier.


Radio carrier rubbing surfaces.


I reparied the fairing with a tiny string of "Hotmelt glue". I also added 2 small strips of "Sheet metal edge trim" on top of the radio carrier.
Now that issue was fixed and on top of that I found out that my fairing fits even better when mounted.

Next issue is that I have noticed that my headlamp unit has been a little bit loose. I could move it a little bit out and in and from side to side. Sometimes I also could notice a rattling noise from the fairing, especially when the bike "shakes" at idle.


The first thing I did was to "expand" the mounting clips, just a little bit 1,3 mm (0.05") on each side.
I used a warm air gun and a small screwdriver to bend the clip. This will make the clips a little bit wider and they will snap to the fairing a little bit harder. ATTENTION: TAKE IT VERY EASY WITH THE GUN!


When I have did the "clipfix" I contiuned to add one little piece of "window isolation list" at both sides of the headlight unit. The thicknes you will use for the EPDM rubber depends on how far in the fairing the headlight unit is fitted.


This is the type of EPDM rubber I used. I'm sure you have equal stuff in the States.

After these two small fixes, the entire fairing feels a lot more "solid". I also feel good when I found and correct things that the MOCO engineers should have been thinking of.

 

Excellent pictures and information even if I don't own one.

 

thx for thinking of us and taking pics along the way!

 

Thanks for the info

 

Nice to know, thanks for sharing.

 

Did the fairing fit differently with the edge trim installed?

 

Excellent information. Did you happen to figure out a way to prevent the headlight cover from leaking?

 

1FLTRI4ME: I feel that the fairing fits better. It's very tight around the edges of the innerfairing.

sfchief: Sorry! But I use the bezel for the 2009 Screami'n Eagle Road Glide.

 

Adding some thoughts.
I don't know how the MOCO people have been thinking.
Is it the hooks or the edges of the radio carrier that the fairing are supposed to rest on?
On my bike the fairing rests on the edges. Down at the hooks there's a small gap.
But when my fairing had rubbed down a bit, it rested on the hooks. As it was when I discovered this issue, before the fix.
I believe the hooks only are supposed to be like an "helping hand" when mounting the fairing.

 

So what do you do for the trim along the edges of the inner fairing? Mine is coming loose and I cannot get it to stay in place.