have a memphis shades fairing on my '09 roadking...wish i had bought an electraglide...fairings are great...will never take it off.

 

I put a Woody's Fairing on my 06 RK,I thought I would keep it on just when the weather is cold[early spring-late fall].This fairing never comes off,love it.

 

Texas Rapier..... What brand of fairing is that that went together for $800??

 

If you bought your RK for it's styling ( no fairing ) but are looking for a little more protection you should consider the Klockwerks Billboard Flare windshield. I got one in December and it's a noticeable difference.

 

No fairing if you want tunes use an iPod and headphones. Love the paint I'm very jealous. If you put apes on your hands aren't behind the fairing anyways so a windshield will work almost as well. Fwiw I'm looking at the klockwerks billboard windshield for my king.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I just checked it out on the Klockwerks site. Looks like a worthy option.

 

Road King rider and I use a Memphis Shades fairing. Winter when it's cold, it's on ALL the time. When it warms up, it comes off. I ride most days 20 miles to/from work (40 round-trip). No fairing is great when it's warm. But even when it's warm, if I'm going very far, the fairing goes back on. A lot more 'peaceful' ride with it in place. I like the cheap fairing fine. I use XM Radio with BlueTooth headset (in helmet) so I don't need the external tunes.

 

The lower's are standard Ultra lowers, I picked them up off E-bay with the hard covers for $325.00.

I went throught the buffiting fight trying to get that calm pocket of air we all want behind the fairing, The last thing that went on was the fork mounted air deflectors and they gave me the calm pocket I wanted. The fairing mounted deflectors are Freedom Wings and I'm happy to have them. when it get hot i can use them to actually dirrect air on me.

I found an person on E-bay that builds the fairing I have. He only builds a couple of dozen fairings a year. It also the only one I've see that comes with a place for a 2" gauge/tach. If your interested PM me and I'll give you his e-mail address you can contact him dirrectly.

Here is a link to the build of my fairing. PM me if you have any other questions.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...g-fairing.html

 

I'm one of the guys who enjoys running around with no fairing or windshield at times. Probably 9 months out of the year, the fairing stays on, but between late June through mid September, it's probably about 50/50.

The bikes handle much better without the fairing, but you do get used to the different feel with the fairing.

I picked up my fairing used off ebay. I sent it in to Dragonfly for repair and paint, and they wound up replacing it for the price of repairs, so I wound up getting a killer deal on mine.

 

The stock windshield blocks wind like a barn door, there is absolutely no reason why you can't do long trips with it. Another plus is that you can remove it and bungee it to the tour-pak rack when you don't need it during your trips.

The only reason I could see going with a fairing would be if you want a stereo system.

btw, fairing lowers make a big difference in long distance comfort on the king, highly recommended.