I think you are thinking to hard about it. Not everyone can afford or want a HD so let them have a fairing as others have said they have been around for a long time even before hd used them

 

How could your ex-VTX with its single front brake, its 1300cc engine, and something like 200lbs of add-ons could be faster, roomier ........ and safer (important criteria), than a 1600cc Touring bike with the same original equipment, designed from the get go to handle it, like the Ultra Limited?
I could have accepted the argument if you had used a 1800 VTX but a 1300?? No friggin' way, even if your Limited is bone stock.

 

- Nivensid,
Any plans to put VTX parts on your Harley?

 

As a matter of fact I did before I sold it. The mustang passenger backrest, front and rear cup holder, flag mount, tour pack organizer, cell phone mount. Have more, need anything?
Let's be friends and one day maybe we both will learn a thing or two.
Enjoy your bike as I will my Limited.....be safe.

 

Frenchbiker...I had more room on my 1300R VTX than on my Road King. Little different seating position for sure. The VTX felt bigger and longer.

That being said I like how much more stable the King is at low speeds and nimbler (to me)

 

And I traded my Vulcan 2000 for an Ultra - - I'm 62 and needed a "smaller" bike. I still miss the room and the raw horsepower. I lost 500cc and 150 lbs going to this Ultra. The Ultra isn't better or worse - - it has cruise control.

And when I installed a fairing, hard bags and a trunk, I seriously doubt I was trying to imitate the "legendary" HD.

Get over it................................................ ...........................................

 

Ok, this post has gone WAY beyond its intention. Enough nonsense. It is what it is. I'm happy, your happy. Good. Who are We to think that We can tell another what is right or wrong with their rig? I set out for some understanding. Got it. I'd delete this thread if i knew how.

 

Well, I took the time to read this entire thread, so I have to put my 2 cents in as well. If the person wants to put a fairing on, I don't think they have any decent looking choices other than a bat wing style. A lot of people are trying to imitate the Harley style as well. That's cool. I did it. Back in '99 I bought a new Roadstar because you had to wait 6 months or more to get a Harley. Almost immediately I started buying accessories and making modifications including custom flame paint etc. Even won a couple of shows with it. I was at a Memorial Day ride and a bunch of guys were standing around the bike and talking about it. I was in the background and overheard one say "man he has put so much into that bike he could have had a Harley". He was absolutely right, but no one would have been standing around checking it out. I loved the Yamaha, but I always did want a Harley. The Roadstar did have more room. I am really enjoying my Ultra now though. It is just a popular style and everyone is going to do it. The Yamaha Venture fairing looks an awful lot like the Harley Batwing. We sure cant expect everyone to put a Goldwing look a like on can we?

 

Doesn't bother me a bit. I was a metric jockey for years until I could afford the Harley,never had the fairing on any of them but just don't care

 

Nothing.....Same thing goes for guys putting them on Roadkings and Dynas! If ya wanted a batwing ya shoulda gotten a Glide!