UPDATED- Harley Fairing Install on 1997 Bumblebee

[Oklahoma_Valk]

I finally got around to installing the 2001 HD street glide fairing on my 1997 standard. Although challenging, I was pretty pleased with the result overall. it is NEVER finished. But I've reached a good stopping point and decided to add my dimes to the bucket.

Thanks to tank_post for his write up here:
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,35116.0.html

Thanks to Dubsvalk for help along the way.

The goal of the install was to keep the factory valk headlight. That was difficult. Mounting a HD headlight in the fairing would have been very simple, quick, clean, and easy. BUT I have always loved the valk headlight, an wanted to retain it at all cost.

to attach the fairing to the bike I used:
memphis shades fork clamps (4 of them)
OEM harley davidson inner fairing support brackets (like tank_post did)

I ordered a 10'' speedometer extension cable from ebay. (could have used a 6'') which mounted with no modification.

I also ordered an OEM harley odometer "roll back" cable. Had to modify this a little.

Alpine head unit stereo.

Polk audio 5 1/4'' 2-way speakers.

Windshield was purchased from HD. It's an 8'' with a "flip lip" at the top, which I love. Some pics show the shield, some do not.

The most difficult part, by far, was fabricating a bracket for the valk headlight. I needed a bracket to drop the light, and move it slightly forward, so that the light would sit in the correct position in the fairing. (I trimmed the HD fairing with a dremel tool in order to get it to fit the valk headlight)
Some photos show the headlight in the Original OEM position, others show it with the fabricated bracket. I can PM measurements of the bracket if anyone is interested in building one. I am going to have mine chromed eventually. Safety first! More chrome = you can see me better! (Thats what I tell my wife after making big purchases)


The passing lamps are National Cycle. They are mounted in the OEM position, and work great there.

I moved all of the wiring out of the valkyrie headlight, and into the fairing. This was not particularly easy. honda definitely designed the wiring to fit inside the headlight.

I used the Harley Davidson indicator (idiot) light assembly, rather than drilling holes in the fairing and mounting the valkyrie indicator lights. It took some trial and error (and one heated bidding war on ebay) in order to figure out which HD wires went to their corresponding indicator light. it looks great in the fairing though. The HD indicators are very bright (LED).

To power my sound system (and any other electronic components I'll add in the future) I wired a hot wire from the battery, under the fuel tank, to a master switch. From the master switch, to a relay, from  the relay to a fuse panel, from the fuse panel to each individual accessory. Props to PhredValk for that idea. So everything on the fuse panel is relay'd through one relay. Eliminating clutter of multiple relays.

The relay is triggered by a wire which is hot when the key is "ON"

Before starting the bike, I flip the master switch OFF. This eliminates strain on the starter button. (because we all know what can happen there.)

Overall....love the fairing. Spent about $600 total, putting it together. Next tax season....she's getting painted! (along with the bags)

I'm going to keep a tube of blue locktite in my saddlebag from now on though...never know whats going to start falling off  

Feel free to ask Qs if you have any. It's what makes the forum great.

[WamegoRob]

Nice job, that looks good.

I admit, though, I saw the second pic and thought, "wow, he mounted a lot of mirrors on that thing"... then I realized what I was looking at.   

[Brian]

Awesome job. No joke on the blue locktite. You may need to use it on the srcews the hold the winshield in place. My brother in law had to check them almost each time he went out. He actually ended up loosing one on a poker run. But then again he was too bullheaded to have the windshield trimmed. It was too high for me and I stand 6'3" where he was 5'10". So this may have had a lot to do with it. He was a fraid to use the blue loctite for fear of not being able to remove them in the future. I even offered him blue non harding gasket silicone made by permatex, he refused that.  He was living with us at this time. I was thinking about placing and old cookie sheet under his scooter with a note and a made up part # calling it a Harley Davidson parts collector.

[jimmytee]

Nice job. When I installed my Woody's fairing, one of the modifications was a headlight bracket sold by XF6 that moves the headlight forward and lower slightly.

[Tailgate Tommy]

Nice job. When I installed my Woody's fairing, one of the modifications was a headlight bracket sold by XF6 that moves the headlight forward and lower slightly.

+1 on the XF6 headlight bracket. I used it when I installed my Wide Open Customs batwing.
http://www.xf6-custom.com/partpages/headex.html

[tank_post142]

if the headlight vibrates too much. look into the bracket they are talking about, and mount it under the triple tree then mount the headlight to it(on the bottom). that will give you your drop and push out as well as be a lot stronger.

[Oklahoma_Valk]

Thanks for the input fellas. The bracket I fabbed is extremely sturdy. (Solid plate steel) although I may eventually look into the XF6 one, for cosmetics.

Also added some Vstacks and Hitchdoc hitch today.

I REALLY love this thing.

Here's a couple more pics I was able to snap today, before dark.







-okie

[Brian]

Awesome results.

[MCRIDER]

I finally got around to installing the 2001 HD street glide fairing on my 1997 standard. Although challenging, I was pretty pleased with the result overall. it is NEVER finished. But I've reached a good stopping point and decided to add my dimes to the bucket.

Thanks to tank_post for his write up here:
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,35116.0.html

Thanks to Dubsvalk for help along the way.

The goal of the install was to keep the factory valk headlight. That was difficult. Mounting a HD headlight in the fairing would have been very simple, quick, clean, and easy. BUT I have always loved the valk headlight, an wanted to retain it at all cost.

to attach the fairing to the bike I used:
memphis shades fork clamps (4 of them)
OEM harley davidson inner fairing support brackets (like tank_post did)

I ordered a 10'' speedometer extension cable from ebay. (could have used a 6'') which mounted with no modification.

I also ordered an OEM harley odometer "roll back" cable. Had to modify this a little.

Alpine head unit stereo.

Polk audio 5 1/4'' 2-way speakers.

Windshield was purchased from HD. It's an 8'' with a "flip lip" at the top, which I love. Some pics show the shield, some do not.

The most difficult part, by far, was fabricating a bracket for the valk headlight. I needed a bracket to drop the light, and move it slightly forward, so that the light would sit in the correct position in the fairing. (I trimmed the HD fairing with a dremel tool in order to get it to fit the valk headlight)
Some photos show the headlight in the Original OEM position, others show it with the fabricated bracket. I can PM measurements of the bracket if anyone is interested in building one. I am going to have mine chromed eventually. Safety first! More chrome = you can see me better! (Thats what I tell my wife after making big purchases)


The passing lamps are National Cycle. They are mounted in the OEM position, and work great there.

I moved all of the wiring out of the valkyrie headlight, and into the fairing. This was not particularly easy. honda definitely designed the wiring to fit inside the headlight.

I used the Harley Davidson indicator (idiot) light assembly, rather than drilling holes in the fairing and mounting the valkyrie indicator lights. It took some trial and error (and one heated bidding war on ebay) in order to figure out which HD wires went to their corresponding indicator light. it looks great in the fairing though. The HD indicators are very bright (LED).

To power my sound system (and any other electronic components I'll add in the future) I wired a hot wire from the battery, under the fuel tank, to a master switch. From the master switch, to a relay, from  the relay to a fuse panel, from the fuse panel to each individual accessory. Props to PhredValk for that idea. So everything on the fuse panel is relay'd through one relay. Eliminating clutter of multiple relays.

The relay is triggered by a wire which is hot when the key is "ON"

Before starting the bike, I flip the master switch OFF. This eliminates strain on the starter button. (because we all know what can happen there.)

Overall....love the fairing. Spent about $600 total, putting it together. Next tax season....she's getting painted! (along with the bags)

I'm going to keep a tube of blue locktite in my saddlebag from now on though...never know whats going to start falling off 

Feel free to ask Qs if you have any. It's what makes the forum great.

To me it just looks like another metric rider trying to make a Harley look-a-like.  Why don't you use a gold wing fairing?  There are hundreds of thousands in junkyards around the country?

[jimmytee]

  I like it, good job. I used a woody fairing, like the lines better, but I like the way you're able to integrate the tach and speedo. Very cool.

As far as " another Harley look-a-like", kinda hard with that flat six engine "hogging" all the glory

A Goldwing fairing? For one, it is a frame mounted fairing , not a fork mounted faring. Two, wouldn't fit. Tank is too wide among other things.

[pancho]

Good bit of custom work,,,, innovative

[fon1961]

Nice job, looks great 

[Oklahoma_Valk]

UPDATE:

Im a bit of a perfectionist.....and I can't stand when something does't look the way I wanted it to look. I was unable to get the valk headlight and lowering bracket to achieve the look I wanted.

SO...I decided to go with a Harley headlight. This required purchasing all of the HD headlight components (which are brand new 2013 parts) as well as purchasing a new front (upper) fairing. My pocketbook now officially hates me, but it looks the way I wanted it to look. I am satisfied.....and she's ready for PAINT!!!!







Thanks to this little guy for his help!

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Nice job, that looks good.

I admit, though, I saw the second pic and thought, "wow, he mounted a lot of mirrors on that thing"... then I realized what I was looking at.   

I did a double take and STILL thought I was looking at mirrors. HeeHee.