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They are home made Lowers. Due to the (factory) feet forward controls Vetter lowers would never work no matter how they were cut to fit. What I did was fabricate a crash bar made of 1 inch square 11 gauge steel that's integrated with the fairing mount. It's a rectangle except for the outside...

If I had a GL1000 with those 4 carbs that need work I would go ahead and convert it over to a single Holly-Weber progressive two barrel carburetor. Even a Solex single barrel carburetor used on air cooled VW engines would be better that those 4 stock carburetors. Below is a picture of a...

There are two more VLX600's running around here with Windjammers on them after they saw mine. Both left notes on my Bike asking me to contact them so they could ask me how I did it. I invited them to my shop and let them see my mounting system and how to do it. They were amazed how much better...

Clear lenses are legal as long as you use amber bulbs behind them. Nearly all modern cars use clear lens with amber or red bulbs or LED's behind them. If I were going to go to the effort of making a wood form for clear Lexan lenses I would go ahead and use amber LED's behind those clear lenses...

That little locking tab only need's to be pressed in a little bit to unlock the bezel. After many years of sitting in the same static position they become hard to twist off. All I can tell you to do is keep trying. Once it starts moving it will come right off. You can twist it both ways to start...

The only place to get turn signal lenses is to buy them used on eBay. If you want clear lenses you'll need to make them yourself. Lexan can be heated to 315 degrees and then placed on a form. It will take the shape of the form while hot. Once cool it can be removed from the form, trimmed to fit...

I went the other way by mounting a Windjammer IV, bags, and trunk on my modern 2006 Honda VLX600. Most people strip and Bob VLX600's. Once a guy parked beside me on his VLX600 Bobber and didn’t realize we were riding the same Bike because it looks so different. He asked me what kind of bike it...

Mounts are the same. The only thing you need to do before mounting them is to make sure the amber lenses are not separating from the chrome plated peaces behind them. If you see them lifting away 3M glue will stick them back in place so you will not lose the lenses as you ride. After I obtained...

The Kawasaki KZ-1000's had the same mounting problems. Kawasaki solved the problem by using separate mounts that attached to the frame behind the radiator on each side and a mount that attached to the head tube and a bracket between the optional horn bracket mounts. The horn brackets mounted...

It depends on how fast you are going. If your tooling around the neighbourhood at 30 or less they don't do much to keep you cool in hot weather. At 40 and above a nice amount of air will flow into that area behind the windshield where you're sitting. They will keep the inside of the windshield...

I know where you can get a pair of Snapvents for $15.85 a pair. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/ap/airinletkits/snapvents4.php These mount in a 3-3/16 hole so you'll need a 3-3/16 hole saw to install them. If you are good with a jig saw you could cut the holes out that way. The best way to...

That's going to be a very unique looking Goldwing when you are done with it. You'll need to cover up all that ugly stuff on the sides. Coroplast is cheap and very easy to work with. If you don't know what Coroplast is, it's plastic cardboard. You can cut it with a box knife and paint it with...

Tractor Supply has locks that will work and are all keyed the same. You will need to enlarge the square hole to fit the new locks. I use a square file for that job. Here is the lock you need if you want to use those locks. National Hardware N185-280 825 Door/Drawer Keyed Alike Utility Lock...

The entire windshield curves to fit the curve of the fairing so that curve should prevent it from folding back even if it's 21" in height. You could also cut and bend some thin plywood available at Lowes and like places. You could cut some wood strips with the same radius as the fairing and...

Always measure from the centre of the windshield. As for height, it depends on the seat height of the bike in relation to the Windjammer fairing. I put a Windjammer 4 on my modern Honda Shadow Cruiser. Cruisers did not exist when Craig Vetter designed the Windjammer so typically the Windshield...

I made mine out of Lexan. Lexan cuts very nicely using a band saw or even a jig saw and drilling holes in it is easy as well. No need to worry about heating it to bend that curve in it. It's flexible and will easily bend into the curve of that Windjammer.

I greatly improved the PPV over the last week. I purchased an old bicycle at a yard sale for a couple of bucks that had a 3 speed internally geared hub. I checked the hub for proper operation and found it worked perfectly. I then cut the old rusty spokes and steel rim off it. I welded a 16 tooth...

What really makes me laugh is people that put ape hangers behind Batwing fairings. Those fairings were designed to get your head, hands, and chest out of the airstream so riding would be a lot more comfortable. Then they hang an ape on it and put their hands right back in the airstream defeating...

Those 1200's are notorious for stators going bad around 50,000 miles. A company made kits to put a small GM automotive alternator driven from the crankshaft at the front of the engine. It was called "Poor Boy" kit. They no longer supply them due to the age of those 1200's now. If you can...

Me Too! I ride year round down here in Alabama.