If anyone is interested, Cycle Visions in San Diego now has the Road Glide fairing mount available for 2007/8 V-Rods. I got the first production kit and finished installation a week before leaving for Sturgis. I agree with others comments in this section regarding the square Harley hard bags found on other Road Rods so I opted for the Nylon Denier bags which I think fit the style better. I also kept the windshield chopped. The Harley bra matches the denim paint quite well. Had a hard time leaving the lot at the Harley show in Rapid City/Sturgis.... too many questions. The bike has full working instrumentation. If anyone is interested in how to hook up a Harley oil pressure gauge (which is a REAL muther) or water temperature, give me a shout.

Good job. The conversion is very tasteful. Love it.

Fred

IS that a DX?

Come on David, even you have to admit that this bike is tasteful. It looks like a DX, but better.

Come on David, even you have to admit that this bike is tasteful. It looks like a DX, but better.
I am keeping quiet. But You Cannot make a DX look "Better".

I am keeping quiet. But You Cannot make a DX look "Better".


Proof that if you shoot a shotgun often enough, eventually you are bound to hit something.
Finally something from Davy, i can agree with

Nice job looks sweet

They did a nice job, not over done, I like it!

Excellent Job. My new wallpaper.

IS that a DX?

:them:

Waste of a nice bike IMO. But David, we might as well face it. Somebody, somewhere will make a bagger out of anything. It won't suprise me when I see a pic of Lance Armstrong's bike with a fairing and bags on it. :D

Looks great.

Hmmmm, if only I could do that to an R (dang inverted forks). Looks fantastic!

Its frame mounted - nothing to do with the forks...

thats A Nice Bagger....real Badd Azz

Nice work! Looks great.

Its frame mounted - nothing to do with the forks...
Yup. There ya go Roy. A little work and you can get rid of your ancient air head.

Awesome looking bagger. If HD were to release a VROD bagger, I reckon that would be perfect.

It has certainly made me look at baggers in a different light...

Congrats!!!

Good looking ride!

Great job, and a beauty. Tunes, wind protection, full instuments, low slung and sexy! Harley needs to wake up and build these! Awesome! I would make one slight change if it were mine: The Harley leather covered hard bags would rock that set up! Bring that thing to the rally in KC - I am sure lots of folks would love to see it! I sure would! V/R Joe

CPTJAM, I wholly agree with you. I would have preferred those, but they don't fit the 07 or anything with the 240 tire.

If anyone is interested, Cycle Visions in San Diego now has the Road Glide fairing mount available for 2007/8 V-Rods. I got the first production kit and finished installation a week before leaving for Sturgis. I agree with others comments in this section regarding the square Harley hard bags found on other Road Rods so I opted for the Nylon Denier bags which I think fit the style better. I also kept the windshield chopped. The Harley bra matches the denim paint quite well. Had a hard time leaving the lot at the Harley show in Rapid City/Sturgis.... too many questions. The bike has full working instrumentation. If anyone is interested in how to hook up a Harley oil pressure gauge (which is a REAL muther) or water temperature, give me a shout.
nice bike the fairing goes good with the DX

just curious how you did your water and oil pressure gages. mine has the fully functional gages also. i ran a stainless steel flex line to the fairing and mounted a tee for the sending units, i couldn't find a sender that was small enough and would allow the light sender to mount in the original location.

are the mounts different for the 07-08 farings on the DX vs the A-B models?

Dennis

The water sending unit is an M10x1 I bought online with the VDO gauge. It mounts right into the water line "vent" plug opening - which you can access under the rubber plug inside the airbox. The Oil Pressure sending unit is the stock Harley unit from the big twins. I bought it as part of the kit which contains the air temp gauge and oil pressure gauge. The existing oil pressure switch which is located deep down between the cylinders has the same threads. The sender, however, won't fit directly due to overhead clearances. I had to unscrew the old switch and replace if with a 2 inch long brass pipe nipple with a 90 degree fitting on the end. The sender unit screws into the 90 degree fitting while laying on its side and exits between the cylinders behind the horn cover. The fittings are tapered so they compress when you snug them up. It is leak free. ( I used a good quality hi temp pipe dope too) An added benefit is that the Harley unit not only is a pressure sending unit, it incorporates the low pressure switch so not only will your pressure gauge work, your low pressure idiot light will work correctly too. Doing this install is not easy, I can give you the nitty gritty if you wish.

BTW Dennis, I'm a survivor too

The water sending unit is an M10x1 I bought online with the VDO gauge. It mounts right into the water line "vent" plug opening - which you can access under the rubber plug inside the airbox. The Oil Pressure sending unit is the stock Harley unit from the big twins. I bought it as part of the kit which contains the air temp gauge and oil pressure gauge. The existing oil pressure switch which is located deep down between the cylinders has the same threads. The sender, however, won't fit directly due to overhead clearances. I had to unscrew the old switch and replace if with a 2 inch long brass pipe nipple with a 90 degree fitting on the end. The sender unit screws into the 90 degree fitting while laying on its side and exits between the cylinders behind the horn cover. The fittings are tapered so they compress when you snug them up. It is leak free. ( I used a good quality hi temp pipe dope too) An added benefit is that the Harley unit not only is a pressure sending unit, it incorporates the low pressure switch so not only will your pressure gauge work, your low pressure idiot light will work correctly too. Doing this install is not easy, I can give you the nitty gritty if you wish.

BTW Dennis, I'm a survivor too
gald your here being a survivor changes the way you look at life.

i did the same with the water temp and looked at the dual sender and extending it like you did. i was afraid the added weight and extension might result in it breaking so i moved everthing to the fairing and ran a #4 stanless plastic coated line to a tee. i have attached pic.

Dennis

What a novel setup - I would never have thought of that. Wish I was on this site when I was figuring how to proceed - it would have given me another option to consider. I originally had your same concerns about using piping, but brass is fairly soft and not prone to fracture, and the sending unit while looking like plastic, actually is metal underneath ...and it isn't really cantilevered, it actually rests on the cylinders v. Since it is fully supported, there is no vibration on the piping to cause any stress cracking. But it was a Bi*ch to install

Two methods of solving the same problem. I really like the way you carried it out. Next time I think Id try it your way, but still use the stock Harley electronic sending unit remotely located.

What a novel setup - I would never have thought of that. Wish I was on this site when I was figuring how to proceed - it would have given me another option to consider. I originally had your same concerns about using piping, but brass is fairly soft and not prone to fracture, and the sending unit while looking like plastic, actually is metal underneath ...and it isn't really cantilevered, it actually rests on the cylinders v. Since it is fully supported, there is no vibration on the piping to cause any stress cracking. But it was a Bi*ch to install

Two methods of solving the same problem. I really like the way you carried it out. Next time I think Id try it your way, but still use the stock Harley electronic sending unit remotely located.
i went with the mechanical gage because i read somwhere the oil pressure could exceed 100 psi and i couldnt find a electric gage group that matched the theme i wanted with an oil range above 100psi. now that i know it dosent get above 100 psi even cold i will probably change to the electric setup when i finally find a radio setup i want at a resonable price and i have the outer faring off. i was a little concerned about using the mechanical gage and copper tubing but after years of using them in race cars and no problems with it running all over the place i decided it would probably be reliable, so far so good.

Dennis

SC and DP -
I hope you guys are bringing those awesome machines to KC! I would love to see them side by side, in person. Great work! Having had several dressers over the years, I can say: performance has always been at the root of me getting away from them. While on any other style of bike, I miss my fairing, or bags, or trunk, or carrying capacity. I do like to GO, so this just may be the answer, with the possible exception of how long it takes to clean a dresser! Lots of area to keep up with. You guys rock! Joe

The water sending unit is an M10x1 I bought online with the VDO gauge. It mounts right into the water line "vent" plug opening - which you can access under the rubber plug inside the airbox.
Does it actually read water temp? I had a fitting installed in the air bleed and there was no water getting to the probe. The gauge was useless if you were moving.

That's a frame mounted fairing? Wow, that really works! What sort of money does that come to, if I might ask?

Go to Cyclevision's site. They have complete price lists, including HD parts. Not cheap, I might add.

(But looking better all the time...)

Look Great! Have you felt and changes in your stearing or handling?

The whole thing set me back a little over $2000 complete, with bags full gauges and stereo. As far as do the gauges work - yup. I made sure there was no air in the line before I snugged down the sensor (let it burp). Works flawlessly. Are you sure you have a good ground? I installed a separate floating ground between the sensor and water pipe just to be sure. As far as handling - I travel the interstates a lot and am not buffetted nearly as hard now when I come up behind the semis... and what turbulence I feel is no longer felt in the handgrips like my previous bike with batwing. Instead of the harsh shimmy in the bars, the whole bike sort of rocks gently since everything goes through the frame which damps it better.

Does it actually read water temp? I had a fitting installed in the air bleed and there was no water getting to the probe. The gauge was useless if you were moving.
the adapter i used did cover up the probe a little so just to make sure i had enough depth to immerse the probe i cut a couple threads off the adapter and got about a 1/4 inch protrusion. and like was mentioned make sure you dont have air in the line and the piping is full. also installed a seperate ground by soldering a wire to the side of the sensor and grounding it to the engine.

The whole thing set me back a little over $2000 complete, with bags full gauges and stereo. As far as do the gauges work - yup. I made sure there was no air in the line before I snugged down the sensor (let it burp). Works flawlessly. Are you sure you have a good ground? I installed a separate floating ground between the sensor and water pipe just to be sure. As far as handling - I travel the interstates a lot and am not buffetted nearly as hard now when I come up behind the semis... and what turbulence I feel is no longer felt in the handgrips like my previous bike with batwing. Instead of the harsh shimmy in the bars, the whole bike sort of rocks gently since everything goes through the frame which damps it better.
i have about $6000 invested in my conversion. got most all the harley pieces from EBAY and about 200 hours of my time making it all fit the way it was suppose to and the way i wanted. also i have no wind issues well above 100 mph and it will cruise at 80 and feel like 60.

DPIERCE02 I checked out your gallery pics of your bike - absolutely stunning. I don't have the patience to pull something off like that. Mine was about 30 hours total.

DPIERCE02 I checked out your gallery pics of your bike - absolutely stunning. I don't have the patience to pull something off like that. Mine was about 30 hours total.
thanks for the nice comments.

i started on it in March 06 and took my time. i got it done just before Sturgis that year only had a hundred miles on it before i left. only checked the nuts and bolts one time on that trip and never had a problem last year or this year. i love this bike!!!

You did an excellant job. I have an 08 DX, not sure I would add a fairing but yours looks kick ax!!