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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2013, 09:44:18 PM »

How about "gills" on the sides - a whole new definition of shark nose...
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2013, 11:30:07 PM »

I could see them adding the vent and adding the radiators to the nose instead of the lowers .  I would expect the cooling to much more functional then the glides with the extra space in the fixed fairing.

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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2013, 09:56:26 AM »

I could see them adding the vent and adding the radiators to the nose instead of the lowers .  I would expect the cooling to much more functional then the glides with the extra space in the fixed fairing.

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I agree that it may be more efficient in the fairing, but commonality is the name of the game to reduce costs.  Using the same lowers with cooling on all head cooled models will reduce their inventory requirements as well a lot less tooling.

If you have to add weight to a bike, adding more weight to the fairing may not be the best place.  The lowers can handle the extra weight better as they're much closer to the center of gravity on the bike.

That being said, I’m expecting some major revisions on the new RG fairing, or bike in general. 

Hopefully for the better...
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2013, 01:00:20 PM »

I think it will have a radiator and gills.
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2013, 08:33:51 PM »

I like the idea of a vent and if they keep the radio in the same spot the vent would be almost invisible from a rider's point of view. Maybe it would also stop my ashes from getting sucked into the inside base of the shield.  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2013, 08:55:43 PM »

I don't see the need for a vent.  Don't really see how it would function to begin with.  The fairing and windshield are so far forward a dash vent would probably just add turbulence.  

Now a movable windshield or shield(s) might be a good thing.  As long as it was as high as the tall shield is now.  Even a more functional attachment system would be an improvement.  

I'm thinking that it will be a very different fairing.  Just putting the touch screen in safe reach will require some major changes.  So all of this is probably moot.

What we do need to do, is stay on the MoCo's butt about have a Road Glide in 15.  They are not completely popular with the dealers.  Some go so far as to not floor plan them.
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2013, 10:08:25 PM »

If not already being worked on a stylish chrome grill will finish the fairing off nicely.
The way it is standard retracts from the smooth flowing look.
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2013, 11:24:52 PM »

I agree that it may be more efficient in the fairing, but commonality is the name of the game to reduce costs.  Using the same lowers with cooling on all head cooled models will reduce their inventory requirements as well a lot less tooling.

If you have to add weight to a bike, adding more weight to the fairing may not be the best place.  The lowers can handle the extra weight better as they're much closer to the center of gravity on the bike.

That being said, I’m expecting some major revisions on the new RG fairing, or bike in general.  

Hopefully for the better...


Word is that MOCO can't get the new fairing designed correctly.  Latest design was putting too much weight on the front end and the test track monkeys totaled every new designed Roadglide that they have brought to them.  So now they are back to the design board to come up with a new plan.  This might be old news, but I just heard about from a very in the know Harley Tech.

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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2013, 08:39:00 AM »

We did the demo ride this past weekend and three of the bikes we rode were batties. I can just see a big bug getting sucked into that vent and coming out of it pissed off and attacking you if the speed conditions were just right. Needs some kind of removable mesh screen over it IMHO.
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2013, 09:23:10 AM »

Word is that MOCO can't get the new fairing designed correctly.  Latest design was putting too much weight on the front end and the test track monkeys totaled every new designed Roadglide that they have brought to them.  So now they are back to the design board to come up with a new plan.  This might be old news, but I just heard about from a very in the know Harley Tech.

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How could a different fairing shell weigh so much more as to make the bike so much heavier that experienced test riders actually wrecked them that badly; repetitively?
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2013, 09:28:42 AM »


How could a different fairing shell weigh so much more as to make the bike so much heavier that experienced test riders actually wrecked them that badly; repetitively?

Does Harley actually hire experienced people?  As a cost cutting measure maybe they replaced them with lower skilled and lower paid riders.

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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #26 on: September 03, 2013, 09:32:29 AM »

Does Harley actually hire experienced people?  As a cost cutting measure maybe the replaced them with lower skilled and lower paid riders.

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As high (personal and product) liability test riders? 
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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #27 on: September 03, 2013, 10:24:27 AM »


How could a different fairing shell weigh so much more as to make the bike so much heavier that experienced test riders actually wrecked them that badly; repetitively?

Leaning forward to reach the touch screen? 

Seriously, I doubt that's more than a rumor.  As for needing to do a redesign, there are a multitude of reasons they might see the need to do that.  But imparting weight to the front end would be seen in the wind tunnel, and not make it to the proving phase.
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« Reply #28 on: September 03, 2013, 10:44:50 AM »

As high (personal and product) liability test riders? 

Maybe there is a change in their attitude.  Did they not allow the Harley death wobble to go on for years?

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Re: New 2015 Road Glide fairing - Please vote on adding a vent or not
« Reply #29 on: September 03, 2013, 11:30:53 AM »


How could a different fairing shell weigh so much more as to make the bike so much heavier that experienced test riders actually wrecked them that badly; repetitively?

Not sure Don, I was thinking the design probably had the balance of the weight too far forward.  Not sure what new components they have in there and how they compare to the old.

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