I had been kicking this idea around for a while and finally decided to go ahead with it. Partly just to change the look of the bike around for a while, partly to figure out a way to have something else painted Arresting Red. I got a Headlamp visor fairing kit for FXR's from HD (part number 68129-97, retail minus 20%= $98.06), and a mounting kit for same (68135-97, retail minus 20%= $39.40). My friends up at Dangerous Curves custom painting charged me $172.00 to paint the inside of the fairing satin black and the outside (their match) Arresting Red.
It's supposed to bolt right onto production FXR's, but our bikes don't use the same headlight or mounting hardware (those bikes used a hanging headlight suspended from the top tree) so some "customizing" comes in to play in three ways. One, I had to raise the headlight about another 1/2 inch off the lower triple tree. After searching the shops for a taller mounting post, I finally had to settle for a 1/2 inch chrome spacer. Not my first choice, but I couldn't find a proper length headlight mount post. Oh well. The spacer is mostly concealed anyway. Second, I had to trim the inside lip of the headlight opening. I used a Dremel tool and cut-off wheel after marking the newly desired depth of the lip I wanted. Otherwise, the fairing extends too far out from the headlight rim (IMO) and the reach of the lip at the top, much longer than at the bottom, forces the faring to tilt noticeably forward/upward. Not the look I wanted. And third, I had to slightly bend the metal attaching bracket in the mounting kit to match the new contour of the fairing against the top triple tree.
I'm pretty pleased with the look, and had fun doing it. The only downside is the loss of my small tool bag that attaches to the top tree. The opening of the fairing looks like it will allow a small leather pouch of a different shape but about the same volume however, so I'm looking for one.
It's cloudy down here today--too bad because I love that red in the sun.