Long Ride Sheilds on a Hoppe Industries Fairing

A shorter shield complements a batwing fairing nicely, but it often doesn't provide the wind protection you need. In my research to find the best of both worlds, I found several companies that make recurved shields for fairings. Long Ride Shields has a good reputation on the HDForum and their prices are very competitive, so I decided to go with them. http://www.longrideshields.com/

I first ordered a 7" (shortest available) X-Stream Shield. The X-Stream Shield appealed to me because it has a recurved edge, but also has sides that dip and direct the wind downward on the front forks, promoting better stability. The shield worked as promised, but unfortunately it was too tall. I am 5"8" and have lowered the rear suspension on my Kawasaki Nomad.

So, I ordered a 6" Ultra Recurved Shield. The Ultra doesn't have quite as intense curve in it, so I was able to push it down in the fairing a bit more and it's probably positioned more like a 5.5"

The shields both were designed for a Harley Davidson batwing fairing and were about 1/2" wider than the Hoppe Industries Fairing. To make it work, I had to trim just a bit off the bottom edges. Also, for the first shield, I ordered the 5-hole pattern but two of the holes didn't line up correctly and I had to drill new ones. This is not LRS' fault because this shield is designed for a different fairing, but when I ordered the second shield I called and asked that no holes be drilled, which worked out better for me.

The two shields were both great quality and I'd highly recommend Long Ride Shields to anyone looking to upgrade their fairings shield.

Long Ride Shields 7" X-Stream Shield

Long Ride Shields 7" X-Stream Shield

Long Ride Shields 7" X-Stream Shield

Long Ride Shields 7" X-Stream Shield

Long Ride Shields 6" Ultra Recurved

Long Ride Shields 6" Ultra Recurved

Long Ride Shields 6" Ultra Recurved

Long Ride Shields 6" Ultra Recurved

Spiked Axle Caps

SPIKED AXLE CAPS

I had been looking for a nice way to dress up the axle bolts on my Kawasaki Nomad. I searched around online and couldn't find anything that I like, so I've made some. These are designed to work specifically with hollow axles, which are on many metric models

Material: High quality anodized billet aluminum

Condition: 100% Brand New

Easy installation! Screw directly into your existing axle.

Color: Polished

These axle tips are $85 shipped within the U.S.A. and $100 to Canada.

I accept Paypal and checks. The axle tips will not be shipped until the money clears.

Please email me at jaredmgant@gmail.com if you would like to place an order.

Jared M. Gant

Crankcase Breather

For those of you who have opened your air intake box, you've probably noticed that it had some oil drip/pour out. I have seen anywhere from a teaspoon to 1/2 cup of oil in air boxes. This is normal. It's just oil vapors from the crankcase ventilation system. The crankcase is connected to the air-box/breather so the fumes get re burnt and not vented to the air. Some oil will collect in the cover and not stay a vapor.

If you want to help your air filter last longer, and if you don't want the oil vapors to be re burnt, you can add a crankcase breather.

On the 900 it is very simple. Remove the coil cover on the left side. Disconnect the tubing from the back of the air box and Rotate it, keeping it attached to the crank case (approx 90 degrees). Attach a breather--you can either leave it straight up, supported by the tubing, or mount it to the bike like I have.

Crankcase breathers can be purchased online or at any auto parts store. They cost around $8-$15.

Vulcan 900: Cobra VS Road House Exhausts

I first modified the stock exhaust, then I purchased the Cobra Speedster Slashdowns, and then I went with the Road House 2 into 1. After only a short period of time I went back to the Cobras because the RH pipes were too quite for my taste.

The debaffled stock pipes weren't loud enough
The RH looked AWESOME but weren't loud enough.
The cobras were LOUD!

Road House


Cobra