Rock 'N' Roll | 2006 Harley Davidson Road King Classic Fairing Install

06. Even though Dan's bike didn't come with a stereo, the lower sections of his switch housings featured knockouts for the installation of audio control switches (Audio and Mode). The switch housings were disassembled so that the switches could be installed with the Audio (volume up/down) on the left and Mode (FM/USB/NAND/AUX) on the right.

07. DCC stated that Dan's 16-inch apes would most likely work with the fairing by pulling the bars back a bit; Dan didn't want the bars to stick up over the top of the fairing so he picked up a set of Cycle Smiths 13-inch Electra Glide Apes.

08. The Apes are 1 1/4-inch thick (reduced to 1 inch at grips and riser mounts) 37 inches wide, and have a pullback of 8 1/2 inches. The bars have a slight kickback at the bottom half then angle forward. This allows for easy clearance of the inner fairing and the ability to rotate the bars forward a bit for a little more stretch.

09. Once the audio switches were installed in the housings, all the hand control wires were snaked inside the new handlebars and routed out the bottom of the bar.

10. Next, Dan followed the DCC-provided directions for splicing the new audio controls into the control switch wire harnesses.

11. Next, the other half of the stereo quick-disconnect main harness was installed. The seat was removed, the battery disconnected, and a roll of electrical tape was used to lift the rear of the tank. The wires were then fed behind the front tank mount and under the tank (making sure not to hang down on the engine) to the battery tray.

12. The wire harness with the in-line fuse was connected following the provided instructions. Basically, red went to the positive, black went to the negative and the purple wire was tapped into to the ignition turn-on wire (arrow).

13. At the front of the bike, the turn signal/spot light mounts have two positions, back (red arrow) and front (blue arrow). The lights came mounted in the back position from the factory. In order to provide clearance between spot light housings and fairing, the spotlights and signals had to be mounted in the front position.

14. The DCC fairing mounts to the bike just like the stock quick-detach windshield. However, the top grommets that the top of the brackets slide into were removed and replaced with the two zinc-plated washers DCC provided (two on each side).

15. Getting closer to completion, the fairing was then slid onto the mounts and the top acorn nuts were tightened against the top of the fairing brackets.

16. The last of the electrical connections were then made. The quick-disconnect main harness was connected and tucked up into the fairing. Rather than using an iPod, Dan went the USB flash drive route, so the extension cable was connected to the USB plug coming off the stereo, and the flash drive was plugged into the USB cord. Dan then zip-tied the remaining USB cable up into the fairing, placed some Velcro on the flash drive, and stuck it up inside the fairing as well.

17. The last thing to do was install the black 4-inch windscreen and chrome trim.

18. With everything installed all that was left to do was turn on the ignition and fire the system up. The stereo is pretty straightforward to use. If you don't have audio controls at the switch housing you can use the buttons on the face of the stereo to access all the options.

19. Here's a look at the DCC installed on the bike. The fit and finish was perfect, and matched the color of the bike like it came straight from H-D.

20. Dan was very impressed with the install and says the miles just click away so much faster now that he has tunes. Even at highway speeds he says he can hear the music blasting with ease and no distortion. He was also very happy with the Cycle Smiths bars. They still give him the look and feel of apes without his hands hanging above the fairing too much. To hear a sample of the system check out hotbikeweb.com