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So I have an MS batwing and bought their deflectors for extra wind coverage, but for the life of me I don't get what they were trying to accomplish with the weird design. Unless its actually supposed to look like an actual bat's wing.
Anyway I didn't like them so decided to make my own. I bought 2 of the 8"x10" pieces of Lexan from Home Depot/Lowes. Played around with different shapes using cardboard. Finally came up with a design I liked, which ended up making the MS batwing look more like a standard Harley fairing shape. I should point out that the Lexan seems thin, but its strong and bending it to the curve of the batwing gives it more strength.
I traced my design on the lexan leaving the protective plastic in place until I was done. Then cut out the design using a jigsaw with a fine metal blade. Then sanded the edge smooth with 200-300 grit sandpaper. Finally I used Rustoleum Plastic Flat Black to paint several coats on the BACK only of the lexan (I also slightly sanded the backside to give the paint some "grip"). This allows the front side to be stock lexan which makes a nice gloss finish without a chance of anything chipping the paint from the frontside.
Here's some pics...
Peeling the film...
Front side is glossy...
Made the bottom long enough to fit under the stock Batwing clamp. Well at least the edge which is enough to hold the Lexan. More support that way. Also, notice this side is where I painted the flat black.
Here you can see the difference to the MS deflector.
Left side of the pic is my custom deflector.
Right side of the pic is MS deflector with its weird shape.
Fully mounted and closed the gap to my VA lowers nicely.
Coverage is actually better than the MS deflectors, mine are lower, but not as wide.
But I think the lower blockage helps with buffeting more.
A dark picture but you can still see how they look from the side.

Anyway I didn't like them so decided to make my own. I bought 2 of the 8"x10" pieces of Lexan from Home Depot/Lowes. Played around with different shapes using cardboard. Finally came up with a design I liked, which ended up making the MS batwing look more like a standard Harley fairing shape. I should point out that the Lexan seems thin, but its strong and bending it to the curve of the batwing gives it more strength.
I traced my design on the lexan leaving the protective plastic in place until I was done. Then cut out the design using a jigsaw with a fine metal blade. Then sanded the edge smooth with 200-300 grit sandpaper. Finally I used Rustoleum Plastic Flat Black to paint several coats on the BACK only of the lexan (I also slightly sanded the backside to give the paint some "grip"). This allows the front side to be stock lexan which makes a nice gloss finish without a chance of anything chipping the paint from the frontside.
Here's some pics...
Peeling the film...

Front side is glossy...

Made the bottom long enough to fit under the stock Batwing clamp. Well at least the edge which is enough to hold the Lexan. More support that way. Also, notice this side is where I painted the flat black.

Here you can see the difference to the MS deflector.
Left side of the pic is my custom deflector.
Right side of the pic is MS deflector with its weird shape.

Fully mounted and closed the gap to my VA lowers nicely.

Coverage is actually better than the MS deflectors, mine are lower, but not as wide.
But I think the lower blockage helps with buffeting more.

A dark picture but you can still see how they look from the side.
