billyk
Guru
I put an old Zzipper fairing on my Quest without difficulty. The link below shows photos of an early (crude prototype) version of this, but it will give you the idea. I keep meaning to take photos of the new, spiffier mounts, but never got around to it so these will have to do.
https://picasaweb.google.com/108555949105733959248/QuestFairingMount?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPzHn5Dr09y3cQ&feat=directlink
All the mounting hardware is handmade (by me). It's high-density polyethylene (the stuff they make cutting boards from), which is easy to cut precisely. The fairing manufacturers sell mounts but they are heavy and bulky and ugly. My plastic and aluminum mounts are extremely light but do the job very well. (See photo captions for details). I commute through Seattle winter (very windy) without any problem. The mounts even held up in a bad crash that cracked the fairing itself (see thread "First Quest crash").
This fairing is not perfectly suited to the Quest because it bubbles up too far in the middle and curves down at the back end. It's meant for a more upright situation (Bike-E). On the Quest that means rain water slides back and into my lap. Since I live in rainy Seattle, and think of the fairing mostly as raingear, that's a definite disadvantage. I'm in the process of building my own fairing and will post pics when it's done.
I've looked into the various manufacturer fairings and concluded that one of the Windwrap ones is best, for the Quest at least: the BLC (http://www.windwrap.com/blft.htm). It's a lot like their Cafe fairing but longer. Another possibility is their GX (http://www.windwrap.com/gx.htm). Unfortunately Windwrap does not give very clear specs or photos so it is very hard to judge how it will fit. But the mounting hardware they sell is $$$, and it is ugly. Build your own mounts.
BK
https://picasaweb.google.com/108555949105733959248/QuestFairingMount?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPzHn5Dr09y3cQ&feat=directlink
All the mounting hardware is handmade (by me). It's high-density polyethylene (the stuff they make cutting boards from), which is easy to cut precisely. The fairing manufacturers sell mounts but they are heavy and bulky and ugly. My plastic and aluminum mounts are extremely light but do the job very well. (See photo captions for details). I commute through Seattle winter (very windy) without any problem. The mounts even held up in a bad crash that cracked the fairing itself (see thread "First Quest crash").
This fairing is not perfectly suited to the Quest because it bubbles up too far in the middle and curves down at the back end. It's meant for a more upright situation (Bike-E). On the Quest that means rain water slides back and into my lap. Since I live in rainy Seattle, and think of the fairing mostly as raingear, that's a definite disadvantage. I'm in the process of building my own fairing and will post pics when it's done.
I've looked into the various manufacturer fairings and concluded that one of the Windwrap ones is best, for the Quest at least: the BLC (http://www.windwrap.com/blft.htm). It's a lot like their Cafe fairing but longer. Another possibility is their GX (http://www.windwrap.com/gx.htm). Unfortunately Windwrap does not give very clear specs or photos so it is very hard to judge how it will fit. But the mounting hardware they sell is $$$, and it is ugly. Build your own mounts.
BK
