Hawkwind, you are right the boat-tail fairing was only used for one time on the 1973 Can-Am bike.....and it was used in a combination with a
partial fairing on the front......................................
If a full "dustbin" had been used in the combination with the boat-tail it may have worked a lot better.
I was at Bonneville when NSU ran their record setting bikes in 1956......They had to run at almost o wind....and even then the bikes were very unstable. When Heinz Herz made his visit to
the BUB at Bonneville a couple of years back , he ran a replica fairing, the same as his father ran in 1956, however, he was using Honda power.
He did not get the speeds his father ran on the NSU, and I did not get to talk to him after his run
to find out if his replica handled. It is my understanding down the road we may be able to
try out the NSU fairing, that's another story later. However, it should be kept in mind that
in order to run that fairing on a bike.........it would have to be at the BUB........it would not pass BNI Tech.
Maybe Pork-Pie can ask Heinz how his Honda
replica worked for him when he ran at the BUB.
P.S. Pork-Pie, stop by and see us in Mainz next weekend at the Custom Chrome Show Europe,
the dealer show will be open to the public on Sunday.....look for Barnett Tool & eng.............
It would be great to talk to you in person..B.B.