Thanks for sharing your experience with the installation. Enjoy your ride.

Glad it helped

Thanks for the high praise. I'm delighted you found the video helpful. However, if your installation only takes an hour or so, I want to hear you brag about it!

@@papastevesgarage I’ll time myself when the time comes and see if my estimate was close 😁

Took us 3 months to get a Rebel and not even through the dealer we had our original deposit with! Took me 1.5 hours to complete. Hardest parts were fitting the left turn signal/wiring harness bolt back in and fitting the fairing bracket square and into the rubber mounts at the top of the triple tree. You weren’t kidding about those rubber mounting bungs. I put the top two in the fairing first after I learned that putting them in last made it nearly impossible to get them in without dropping them. I installed it well away from anything they could have bounced and gotten hidden under. Once again, thank you so much for your video Steve! I’m sure that without your guidance it would have been a day long ordeal.

Thanks, Mario

The challenge to mounting the frame is making sure the vertical posts are pressed up firmly into the metal grommets you needed to install. If you get the posts seated correctly, the four bolt holes should line up OK. I applaud your persistence. Where do you get the buffeting? I have too much wind on my face shield, so my helmet bounces a bit. But, it's not as bad as a 70 mph gale hitting you in the face without the windscreen. Check to make sure the fairing is positioned correctly. The trouble you encountered with installation makes me suspicious.

You're so welcome.

Glad it helped. How do you like the batwing?

It’s awesome makes the bike look so good

Glad I could be helpful.

Glad it helped

I lived in Chatham, N.J., for several years. I didn't own a motorcycle then, though.

Your feedback warms my heart.

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the feedback. The hand soap is an excellent suggestion. To answer your loctite question: I don't use loctite unless the manufacturer calls for it. That's just me, though. let me know how the loctite works out.

It's been a while since I installed mine. I may have used a 1/4" drive ratcheting wrench with the hex wrench on it, if I understand which fasteners you mean.

My pleasure!

Watch my review video about the batwing fairing. Same channel. It might help you decide one way or the other. I would feel better about mine if it had come with the motorcycle.

I can't give you a definitive answer about the weather. I'm in Northern California where we are passed our rainy season already. I won't see rain here until next October. An educated guess tells me that you'll get rain on your helmet visor because the air coming across the top of windscreen hits me under the chin and I'm getting more bug splatter on my helmet visor now. You best weather protection will still be waterproof riding gear.

They’re 5mm. You should be able to get generic ones from your Honda dealer.

I'm doing well. I turned 75 in March, but most of my original parts are still working. I had my cataracts fixed a couple of years ago so I'm back to 20-20 vision. I haven't been able to see this well without glasses since I was 15 years old. My pancreas is getting tired. Consequently, I am one of the millions of humans with Type 2 diabetes. My joints are growing stiffer and my hair is going gray. I sent you an explanation about my prolonged absence from video production as a reply to one of your other comments. This is just a thought. When you changed oil, did you drain both the crankcase and the DCT? It's the same oil but two separate drain plugs. If you don't drain the DCT you won't get all the oil out of the engine/transmission. That could seem like evidence of excessive oil consumption. If your Rebel 1100 is not leaking and you don't have blue smoke belching out the exhaust, there is no place else I can think of for the oil to go. So, I'm guessing you didn't know you needed to drain the oil from the DCT when you changed the oil. I had aHonda dealer do my last oil change. The tech apparently screwed up because the dealer gave the bike back to me with a fairly serious oil leak. I had to take the bike back twice before the dealership determined they needed to replace a part related to the DCT oil ring. The experience gave me pause. If the dealer tech can screw up an oil change, what kind of unforeseen issues are mostly untrained DIYers like you and me going to run in to. Regardless, I'm going to do the next one and shoot the video -- soon. Hopefully, I will do better then the Honda tech and pass the learning experience along to my viewers.

@@papastevesgarage I was referring to excessive oil usage after a complete change (both plugs). From full on the dipstick. then at about 1000 miles it need another quart. I have the shop manual and have been a DIYer for 60 years. Guess I am going to just treat it like a Harley.

Thanks for clearing that up. Blows up my theory, though. I don't have any other worthwhile insights for you. That kind of oil consumption is very un-Honda-like. How good is your local dealer? Might be worth a trip to the factory team.

@@papastevesgarage My Honda dealer is a Harley dealer with a Honda sign. Doubt if they have any Honda factory guys. I think I'll run a compression check myself.

@@jamescampolo7824 good plan. But if it’s rings or valves you’d be getting billows of blue smoke. Let me know what you find.

Installing the windshield should be the easy part. Your problem is hard for me to diagnose without being able to look at what you’ve tried. Are you sure you have the correct hex screws? Did you first install the well nuts in the stay from the front side of the stay?

@@papastevesgarage I finally got it to work. I had the well nut in right but I had to push hard from the back of them to get it to bite on the threads. Once I got it to bite it tightened right up. Thanks for the instructions

@@robcall that’s good news. I’m still curious about why you had that issue. I didn’t encounter the same problem.

@@papastevesgarage kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdJ9fKZymJfOYKc.html I'm not sure. I made this little video before I got it to work to show so that I could make sure I was putting it in right. Interestingly enough, one of the well nuts had no problem. Almost like the threads were in a slightly different location.

I had the same problem, but pushing from the back solved the problem.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't weigh the assembly before installing it. But I estimate the metal support is less than 10 pounds, and the plastic parts -- fairing and windscreen -- seem less than that. My best guess is less than 20 pounds. The mounted assembly seems to have negligible impact on the weight over the front forks.

@@papastevesgarage thank you so much!

8.5lbs total

I'll be happy to advise. Sometimes it takes me a day or so to respond through KZfaq.

I have a review of the batwing in production. Puig is going to be one of my suggestions.

@@papastevesgarage Looking forward to it!! Thanks!ä

I'm not sure what you are asking me. If you want to know if the Rebel 1100 fairing fits on the 500, I can't tell you for sure, but my best guess is that it doesn't. If you will clarify your question, I'll try to give you a better answer.

@@papastevesgarage will investigate further. thanks.

I can't really answer your question. I don't have any experience with the 500. My best guess is that it doesn't. Let me know if you learn differently.

I wish I had gone a different way. I released my review of the fairing on this channel. You can watch it at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldtlpZV60LTZgGg.html.

That’s only slightly bigger than me. I’m 5’10” 205

@@papastevesgarage how does she handle at highway speeds

@@chupacabra6263 Highspeed is much nicer with the fairing installed. The bike has plenty of power and cruise at highway speed at about 4000 rpms. It's a light motorcycle for a cruiser, though. So, you get a bit more suspension bounce than you might with a 900-pound bagger.

All fair conclusions. Although, I don't understand why so many people dislike the look of baggers. Personally, I don't want a 900 pound motorcycle. But I don't mind the look.

I didn’t have much trouble after pushing the stay all the way up into the rubber mounts. Then I could line up the collars and screw holes.

That’s new. I’ve been told I look like Stanley Kubrick.

It may have been just in that video but I had gotten sidetracked & walked out of the room & came back. When I heard you talking I could have swore it was John lol. Anyway do you recommend the 1100 DCT? I've always wanted a motorcycle but couldnt because at 15 I broke my left ankle in 3 places & I have limited mobility in it too the point I can't shift. That was until Honda came up with the DCT. Now I'm debating on getting one.

@@sykotikmuzik2257 no motorcycle is perfect. But the Rebel 1100 DCT is very good. The seat could be more comfortable. It needs a windscreen if you spend much time at highway speed. But otherwise I am delighted with mine. It would solve your ankle problem. The motor is refined and muscular. And the bike looks cool. Go for it.