In case anyone's curious about the term "unitized detachables", it simply means combining two or more components and making them detachable as a single unit. Here's another example of that on my own bike, a custom FL Softail.
I like the option of having a removable windshield, but when it's on there's a strong updraft coming up between the windshield and gas tank, particularly annoying if you have facial hair. The solution for that is fork-mounted lower wind deflectors.
But when the windshield's off, the wind deflectors alone look ridiculous. The natural cure for that was to make the deflectors part of the windshield, so they come off when it does.
Not being satisfied with Harley's steel deflectors, I designed my own out of Lexan, which are slightly larger yet less noticable, and meet the windshield neatly for less of a gap for wind to get through.
In the "old days" Harleys with passing lamps didn't have that unsightly bar underneath the headlight that connects the passing lamps to each other, they were attached to separate brackets mounted on either side of the fork. But in addition to wanting to lose that bar, I also wanted to get rid of the turn signals under the passing lamps (also the "old style"), yet I still wanted working turn signals. The solution was to put the turn signals inside the passing lamps.
Of course it was important to make all these components look like they were intended to be a unit, not just stuck together haphazardly, so I designed brackets that hold the passing lamps and wind deflectors. They're made in such a way that from the side it looks like the passing lamps are floating in space, unattached to anything.
Naturally I didn't want the factory look of two large wiring bundles coming from the passing lamps, so I used one multipin plug to power the lamps. Its single wire bundle plugs in to a receptacle under the lower triple tree next to the left fork leg. The right passing lamp/turn signal's wires run from the left passing lamp along the bottom edge of the windshield and over the headlight and are concealed by chrome edge trim. When the windshield's on the bike you really have to look hard to see the wires.
Here are the two brackets that hold the passing lamps and wind deflectors, before being chromed:
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And a closeup of just the left bracket, showing the passing lamp mounting tab & its wire routing hole:
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Here's the complete windshield/passing lamp/turn signal/wind deflector unit off the bike:
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And here are some closeups of it on the bike:
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Perhaps you're wondering how visible the turn signals are when the passing lamps are on, since they share the same housings. I took that into consideration when designing the wiring system. Using a relay inside each passing lamp, I wired the signals so that when they're activated they each momentarily kill their respective passing lamp when lit, so all you see on that side is the amber turn signal. I figured that even if cars didn't see the turn signal, it would be hard to miss an alternately flashing 35-watt halogen passing lamp.
Passing lamps off, left signal activated:
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Passing lamps on, left signal activated:
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