This page will devote itself to fairings for the Magna and Sabre family of motorcycles.

Topics:
Pichler Fairing For The Sabre
Pichler Fairing For the Magna
Pichler Fairing And Installation
Handlebar Mounted Windshield With 'Square' Handlebars Fairing For The Sabre
Aero Fairing For The New Magna

Contents This Page:
Stock Fairings
RifleYahama X-1
Tracy Roadwarrior
Spec II Fairing
Handy Fairing Related Contacts

Some Discussion On Stock Fairings
The V65 Sabre was originally offered with a nice accessory sport fairing, possibly one of the nicest factory fairings ever made.  This fairing closely resembles, or perhaps is the same as the OEM fairing used on CBXs.  Such fairings are no longer in production, and are highly favored by many enthusiasts. What I like about the factory sport fairing, is how the lowers protect one's legs from the wind, while providing warm air from the engine. It makes a big difference in the cold. At the same time, I do not enjoy the extra weight over the front end (some have described the fairing as being 35 lbs.). If you should damage this fairing, finding replacement parts will not be easy. Does anyone know of a source?
The V65 Magna was originally offered with an optional large, bar mount windshield. Such windshields are not considered very stylish by many enthusiasts, who often opt for smaller sportier aftermarket shields.
The V65 Magna was apparently also offered with a factory accessory "airdam".  It was a lower airdam with leg lowers. It mounted to the factory accessory engine case guard. I've never actually seen one.
Concerning aftermarket bar mount windshields, there are just too many to list. (I'm Working on this!!) However, 40% of the contributing enthusiasts who own V65 Magnas with windshields use the Tracy Roadwarrior. Some love it, and some say it's distorted and provides poor visibility. Some use shields made by Slipstreamer, National Cycle (Plexifairing), etc. Dave M. uses a medium/small shield... the Cyclear Short Stop. It's a good size for the Magna/Sabre, and is relatively cheap. However, it does have a slight curvature/ distortion near the top, so if you prefer to adjust the shield so that you look through it, you may not like it. I happen to prefer looking over the windshield.
Expect any bar mounted shield or fairing to cause handling instability at high speeds, and to also put a dent in fuel mileage.

Rifle
I had a Rifle Sportbike fairing on the Magna for about 3 years, 70,000 miles, and was relatively happy with it. It was functional, aerodynamic, and you could mount gauges in it. It was about as good as a handlebar mount fairing could get. There is one catch, it is way over priced. However, if you don't mind paying a lot extra for a good fairing, I can recommend it highly functionally, if not economically.

Tracy Roadwarrior
After wiping out my 1984, and trashing the Rifle fairing, I was in the market for a new one. I didn't want to pay the close to $300 highway robbery price for the Rifle again, so I made the mistake of purchasing the Tracey Roadwarrior. It looks good, as you can see in the photos. However, that's as far as it goes. Blocking the wind, it is adequate, but the mounting system (ball & socket type) is terrible. I could not get the thing not to rattle & vibrate. I tried everything, and I am very mechanically inclined. I called Tracey, who is really just a guy who designed it. The fairing is manufactured and distributed by another company (I forget the name) who also make fairings. They told me that they were 'not aware' of any mounting problems with the Tracey, but they were redesigning the mounting systems for the windshields. I asked them why they were redesigning them if there were no problems? They sort of 'oohed & ahhed' and finally admitted the at the mounting system was not adequate, but they had no other solution except to buy a different brand of fairing. I was not happy. I pointed out that I saw a National cycle fairing, with a mounting system that looked halfway decent, and could they supply me similar hardware. They would not send me any other type of hardware, nor could they recommend any. Therefore, I have no choice but to personally blacklist Tracey, and hopefully someone else will save themselves a lot of money and trouble by not purchasing their products.
Subsequently, I have been in contact with a Sabmagger who claims he had success in mounting tha fairing.  His advice is as follows:

Chris Stumpf Writes:
I installed a Roadwarrior II, which is just like the roadwarrior except there are no hard edges, they are all smooth curves. After installing the windscreen and driving around the block, I could not get it to stay still. I also had installed a K&N Nighthawk handle bar. The stock ballend rods had a bend in them that made it impossible to get a solid connection to the handle bars. In less than 10 miles, they would exhibit enough leverage to loosen the mount and start collapsing the windscreen. I had a local machine shop make new rods that were straight for about $15. This helped, but the bottom mounting point was still a major problem. The round rubber blocks that the 90 degree rods slid into couldn't retain the rod and the sheild would still move. I threaded that part of the rod and put a nut on eithe side of the block to control the position. The next problem was I broke the fitting that connected to the fork tube. I discovered that with every the bump the small 4-40 thread allen screw was getting hit with both a severe shear and bending force. I called the company to complain to them about the mounting problems and they tried to give me the runaround. After climbing the techsupport ladder, I finally spoke to one of their engineers and convinced him that the fix was to add a second hoseclamp and mounting assemble on each forktube to eliminate the bending force and divide the shear load. He argreed that this was the best solution. He said I would have to "buy" the additional hardware. I told him that not only was I not going to buy the additional hardware to fix their design flaw, but they were going to send me a total of 4 hoseclamp mounting assemblies because one was broke and I didn't trust the other one. They complied and I never had a problem with the screen moving again. I actually may have been the reason that they decided to reengineer their mounts. There is really nothing wrong with the top ballend bars. The problem is with the lower mounts. The above will fix the problem completely.

Spec II
Spec II Makes a frame mount fairing for the Sabre.  The following photos are from their black & white catalog.

Yahama X-1 Fairing
I was looking in an old magazine, and I came across a photo of a fairing that I think would look great on the Magna.  Its called the Yahama X-1, and was originally slated for the Virago, as can be seen in this photo.  I have called around to all the dealers I know, and even showed them this photo.  No dealer to this day acknowledges the existence of this fairing.  I assume it was made in the early '80's.  I saw one on a Virago this past summer  in the middle of Pennsylvania when I was on a ride with some SabMaggers.  I wasn't able to stop, unfortunately!  The bike was for sale, too!  If anyone has any information on this fairing, please let me know!
Original text From The Article (I will OCR it Soon)

Excerpt From the ad:

You apply the throttle, and fuel explodes in a blast of thrust that hurls you forward and blurs the passed.  The sensation is the Maxim road rocket with the X-1 touring package, by Yahama.  The Ruby Red X-1 fairing offers the quality of rugged ABS construction.  As tested in a U.S. wind tunnel, it also offers the advantage of lower drag....
Bruce Cargin on the X-1 fairing:
The benefits of the X-1 are:
  Good protection, even in rain.
  Two lockable storage compartments.
  Built in headlight adjustments, vertical & horizontal.
  Knock-outs for radio & speakers.

Drawbacks of the X-1:
  Weight.
  Massive side exposure, difficult to control in cross-winds.
  Windshield needs to be trimmed 2" off top to really improve aerodynamics.
  Develops many stress cracks on the interior plastic parts.
  Weight.

Additional note: The X-1 came with hard saddle bags and a trunk. These are lockable, detachable, reasonably dry and good looking. I liked this part of the package better than the fairing itself.

Fairing Related Contacts

Gustafsson Plastics (904-824-3443)
Replacement windshields for the Sabre sport fairing, Pichler fairing, and just about any other fairing you can name!