If you aren't worried about scratching the paint, use a spring to attach "front wheel boat tails" to the current fairings. That way when you turn and the boat tail hits the body, it just flexes out and then returns when the wheels start turning back to straight. Could be easily done and only 2 holes would need to be drilled so the spring hook could attach to the fairing. Using a hinge to mount the tail to the outside would ensure that it returns to its proper spot when driving in a straight line.
Just get the darn thing to market and stop trying to make it perfect the first time. An enclosed motorcycle would help out so many highway commuters including myself. And so what if it "only" gets 70mpg, that still double what I get now...and for only $7,000. Where else are you going to find a deal like that?
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-Mike
2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014
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