Can newer model Stelvio fairing winglets/baffles fit on a 2009 Stelvio?

[dave1068]

Was at my dealer today and saw a leftover 2014 Stelvio and saw the fairing winglets (MG calls them baffles) and curious if anyone has tried to fit them on a 2009? Configuration looks similar....but knowing MG, everything could be off slightly

Thanks,
Dave-

[John in PA]

I'd be wanting that upgrade too, if anybody can answer with confidence.

[Cage Free]

Unless your bike already has the two spots where they mount you will have to drill into your tank and fairing to install, cant remember where but I saw a post where someone removed theirs and felt zero difference.

[dave1068]

From what I recall, the 2009 fairing does not cut down with any curves like the 2014 does and the tank looks the same. Each one is about $20 each, not that expensive to experiment with I suppose

[MotoG5]

Unless your bike already has the two spots where they mount you will have to drill into your tank and fairing to install, cant remember where but I saw a post where someone removed theirs and felt zero difference.

I took them off of my 12' NTX. No difference that I can tell at all. As far as I am concerned they were just something else to have to take off when the tank has to come off for inspections and engine mount bolt check. They were also great bug splattering devices and made quite a mess not to mention scuffing the tank some. Others have done the same.

[Cage Free]

I took them off of my 12' NTX. No difference that I can tell at all. As far as I am concerned they were just something else to have to take off when the tank has to come off for inspections and engine mount bolt check. They were also great bug splattering devices and made quite a mess not to mention scuffing the tank some. Others have done the same.

Mine are still on my 13, and yes many bugs have lost their life because of those winglets.

[pyoungbl]

Take the damn things off!  Really.  The winglets mount in two places.  The lower mount is a wellnut directly into the tank with nothing in between.  The upper mount is a stud, going into a wellnut, that has hex flats so you can use a wrench.  It's all too easy to put too much torque on that stud so that when you try to take the stud out the wellnut just spins.  That's not a big deal until you realize that you MUST remove the stud in order to take the tank off.  Thus, if the stud won't come out you can't remove the tank to do things like check the upper motor mounts or replace the fuel filter.  I had to have my tank replaced.

Peter Y.