Fairing

Frontal bodywork on a motorcycle intended to make the vehicle more aerodynamic and/or reduce wind pressure on the rider. Common types of fairings include flyscreens (very small shields placed over the headlight), bikini fairings (small fairings that fit completely around the headlight), half fairings and full fairings. In the 1950s roadrace motorcycles used what were called dustbin fairings that covered virtually the entire motorcycle, but these were outlawed due to the danger of cross winds blowing the motorcycle off of the racetrack!