High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Motorcycle fairing is a shell placed over the frame of some motorcycles, especially racing motorcycles and sports bikes, with the primary purpose to reduce air drag. The secondary functions are the protection of the rider from airborne hazards and wind-induced hypothermia and of the engine components in the case of an accident. There may be the front fairing, as well as rear fairing assemblies. A motorcycle windshield may be an integral part of the fairing. Dustbin fairing: A single-piece all-enveloping, fully streamlined shell resembling the nose of an aircraft, sometimes politely referred to as "torpedo fairing".