Are windshield mounted radios worth it?
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Road Master
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Are windshield mounted radios worth it?
Before last summer I was riding a metric. I had a Memphis Shade fairing with a radio system. I enjoyed riding with the tunes. Finally decided to get a Harley and am very happy with my RKC choice. The only thing is that I miss riding with the tunes. I started looking at the windshield mounted radios, but I'm not sure I like how they look. But if it sounds good, maybe it will work out. Wondering if anyone has one of these and if so, how do you like it.
I would love to get a fairing, but it's almost triple the cost of the windshield radio.
Thoughts?
I would love to get a fairing, but it's almost triple the cost of the windshield radio.
Thoughts?
Cruiser
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From: PA
I had one on my king up until last month. I changed my bars and unfortunately the radio wouldn't work with the new bars. Mine had a CD player/MP3 capable/AM-FM stereo and i really did like it, i just had to go another route. Here's a couple pics of it on my king, i bought it on ebay and the total cost was 300 bux which isn't bad compared to other comparable shield stereo's.
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my wife was using the harley boom audio windshield mount and was happy with it. at 75 or 80 mph, depending on your windshield (my wife used the small) the windnoise does tend to drown out the music, can still hear it, just not as clear as you would like.
not using it now, as we traded in her road king and bought a road glide. still have the system, will sell it for $200 + shipping.
not trying to spam, just haven't gotten around to listing it in the classifieds yet.
not using it now, as we traded in her road king and bought a road glide. still have the system, will sell it for $200 + shipping.
not trying to spam, just haven't gotten around to listing it in the classifieds yet.
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Road Master
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From: Massachusetts
Thanks everyone for the advice. I'll look into a few of those items.
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Stage II
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skratch, is your windshield system still available?? Could you please get ahold of me and let me know either way at bigmac1984@hotmail.com. Thanks!
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Cranking a radio loud enough to hear over/on top of highway wind/noise sounds like a recipe to loose your hearing in about 6 months...
As someone who's lost most of their upper range, I'd be careful...
As someone who's lost most of their upper range, I'd be careful...
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