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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 12:57 AM
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Default 2004 Heritage, enough juice for stereo system?

Thinking of buying a reckless fairing(batwing) for my Heritage, my concern is the charging system...

Can the stock system support a head unit/amp/ipod or will it be too much of a drain on the system?

Any recommended, easy and cheap upgrades that will make this doable for me?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Your stock system should be able to support a head unit/"small" amp/ipod . I would try it out and leave as is unless the battery drains too much.

I have a 2003 NT, and have added a second headlight (Roadglide fairing), amp and Sony radio with ipod, GPS, Video camera, and CB radio, modular driving lights , all of which get power from the bike.
I had installed a Compu-fire 40 AMP 3 Phase charging systems to handle the additional load:

http://www.compufire.com/index.php?o...id=7&Itemid=15
 

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