Dead center fairing
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Re: Dead Center Fairings:
My personal recommendation is: DO NOT BUY!!!!
I purchased a Dead Center fairing for my wife's Road King in Sept. '09 from Rice Lake Harley. They no longer do the 20% off but I did get 10% off. . With a custom paint job to match the bike and a 12V lighter plug I paid just under $2500.00. The dealer told me I could add chrome hand controls to the stereo system later for about $450.00.
I received the fairing 4 weeks later with a botched paint job. I had to ship it back to Dead Center to be retouched and they did that at no charge, but it took another 3 weeks. Too late to ride with the snow flying so I put it to bed for the winter. I have to admit the final custom paint was awesome.
I installed it this spring and my wife found the Jensen stereo faceplate controls difficult while riding and dangerous to deal with on the highway. I asked Dead Center what parts I would need to add hand controls and the owner told me I needed a new stereo radio as the one they sold me could not be converted to hand controls. WHAT SANE FAIRING MANUFACTURER WOULD SELL A STEREO SYSTEM FOR A BIKE THAT CAN'T BE CONVERTED TO HANDLE BAR HAND CONTROLS?
So now I have to buy new switches, switch housing, an interface AND A NEW STEREO RADIO at an additional cost of about $700.00 total. There is also no aux input for an Ipod or MP3 player. In my opinion that's stupid engineering and thoughtless care for basic motorcycle customer needs. This is not a manufacturer I would ever deal with again.
Please do your research carefully before buying from Dead Center. In hindsight I see many better options available on the market at a very much lower price with better features.
My personal recommendation is: DO NOT BUY!!!!
I purchased a Dead Center fairing for my wife's Road King in Sept. '09 from Rice Lake Harley. They no longer do the 20% off but I did get 10% off. . With a custom paint job to match the bike and a 12V lighter plug I paid just under $2500.00. The dealer told me I could add chrome hand controls to the stereo system later for about $450.00.
I received the fairing 4 weeks later with a botched paint job. I had to ship it back to Dead Center to be retouched and they did that at no charge, but it took another 3 weeks. Too late to ride with the snow flying so I put it to bed for the winter. I have to admit the final custom paint was awesome.
I installed it this spring and my wife found the Jensen stereo faceplate controls difficult while riding and dangerous to deal with on the highway. I asked Dead Center what parts I would need to add hand controls and the owner told me I needed a new stereo radio as the one they sold me could not be converted to hand controls. WHAT SANE FAIRING MANUFACTURER WOULD SELL A STEREO SYSTEM FOR A BIKE THAT CAN'T BE CONVERTED TO HANDLE BAR HAND CONTROLS?
So now I have to buy new switches, switch housing, an interface AND A NEW STEREO RADIO at an additional cost of about $700.00 total. There is also no aux input for an Ipod or MP3 player. In my opinion that's stupid engineering and thoughtless care for basic motorcycle customer needs. This is not a manufacturer I would ever deal with again.
Please do your research carefully before buying from Dead Center. In hindsight I see many better options available on the market at a very much lower price with better features.
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