antenna on a bagger
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Road Master
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antenna on a bagger
iam putting a rear fender cover on my bike. dont really want the antenna sticking thru it, and donnt want to mess around putting it in the fairing. (dont use the radio much, mostly i-pod ) i was thinking about a short rubber antenna mounted upside down between bag and wheel....anyone tried this or have any thoughts, if it would work at all
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I never used mine either. I took them off and wrapped them up in a nice protective cover and keep them in my saddlebags in case I ever need them. I had the short version. I think the only time I'd ever want them is to scan for severe weather or something.
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I just put mine in the faring...i bought a amplified one from Advance auto...works fine...My problem was not looks it was that i was sharing my single tourpak mounted one with my CB and it was not helping my signal so i split them...works fine though.
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Have you tried it without the antenna? You might be able to pick up local stations just fine. I put a amplified hidden antenna fr. Checkers and it helped but then I put a y connection on with just the antenna cable curled up under the seat and got alot better range. Y antenna splitter fr
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Last edited by gmc; Dec 18, 2009 at 10:07 AM.
iam putting a rear fender cover on my bike. dont really want the antenna sticking thru it, and donnt want to mess around putting it in the fairing. (dont use the radio much, mostly i-pod ) i was thinking about a short rubber antenna mounted upside down between bag and wheel....anyone tried this or have any thoughts, if it would work at all