Reckless Motorcycles -- Fairings
Not making it personal, just an observation based on your response.
Your right, I have no experience with either product, which I thought I made pretty clear in my original post. If you think I was flaming you for saying that you were getting worked up over an opinion, you might want to work on getting some thicker skin. (That might have been a flame there but who knows?)
It's unfortunate that he responded to your post that way. You're one of the most helpful guys on the Forum in my opinion. You always provide facts, photos or both in your posts. Most of us really appreciate the time that you spend helping others and posting USEFUL information. I learned a lot about cams from your posts in other threads.
Glad you're on the Forum and a friend.
Jim
Glad you're on the Forum and a friend.
Jim
I've got nothing against Reckless or any of the other low cost fairing manufacturers. Everyone I know is trying to stretch their dwindling budgets as far as possible. I don't care in the slightest if someone wants to buy a Reckless or maxshen or any of the other budget detachables. My only comment was in reply to the second-hand statement that it was better quality than Dragonfly at a cheaper cost. Cheaper sure, but better quality? I was just looking for some more info as to why they would say that, and posted some info pertinant to the thread. Nowhere could anyone read into that reply that I was "worked up" in any way. That was a cheap shot and contributed nothing of value to the discussion.
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Just be careful, I bought a fairing based on what people said here and it was a POS that I took back off after about 50 miles, don't buy anything made in China, they look good but they are crap and I'm not saying Reckless is made in China. If you want a good quality American made inexpensive fairing also look at a WOODY'S they are good stuff and real reasonably priced.
Just be careful, I bought a fairing based on what people said here and it was a POS that I took back off after about 50 miles, don't buy anything made in China, they look good but they are crap and I'm not saying Reckless is made in China. If you want a good quality American made inexpensive fairing also look at a WOODY'S they are good stuff and real reasonably priced.
Woodys makes a very good product.
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I'm in the market for a fairing for my RK custom. I was dead set on the dragonfly but might give reckless a call see what they have to say. Boogaloodude can you listen to cd's with your draganfly? Thinking about ordering one this week.
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I've been so busy and haven't had time to order my reckless fairing. He claims made in USA, but I believe they are made in china.
Everytime boogaloo responds in a fairing post which is in every fairing post (go check) he has too point out how great his fairing is even though the question specifically asks about a different fairing.
I'm sure his fairing is nice, but for 250 I'm getting the Chinese fairing made in tennessee!
If I end thinking the reckless is pos, I'll let everybody know
Everytime boogaloo responds in a fairing post which is in every fairing post (go check) he has too point out how great his fairing is even though the question specifically asks about a different fairing.
I'm sure his fairing is nice, but for 250 I'm getting the Chinese fairing made in tennessee!
If I end thinking the reckless is pos, I'll let everybody know
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From: SE WI
I don't know if the Reckless fairings are made in TN or not, but that's where they're based. I do know at least some of their fairings are simply direct copies of Hoppe Quadzilla fairings that I designed when I worked for Hoppe. Guess that sure saved a lot of design $$$.
I looked at their ebay ads and saw their "1300 VTX" fairing. The picture they are using was ripped right off the original Hoppe website. I know because I took the picture myself with that fairing sitting on my desk, and photoshopped the background out. Nice to know they took advantage of ALL my efforts. As to whether they are better quality than Dragonfly, very doubtful unless you are comparing them to the original Dragonfly design from around 2002 or 2003. That wouldn't be fair because the current Dragonfly offerings are very good quality.
I looked at their ebay ads and saw their "1300 VTX" fairing. The picture they are using was ripped right off the original Hoppe website. I know because I took the picture myself with that fairing sitting on my desk, and photoshopped the background out. Nice to know they took advantage of ALL my efforts. As to whether they are better quality than Dragonfly, very doubtful unless you are comparing them to the original Dragonfly design from around 2002 or 2003. That wouldn't be fair because the current Dragonfly offerings are very good quality.
I don't know anyone who has a Reckless fairing, but I have seen a couple of the cheap ebay fairings devlop stress cracks down by the mounting bracket after just one season. That's why I give Dragonfly props for building a strong product. I tend to ride pretty hard, and also put a lot of miles on my bike over the course of a year, and I would be pissed if I had spent 500 bucks on paint only to need to redo it after a year because I tried to save a couple of hundred bucks on the initial purchase.
Glenn makes a quality product for a bit less than Dragonfly or DeadCenter. He has a reputation for solid customer service, and I've not heard of even one unhappy customer. He has a solid gold reputation here on the forum, and anyone in the market for an aftermarket detachable fairing should include him on their short list.
I also frequently give props to DeadCenter and to Woodys. But of course, you would know that, if as you say, you have read all my posts. Not sure why you would be stalking me, but I have nothing to hide.
I know the Dragonfly folks, they have done right by me and a few of my friends, and I will continue to give them props when I can.
Last edited by Mike; Sep 23, 2010 at 11:49 PM.
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