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Jan 30, 2012 | 03:51 PM

#11

Mike

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From: Centralia, Wa

Here's one reason I have a Dragonfly fairing. The mounting brackets are stainless, extend all the way through the inner fairing and attach at the top and bottom. When the inner and outer fairings are joined, the entire fairing becomes very rigid, vibration free, and will stay that way for years. I don't want to have to repaint my fairing after a couple of years due to stress cracks around the mounting points. Not saying a Reckless (or Hoppe, or DeadCenter, etc) would have problems in that area, but I've never seen a Dragonfly with stress cracks in the paint, and I have seen some other fairings with visible spider webbing near the bottom attach points.

I have zero hands-on knowledge of the recent Reckless fairings. I do know the early ones were spotty in terms of quality, but I don't believe that's true anymore. The same could be said for Dragonfly, as well, the early fairings were hand-laid fiberglass, and not nearly as high quality as the more current ones.

Jan 30, 2012 | 07:11 PM

#12

bigdumbnoitall00

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woodus, makes a really good looking piece.made in the use by a forum member(who drops in occasionally) I've seen a few of his fairings and they look very good.

Jan 30, 2012 | 08:32 PM

#13

Ram

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vet767

Gonna ask the same question I asked in a similar thread half hour ago. What about installing the dampers that all firing equipped touring models have in the fork? Don't even know if they can be retrofit. I assume it is there due to the weight of the fairing as opposed to a ws. Just asking.

I'm not sure what your taking about?
When I hear fork damper I think of a big **** that is on the triple tree like on the old British bikes. You state in the fork. Ok, do you mean in the strut?

The struts on the my '06 Road King are the same strut as a touring bike with a fairing with one exception of a valve pack inside the strut. Only found that out looking at the FSM's.

Jan 31, 2012 | 09:27 PM

#14

bikefxds

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From: Port Orange, FL

I've got a thread on the 2010 Deluxes we have with our Reckless Fairings mounted. Can't say enough about how well they work! We got the optional wind wing deflectors and it is ultimate wind protection. Harley should s**t can the crap they call their OEM fairings on their baggers and install these Reckless ones. My HD fairing brackets were always breaking. The windshield screws were destroying their little mounts on the inner fairing. The wind wings cracked and crapped out within a year. This product that Alex puts out at Reckless is wonderful. It is sturdy, has no flexing(and we've had 'em up to 85 mph on the interstate) and they look damn nice. The price is $450 out the door(that includes the optional wind wing deflectors and shipping, but with no speakers or radio...who needs that junk anyway...sing the tunes in your head for cripes sake!)

Jan 31, 2012 | 10:58 PM

#15

sharpshooter

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From: West TN

Ive been looking at the reckless fairings too. Does anyone know the difference in the regular rk fairings and the XL version? The XL version is $1300 bones....

Feb 27, 2012 | 08:51 PM

#16

parakiller

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From: Minnesota

Here is what I got back from Alex when I e-mailed him with the question about the XL

Dan,

The Xl fairing is a completely different design, much bigger than the normal batwing and also different stereo components!

Regards
Alex
www.recklessmotorcycles.com

Feb 27, 2012 | 08:52 PM

#17

parakiller

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From: Minnesota

can anyone give me a pic of the inner fairing like the one posted for the dragonfly? I am curious on how it is mounted internally.

Mar 8, 2012 | 07:49 PM

#18

rwb1

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From: stillwater,NY

I have been shopping fairings for a month or so and have done a lot of research.....Dragonfly...no doubt....seems like it has the best structure....but Hoppe, Dead Center, Woody's etc....must think the standard mounting attachment is ok or dont you think they would change it ???

I am curious to hear from some owners of the Reckless..which in m opinion seems like a decent unit for less than half the cost of the Dragonfly and the others... Have they experienced any "stress" cracking around the mounts....or any serious vibration issues ?

To me they all have the same look when mounted....maybe there are some quality differences...but are they enough to spend an extra 1k on them...? I wonder. Fluff or Fact...what do you think.