Reckless Fairing mounting brackets question ???
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Tourer
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From: Birmingham, Alabama
I'll have to check that out. Thanks!
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From: minnesota
Thanks for the awesome write up and pics. I have been looking into this fairing for some time and I think you just sold me on it. This may sound like a dumb question but does the sony ipod unit come with the actual ipod itself or is that sold seperatly? Thanks.
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Tourer
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From: Birmingham, Alabama
I didn't get the unit with the iPod tune tray. I got the head unit that allows you to play the iPod/iPhone through the USB or AUX ports or simply play mp3s from a flash drive through the USB port. However, neither units come with an iPod. That is sold separately.
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Sorry for the delayed response, but I can't really give you a straight answer anyways. I really don't know what the setup would sound like without the amp, so I can't really compare the two. I will say that after I lowered the bass settings on the head unit, I can really blast the speakers without distortion. I think the amp is giving me good power to do this. I have a moderately loud exhaust and the fairing blocking the wind across my ears really accentuates my exhaust noise. That being said, I have to crank the volume up pretty good to overcome the exhaust noise. I'm not sure if I could do that with or without the amp. Maybe get the setup without the amp and try it first. After disassembling my fairing and checking out the guts, I see that it wouldn't be too hard to add an amp later.
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Rosshog
I was looking at the same fairing and I was wondering if you could post one more picture of the space between your apes and the fairing. I like to keep my 16" apes pretty forward and I'm just wondering how far forward I could have them with the fairing one.
Your bike looks great.
I was looking at the same fairing and I was wondering if you could post one more picture of the space between your apes and the fairing. I like to keep my 16" apes pretty forward and I'm just wondering how far forward I could have them with the fairing one.
Your bike looks great.
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Dude. me likey. Have made some major hints to my family that it would be am awesome Father's Day present. Probably wind up selling socks & ties in garage sale to assist me in the purchase.
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I bit the bullet and ordered mine yesterday. Too many good reviews not to for the price. Rosshog, would you recommend a handlebar holder for your iPod/iPhone? Thinking that might be the easiest for song and volume control.
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I put a reckless on a 97 fatboy that i turned into a bagger. Great product as far as im concerned. I had to do a few mods to the brackets because of my wider stretched tanks and i used 4 5 1/4" instead of just 5" speakers but it all turned out great. A few of my friends also have them and everyone is happy with them.