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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 10:40 AM
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I mounted my new Reckless fairing today. Overall looks really good, the gel coat looks a little plasticky but that should look a lot better once I get it painted. It appears to vibrate a lot when at idol. I don't remember seeing the factory fairings vibrate this much. Due to the vibration I need to drill a hole to build a strap mount so the radio does not vibrate as much. Not much room for an amp if needed. I put a Kenwood system in with BT which works out really good. I am Looking forward to see how it is going to hold up over a long trip.

I'll try to post some additional pictures once I'm able to take them from other than my messy garage as a background.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 11:57 AM
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I have the same fairing and noticed that the mounting points seemed a little thin so I added more fiberglass to areas that I thought would flex. The fairing has been on the bike 3 years now without any problems.
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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 01:35 PM
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I have Reckless also and I did mount an amp above the radio, there is plenty of room.
 
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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 02:10 PM
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Yeah I plan fabricating an amp mount when I get back just no time this week and I leave on Friday. Here is an outside picture should have some good ones when I get back from Solvang.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:20 AM
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I love the Reckless 6 X 9 fairing I have on my Road King. No problems at all after 2 years.

I attached a few pics of the amp bracket I made for my Fosgate PBR300X2. I had to do a lot of measuring and trial fitting to get my amp to fit. Maybe these pics will help you out with planning your amp install.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:39 AM
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Nice job. Cleanly done there, 2004Sierra.
 
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