Stubby Antenna
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Stubby Antenna
Picked up a 6" one from Seven Saturdays Motorsports a month or so ago. Truthfully, I don't listen to FM radio all that much so I was ok with somewhat reduced reception.
Well, being that it was in the 50's today here in NJ, I went for a beautiful ride. And I must say that it worked better than expected. Sure it faded here and there, but for a tiny little 6" piece of powdercoated steel, it worked well. And the rear of my SG is that much cleaner. Of course at some point, I will be going to a hidden antenna set-up, but for now, this works swimmingly.
I give it my thumbs up and recommend it.
Well, being that it was in the 50's today here in NJ, I went for a beautiful ride. And I must say that it worked better than expected. Sure it faded here and there, but for a tiny little 6" piece of powdercoated steel, it worked well. And the rear of my SG is that much cleaner. Of course at some point, I will be going to a hidden antenna set-up, but for now, this works swimmingly.
I give it my thumbs up and recommend it.
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Stub antenna
When I added a detachable tour pack to my SG, the stock antenna hit the tour pack sides. Did not want to go with the tour pack mounted antenna for wanted to just quickly attach and detach the tour pack. Pep Boys had an $8.00 stubby wip antenna that worked great. Had to do a little bit of custom work on the mount, but looks stock after I was done. I'm sure I lost a slight bit of reception distance with the short antenna, but have not really noticed and save money over the HD short antenna or the hidden antenna that installs under the fairing.
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When I added a detachable tour pack to my SG, the stock antenna hit the tour pack sides. Did not want to go with the tour pack mounted antenna for wanted to just quickly attach and detach the tour pack. Pep Boys had an $8.00 stubby wip antenna that worked great. Had to do a little bit of custom work on the mount, but looks stock after I was done. I'm sure I lost a slight bit of reception distance with the short antenna, but have not really noticed and save money over the HD short antenna or the hidden antenna that installs under the fairing.
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Yeah, I tried that, it sucked - for me anyway.
This thing seems to work well, and is (I think
) pretty stylish from Kuryakyn (yes, I used Kuryakyn and stylish in the same sentence. Shocking, I know).
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