Reckless Fairing

[cocheese72]

I am going to pickup a reckless fairing this week as my Black Friday special. Any advice on:

• Best speaker configuration? I lean towards 2, 6.5" for less weight. Don't care for the 6x9.[/*:m:1sm1qjrw]
• Will Harley shields and lowers bolt up to this?[/*:m:1sm1qjrw]
• Any installation tips?[/*:m:1sm1qjrw]

[radco]

Originally Posted by cocheese72

I am going to pickup a reckless fairing this week as my Black Friday special. Any advice on:

• Best speaker configuration? I lean towards 2, 6.5" for less weight. Don't care for the 6x9.[/*:m:gd3zlvfa]
• Will Harley shields and lowers bolt up to this?[/*:m:gd3zlvfa]
• Any installation tips?[/*:m:gd3zlvfa]

Speaker style by choice..
Harely shields do fit,, I have a 5/8" Reckless Shield and a 12" Harley Ultra shield//The Harley Chrome windshield trim als fits
Lowers? I am assuming you mean the fairing wings? Not sure
as for tye Harley lowers for the crash bars they need to be modified alot.A guy name John on site makes lowers for the Nad,, hes in vender section

Mount the metal plates to the inner fairing..on the 1500 there is 1 left 1 right,on the 1600 ther are 2 left 2 right.. the extra plates are for spacing
and test fit BEFORE you paint the fairing,, You may have to drill the holes out a tad to line up (on the 1500) the 1600 seems to pop right in.....test fit all your radio gear as well.... and Look for CJs(Castus Jack pics on the radio wiring and mounting,,Man it the cats ass :) he has tons of pics..as for windshield height personal choice,, Im 6ft3 220lbs. IMO the 5" shield is too short lots of wind bouncing off the face(I wear a 1/2 helmet) the 8" is GREAT! the 12" is real nice for long rides but I have to sit real straight to see over it... Pics will be a must before and after paint

Mounting,, Pull windshield off first ::)

[cocheese72]

Thanks, I have a HD fairing with both 5" and 12" at home, plus the wings. Just wondered if the extra's would work. I will probably sell this one to someone when I get the Nomad all setup.

[radco]

Let us know if the HD wings will woork.Thanks

[kowboy]

yes please let us know about the wings,i have areckless fairing as well ,and also looked at the harley wings but did,nt know if they would work or not.

[cocheese72]

Can you post a close up of one side inner fairing below the speakers. The parts I have, I bought on Ebay and are just two cut pieces of lexan with 3 holes drilled. I won't have a fairing for a while, but can tell you if it looks close.

There are lots of shields on ebay like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-Har...item2eb19192f0

[cocheese72]

Bought the reckless fairing off ebay for $220, should be here in 11-14 days.

[radco]

CONGRATs GREAT Price!

[cocheese72]

Originally Posted by radco

Let us know if the HD wings will woork.Thanks

There is no mounting holes to easily thread into. It is not a direct HD copy. I think the ones I purchased could be made to work fairly easy by drilling holes and using your own nuts and bolts easy enough. I don't plan to do that just because I am not putting any more holes in this thing and removing them would require taking the outer piece off unless something better was fabricated.

I have mine all mocked up now with stereo and speakers. I hope to paint soon. Weather around here is freezing and garage is not heated so waiting for a good time. Going the DIY route.

[radco]

Originally Posted by cocheese72

There is no mounting holes to easily thread into. It is not a direct HD copy. I think the ones I purchased could be made to work fairly easy by drilling holes and using your own nuts and bolts easy enough. I don't plan to do that just because I am not putting any more holes in this thing and removing them would require taking the outer piece off unless something better was fabricated.

I have mine all mocked up now with stereo and speakers. I hope to paint soon. Weather around here is freezing and garage is not heated so waiting for a good time. Going the DIY route.

I may grab a pair of wings and try one day,,Right now too much going on.. BUT pics when you finally get it all done is a MUST :)

[Chili]

How tough is it to set it up for the stereo yourself? I've installed a car stereo but in that case you had a rack to install it to etc. I would really like to grab one but I'm trying to decide if I need to part with all the cash for a full stereo setup or get the basic and source my own stereo to save $.

[oldbikers]

Get your own radio there are plenty of folks here to help you, I don't know where you are from but if you are close you can bring it over to the shop and I will help you put it in.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by Chili

How tough is it to set it up for the stereo yourself? I've installed a car stereo but in that case you had a rack to install it to etc. I would really like to grab one but I'm trying to decide if I need to part with all the cash for a full stereo setup or get the basic and source my own stereo to save $.

I think you will end up with a better quality stereo if you source the components yourself.

[cocheese72]

Originally Posted by Chili

How tough is it to set it up for the stereo yourself? I've installed a car stereo but in that case you had a rack to install it to etc. I would really like to grab one but I'm trying to decide if I need to part with all the cash for a full stereo setup or get the basic and source my own stereo to save $.

Reckless puts in about a $70 Sony Stereo, along with Kenwood speakers probably that run less than $40. He then marks the fairing up to $749. Save your money, get what you want. Go on ebay and search for Nomad 1600 fairing, then find one with make an offer. He should accept an offer of $220 + 50 for shipping. You may want to try lower.

The fairing comes with a Plexiglass windshield, so you may want to go get a Lexan one on ebay. The speaker holes will need to be opened up more unless you get lucky. If you want chrome trim, you can also find that lower than what he sells it for, by shopping around ebay. I may have went with his complete setup, but the price was marked up far too much.

[cactusjack]

For windshield options for the Reckless fairing, I recommend fastaire.com. It's a place in Reno that sells windshields and chrome trim to fit the Reckless fairings. Any "3-hole" windshield for Harley SG, EG, and UG will work as well.