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Thanks for the compliments! I am quite a perfectionist so when I do something I always see what I did "wrong", things that most everybody else would not notice so it is great to hear positive feedback! Everyone that sees it seems to like it so that is a good sign.
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I wish I could have got a fairing that cheap. When I bought they were going nuts on eBay, was trying to by a Tour Pak as well and all the stuff was going for new retail, crazy! I never seem to be able to get away cheap on these things. Mine was a fair bit more than that price, was hoping for that, but by the time I got fairing ($400) the steel ($80), bought a few tools I needed (not really direct fairing costs I know, but more or less specific to the task) the costs started to go up. I also bought a fairly high end marine stereo, speakers (front and I also got rear speaker pods/speakers), a converter kit for the stereo hole to mount the single DIN stereo rather than try and make one myself, it goes on from there. I shot my own color so that was cheap, and the colorrite paint is pricey (about $400 too). Windshield(s), complete Harley headlight, etc, etc, etc. I also bought new OEM windshield mount brackets so I could modify the stock ones and still have a set for the stock windshield if I needed it. I also bought a replacement chrome piece (the one behind the stock headlight) and cut it down to cover the 'black' space between the signal lights and fairing that was larger than I liked because of the risers. Kept pretty close track and was at about $2000 (Canadian dollars) with everything , all bolts, nuts, washers, misc pieces, except the stereo, but that was all new product, except for the inner / outer fairing that were used, but both in new condition. At times the Canadian dollar was trading at 30% less than the US dollar so that likely puts it at around $1500 in US dollars. I also spent almost $100 on chrome bolts alone, could have went stainless, but wanted chrome and they were not cheap for chrome pan head hex key bolts. Could have got a Premeux color matched for less, but I prefer the gauge holes and overall layout of the Harley one personally.
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06-28-2009, 11:43 AM | #18 |
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Nice job Cory, the bike looks great and I'm sure you enjoy all the new functionality. How much does that new weight affect handling? With all the work, did you install heated grips? What is next, looks like your done?
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06-28-2009, 01:01 PM | #19 | |
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06-29-2009, 07:24 AM | #20 |
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Cory, looks really awesome.................. And WELCOME to the Bat Wing Fairing Brigade!
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06-29-2009, 01:00 PM | #21 |
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If you want a little more sound, alpine has an amp that plugs in line with their stereos as long as it has the black plug. KTP-445 no extra wires to run just plugs right in puts out 45x4 watts and is very small.
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06-29-2009, 04:51 PM | #22 |
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Kudos... it looks great, even the one color, sort of balances it with the trunk from the picture you have!
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