Final thoughts, and Audio test of the Reckless Fairing on the Vstar 1300 

Thanks .. Really happy with it.. lol cruising to tunes is great.. hope you and the family are well.

Thank you for watching n following along. It was a pleasure sharing. It was also a joy getting help from viewers too. Stay safe

Hehe. Yes very true . You are 100% right. The biggest joy is when you can take a trip. Being on the bike for a week is amazing. Thank you for watching n commenting . Be safe

Thank you . A few little ends to tie up, but otherwise its a real joy. Ride safe out there.

Thank you very much , was fun and great learning experience. Stay safe.

Yea that sounds a bit hot . Was riding the last 2 weeks .. beem 95° with index of 99° hehe . Loved it.. humid though..

Yes I like them a lot. If I needed more power I could use an amp, but i want it loud enough for me personally. I feel now it's that way, just need a shield change to reroute air. Thank you for watching and the kind words. Ill let you know when I'm out ur way

Thank you. Yes it was work, I could have been a little more patient with th paint i feel. Definitely learned a lot which I love. Thank you for the kind words..

Hehe thank you. I've had a lot of fun on this bike

Thank you . I have really been enjoying it. The higher shield hopefully will push air higher so I have less wind noise in my hdlmet, and give me a little more clarity in audio. Hope you and your family are well.

@@dbest1aVlogs Doing well man. Riding a lot when the weather isn't too hot. Did some work on the Royal Star and she's running great. New bars and grips, new spark plugs, break and clutch fluid drain and flush and coolant change and flush, to go along with an oil change and put on new rear pads.

I hope you enjoy. If I can help in anyway shoot me a message on the fb page

Thank you . The beginning was the go pro 8 , with a slight mix of the external . The riding i was glad came out decent. I hear a bit more wind noise when I am riding, but I can still hear the audio..

Thanks. Lots of hard work, but its done n fun.

@@dbest1aVlogs and quite an achievement

Yea, life is like that. It was a great learning experience for sure.

Thank you was fun to make this change. I have really enjoyed this bike over the years .

Yeah, my only thing with small amps, is most of em aren't that small. I'm hoping the new shield pushes the air a tad higher and that will be an improvement at the higher highway speeds. Thanks for watching n stay safe.

Thanks Scott.i really love it. Stay safe.

Thank you very much

Yes , i have the taller shield on order. Hopefully it does what they say it would. The wind diverters are nice on cold days, or just to adjust the wind to eider preferences.. those are awesome. Stay safe and love your vids.

Thank you for the kind words. I am really happy with how it came out, and also the learning experience. Now to find somewhere to ride and camp .. hehe.

Thank you very much.

Thank you Dan , I have been enjoying it. I like that I don't get a ton of wind from underneath the fairing, so I don't need lowers. The wind I get is good. Just hope the new shield does its job. Yes pretty busy, been working on this video for a while, filmed it in sections on the same day to keep the files organized. Thank you for the kind words and stay safe.

@@dbest1aVlogs my pleasure brother, and glad to hear that you don't need the lower wind deflectors now, ride safe and stay healthy brother 💯

Thank you. I'd love to play better music, but the video would get blocked.

Thank you . I have really been enjoying it, and loving the freedom shield addition. Its a very smooth wind routed ride now. On a hot day I could take the fairing off and naked cruise too.

Thank you

Thank you

the sound system is Fiiiirrrreeee like they say these days, wow

my xelement textile jacket looks just like yours :) got a cool weather one and a summer mesh one :)

The rear shock on the 1300 and stryker are the same. They only last about 30k miles.

Thanks. It's hard to try and relay this through a go pro and audio. Hope it helps. Thanks for witching

Thank u sir. See newer videos for shield change

Thank you. I'm gonna buff it a little more to work on the finish. Other than that I'll leave it be. Yes, I'm glad this mic works good with the zoom recorder. Thanks for the kind words, ride safe out there

Thank you .. I appreciate you taking the time to watch . I've been really enjoying it.

Indeed good point. Thank you for the kind words. Very much appreciated

Yes it is . I84 traveling west from 17k to rt209. Maybrook area then back into Walden. The fairing is a joy, u love how it reroutes the air. Tbe only quality I had is the stock shield, that came with it. I did order the freedomshield shield @11"s which I love . I enjoy seeing over the shield, but this is ok seeing through. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and comment.

Thank you. I really like it for playing music just loud enough for me to hear. I don't need an amp, and the sound inmho is still pretty good. You can play with the eq tune also to help fine tune the sound.

Hahaha, that's so true.. just sit down and type in the credit to this musician lol. I am really happy with it. Definitely was a fun learning experience

I go over the full set up from A to Z on the Reckless Fairing playlist in the description. It starts out pretty basic with the unboxing , then going into the speaker install, radio install and then sand and paint. A huge learning experience for me. I know most would prefer to contract out for the paint, and I fully respect that. Actually for a professional result I'd recommend it. I did learn a lot though through the paint process. Wheather to use an amp or not is purely up to the end user. I chose not to, mainly due to reduced weight and power draw. I could install a small one though if I were to do a lot of highway miles. As it is ... it's really great on backroads, and ok on highways with the freedom shield. See later videos for me using the short shield sent from Reckless. Great on hot days.

Thank you for watching. Glad it could be some help. Hard to pass the actual sound through a helmet to a mic, and to a recorder then over youtube. hehe. Enjoy the holidays

True. I agree. It’s all still working great except the radio XM took a dump. Thanks for watching.

It's ok. Thank you. If you see the latest video I am running a shorter version of the freedomshield touring shield. A 9 n my other is a 11.

Thank you for watching n commenting. The old fairing has broken mount tabs. It will go with the bike if i ever sell it.

I just put on a taller shield. Problem solved. This fairing hangs much lower than than the deluxe , so it reroutes a lot of wind thankfully. Taller shield helped push the air over my head.

Thanks for watching. Currently very happy with it.

Lovvvvvvvvve it . I did swap the shield.

Sometimes with windshields it can be angle. It can also be a need for lowers. Just depends on where the wind is coming from.

@@dbest1aVlogs i have lowers.. no wind is coming up ,its all over the windshield

Thank you. Appreciate it.

The windshield mounts is what I used

I got the yamaha kit. I suppose hard to find these days. I got them off if ebay .

Its a dead end . I've done the shad box review here, and dome buell videos here. So no traffic to come my way in either direction. Lol I know it looks odd, but its great for these types of videos and the thought process. Its easy to get thrown off.

Dbest1a’s Ride I’m just bustin chops. I’ve been following the fairing build since the beginning (or fairin) as you New Englanders call it. It came out great. Enjoy it. I’m curious how easily the factory left thumb controls came off?

Oh you just remove the mirror, and take it off. Not very hard. I still find myself reaching for it to adjust volume lol.

I no longer have any issues with wind underneath.. thankfully.

We’re do u get ur passenger foot peg I have been looking can’t find the right one I like those

Thank you for the kind words. I searched ebay for them for a long time about 4 years ago. Then one day they popped up. Same with the passing lamps. Got a decent deal for them too. The boards and the mounts.

Dbest1a’s Ride do you have a link for me ? I buy 4 sets and they don’t fit I return them

@@islandbikers8027 ebay dot com.

These speakers are Polks. You can see them in the fairing playlists in the earlier video. I chose them because of the lower power push needs. I'm not running an amp.

Appreciate it! Sounds good

Thanks. There was some glue type stuff on it .. gonna put some back in it . Tben should be good.

If you check out the playlist of the install . I got the fairing barebones... no radio . Then added my kenwood , no amp. You can add an amp though if you run more powerful speakers. I just wanted minimal weight over the front end. I am also running low watt RMS speakers so they are easy to push.

Yes still working great . Been enjoying it . I did swap shields though to a custom height freedomshield for Me

@@dbest1aVlogs thank you for replying ☺️

Anytime . I did add a amp to get more power while riding highway . And also clearer audio

I did a video detailing price. In the reckless fairing playlist. Which should be down in the description. Time wise, I'm not sure .. maybe a month , depends on busy I am . Plus I was down 3 weeks with covid too. All depends on how fast you work also. Anything is possible.

No, nothing that is outstanding. The biggest difference I notice is with wind deflection. This design deflects more of the lower air away from the tank so I get less buffeting. Then in the later video, you will see I swapped the shield to a 11 " touring freedomshield which I absolutely love. The pushed the air just a bit further up, and around my shoulders. Creating a even smoother ride. Then I took off n sold the cobra exhaust and put the stock slip on on. Drilled the baffle closer to the motor, rear was done previously. Now everything is much quieter especially traveling at 70 mph for 20 min to an hour. Makes for a much more enjoyable ride. I will be filming a 42k review of the vstar 1300 deluxe long term soon. I actually need to start putting that video together.

I ended up getting a freedom shield. just a little too tall

awesome . I since put an amp in this set up . with a different radio now.

I am 5'11 , but remember I have the Ed big touring seat. So it sits me a little higher than stock seat. I basically see through the shield. Can be iffy in rain. I treated the shield with rain x , but didn't do much. I have to check the paperwork. I believe they said use rain x plastic . Lol. Didn't work. Anyhow it pushes the air up n over nice. If I had the stock seat, I'd get a 10 to see through and maybe a 9 to see over. Wind redirection is awesome. Remember this is the touring. Hehe. So it has the extra width. I may pull it off for the next 2 hot ass months here and put the short shield on that came with the fairing. Not sure how ill like that, but I just want a little more air on the 90 degree days that are coming. The quality is great.

@@dbest1aVlogs I was thinking about buying a fairing but I guess I won't now. Iv watch a lot of batwing fairing still having buffing issues. I don't want to pay all that money and still have this issue. That's why I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I'm 6'4 so if you're having issues I know I will. I have this little shield that clips on top of my shield. Works great! But to get rid of all the buffing I have put way up to where I'm looking through it . I guess that's just the way its going to be 🤦. I'm like you I take the shield off in these 90 plus days. But for long long days that were where you out as well. It's a no-win situation. Unless I upgrade to a Road Glide or a Challenger...😊👍

The Road glide fairing will slice through wind like a knife in hot butter. Never rode challenger so , I dunno. Same with the yamaha venture , not sure about eluder. My buffeting is minimal, and only on high wind highway days above 70. The reckless style fairing, is pretty good at keeping the wind from bellowing underneath and driving you nuts. I tell you what I bet for a half helmet rider it's maybe even better. I just prefer the security of a FF. I'm gonna try and put the short shield on tonight and plug in my new xm antenna. I just want a bit more air for the hot days. I do agree though the extra expense can be iffy. Your significantly taller than me, so you may need a much taller shield. Too tall and these things become sails.

@@carolinarider5237 see ny community post for the shield I swapped in for the summer months

No . I never looked for one yet.

This is reckless. See the reckless Playlist for more detail. Link may be in description.

While this is true , it should be noted that this is all to be taken as a grain of salt. You are listening to audio through recorded audio , so results can vary for others. Things could be different for you . Maybe you will want to run an Amp for more highway riding style. Lower speed riding maybe not so much. My videos are more for enjoyment, for those that enjoy watching a guy buy stuff for his bike and install it , then Saying hey this is what I noticed. Hopefully the bigger picture helps someone in whichever decision they make with some of these items.

@@dbest1aVlogs you are right sir, just got my bike and I wanted to see what you thought of the fairing before I install speakers, thanks for your input

Oh I love the fairing. I did y change the shield. The ones with it are not so great. I got another from freedomshield.com. I show it in later videos.. helps more with wind control. I only wish I ordered a Lorne shorter so I see over. Rainy days are tough

Not when there is no wind coming from underneath. If you play what I was saying again in the beginning, the issue with air coming up under the tank is gone. I also say why due to the difference in fairing design. The reckless being the mold of the older elecrta glide fairing sits lower than the deluxe fairing which has a closer to the headlight design. That doesn't deflect the lower air like this fairing design does. My dirty air .. like I stated in video comes is coming from above , after 500+ miles, I've noticed my dirty air is above the shield. Even if I put fork lowers on. Which wouldn't fit, if you looked at the bike. You still would have the dirty air up top.

Thank you , will check that site out. Stay safe.

Yea it's a dead end . No traffic comes there. I've done a few videos here. Less issues

Yes. I try to keep reviews short, but sometimes it's better to make them a little long. This way I can cover questions that I feel people will have. That cuts down on the comments a little. I also have the playlist linked below which I tried to document the process from unboxing to paint, as best as I could. It was tough .. and sometimes I felt unnecessary, but when I sat down to edit.... I would think oh I need to explain n show this n this... n I had the footage. So it all helps. If you ever start to vlog ... you will see what I mean. It's hard to get do overs if you missed the shot. Ditto in photography

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