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Hi all,
I just received my replacement fairing last night. The glove box was locked and I didn't have the key, so I went about carefully dismantling the shell to get behind the latch. Anyway, as I'm going through all this I'm finding components not in my old fairing, and looked through my Factory Service Manual and found that I have all the components for the Clarion Type II radio except for the actual control panel! I'm told that the radio worked fine before being parted out, but that the control panel has gone missing.
My question is this - should I bother trying to find the Clarion radio, or just strip the parts (except the speakers), sell them, and buy some sort of marine stereo?
I would love to have the original equipment for reasons of nostalgia, but I also want it to work well. I'd prefer to have a nice, working $75 Wal-Mart model than a not-so-nice working Clarion. I just don't have any experience with these, so I'm asking for honest opinions.
Should I decide to get the Clarion, where could I get one?
Jack
Hi all,
I just received my replacement fairing last night. The glove box was locked and I didn't have the key, so I went about carefully dismantling the shell to get behind the latch. Anyway, as I'm going through all this I'm finding components not in my old fairing, and looked through my Factory Service Manual and found that I have all the components for the Clarion Type II radio except for the actual control panel! I'm told that the radio worked fine before being parted out, but that the control panel has gone missing.
My question is this - should I bother trying to find the Clarion radio, or just strip the parts (except the speakers), sell them, and buy some sort of marine stereo?
I would love to have the original equipment for reasons of nostalgia, but I also want it to work well. I'd prefer to have a nice, working $75 Wal-Mart model than a not-so-nice working Clarion. I just don't have any experience with these, so I'm asking for honest opinions.
Should I decide to get the Clarion, where could I get one?
Jack