Sirius Radio
GPS (garmin 2610)
Cell phone
Valentine1
Pro-Oiler
MotoComm Audio Boss
Relay operated power block with 6 fused terminals.
Where to place it all. For ease of wiring and connecting to the devices, I've considered running the block to the cockpit area and wiring up from there, but then running it under the seat keeps the connections out of the weather.. mostly... There are a lot of ways I could do it... how did you wire up yours? Where did you place what and why?
All ideas help.. when I get it all done, I'll post pics to share.
BTW.. we scanned the factory instructions for mounting Hard Bag racks and the same for the factory Tail rack.. I'll get them uploaded here or my website soon...
Have a similar setup to yours. I use a tankbag for it all, and it works great. My bike sits outside, and I do commute on it sometimes. What I did was use a small padded bag inside the tankbag. In that went my mp3 player (Creative Labs Nomad3), Autocom, Boosteroo amp, and 3way outlet (still have to swap that out for a fuseblock). On the top of my bag is a plastic panel. Fitted onto that is the mp3 remote, XM sat radio (Roady2, about the size of a deck of cards), EZPass (NY toll xponder), and cell phone. All the patch cords and power cords come out of the tankbag via a hole I made. The panel is bungie corded so I could remove it (haven't as yet).
I have a Garmin Emap gps that mounts to the clip on bolts, and I'm using batteries for now. I haven't mounted my Val1 yet. I used to run that thru the Autocom, but this time around, I might just use one of the LED alerts in my line of sight.
Good thing about this setup is, nothing stays on the bike to get wet or stolen. I always have the trunk on the bike, so the whole shooting match goes into the trunk. If on a trip (not likely for me now) and the trunk is full, I could remove the panel and store it inside the tankbag. Hiding stuff in plain sight.
Have a similar setup to yours. I use a tankbag for it all, and it works great. My bike sits outside, and I do commute on it sometimes. What I did was use a small padded bag inside the tankbag. In that went my mp3 player (Creative Labs Nomad3), Autocom, Boosteroo amp, and 3way outlet (still have to swap that out for a fuseblock). On the top of my bag is a plastic panel. Fitted onto that is the mp3 remote, XM sat radio (Roady2, about the size of a deck of cards), EZPass (NY toll xponder), and cell phone. All the patch cords and power cords come out of the tankbag via a hole I made. The panel is bungie corded so I could remove it (haven't as yet).
I have a Garmin Emap gps that mounts to the clip on bolts, and I'm using batteries for now. I haven't mounted my Val1 yet. I used to run that thru the Autocom, but this time around, I might just use one of the LED alerts in my line of sight.
Good thing about this setup is, nothing stays on the bike to get wet or stolen. I always have the trunk on the bike, so the whole shooting match goes into the trunk. If on a trip (not likely for me now) and the trunk is full, I could remove the panel and store it inside the tankbag. Hiding stuff in plain sight.
Well, we ( my friend and I ) attacked the bike on Sat and installed all the stuff. The Starmate Sirius Radio is suction cupped to the right side of the windscreen
GPS (garmin 2610)
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The gps lives on a 5" RAM mount off the HeliBar cross bar. It blocks the tach a bit but then I can feel where that is at anyway.
Is mounted on a slip stream mount from Aerostich on the left side of the HeliBar cross bar. It blocks the speedo, but the gps will have that and it will be accurate.
Relay operated power block with 6 fused terminals.
This was more of a quandary. We had it planned to go up under the dash on the right, but elected to relocate it along the inside of the right hand frame beam. The relay runs back towards the battery, and the power on circuit we got from the tail light.
The tank, pump and junction box all live in the under-seat pan. locating all this was a bit of a challenge and the end was to just put it all under the seat. Everything is all set except we aren;t getting a signal from the speedo cable, we have theorized the connection isn't solid enough ( we used an in-line tap) and/or the engine needs to be running?? tracing out and finding the wire run from the ECU to the speedo was not all that easy, but if the manual is right, we have the right wire. We primed the pump and we have oil to the chain.
With it all powered up, the radio sends an FM signal to it, the cell phone rings in the ears ( through speakers) and mutes the radio and the radar detector bleeps nicely and mutes the others...
Notes: Over all it took 8 not-to-driven hours to get it all to the State it is in... I started in the garage and when Jim showed up we moved into the computer repair shop where there is heat, no bugs or rain. We started around 1 and I went home at nine. The plastic is all off the bike and I have pictures to post eventually... toady I need to get a drill bit and self tapping screws to mount the power power block, trace out the speedo signal to the Oiler and put the plastic back on...
Well, we ( my friend and I ) attacked the bike on Sat and installed all the stuff. The Starmate Sirius Radio is suction cupped to the right side of the windscreen
GPS (garmin 2610)
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The gps lives on a 5" RAM mount off the HeliBar cross bar. It blocks the tach a bit but then I can feel where that is at anyway.
Is mounted on a slip stream mount from Aerostich on the left side of the HeliBar cross bar. It blocks the speedo, but the gps will have that and it will be accurate.
Relay operated power block with 6 fused terminals.
This was more of a quandary. We had it planned to go up under the dash on the right, but elected to relocate it along the inside of the right hand frame beam. The relay runs back towards the battery, and the power on circuit we got from the tail light.
The tank, pump and junction box all live in the under-seat pan. locating all this was a bit of a challenge and the end was to just put it all under the seat. Everything is all set except we aren;t getting a signal from the speedo cable, we have theorized the connection isn't solid enough ( we used an in-line tap) and/or the engine needs to be running?? tracing out and finding the wire run from the ECU to the speedo was not all that easy, but if the manual is right, we have the right wire. We primed the pump and we have oil to the chain.
With it all powered up, the radio sends an FM signal to it, the cell phone rings in the ears ( through speakers) and mutes the radio and the radar detector bleeps nicely and mutes the others...
Notes: Over all it took 8 not-to-driven hours to get it all to the State it is in... I started in the garage and when Jim showed up we moved into the computer repair shop where there is heat, no bugs or rain. We started around 1 and I went home at nine. The plastic is all off the bike and I have pictures to post eventually... toady I need to get a drill bit and self tapping screws to mount the power power block, trace out the speedo signal to the Oiler and put the plastic back on...
On Sunday we traced the signal for the speedo problem to a bad connection where it taps into the RO wire running from the CPU to the Speedo... all better and the oiler is up and running as it should... as are all the other farkles... now all I need do is install the speakers and mic in the helmet...
.....and wait for the frickin rain to stop!!
Oh and seeing as I had the bike apart I did the touch up paint to it and TRIED to change out the plugs... BUT ( grrrrrr ) the plugs I got from the dealer are the WRONG ones!!... ( glad I didn;t find this out in the middle of east-nowhere... double grrrr). ... or they are not the same as what comes out of the bike... I'lll work this out on Tues when the dealer re-opens...
fyi.. the trip is now a June 2nd launch, to arrive in Orlando for a 5-day MS seminar and then a couple of days with family and off to the great wide open west and twisties and 18 days of touring the country.
I've procured a seat and have been modifying the foam to see if I can obtain a better fit to my arse.... so far so good...
did you know that Sirius has an all Elvis station... ??!?!?!!?
On Sunday we traced the signal for the speedo problem to a bad connection where it taps into the RO wire running from the CPU to the Speedo... all better and the oiler is up and running as it should... as are all the other farkles... now all I need do is install the speakers and mic in the helmet...
.....and wait for the frickin rain to stop!!
Oh and seeing as I had the bike apart I did the touch up paint to it and TRIED to change out the plugs... BUT ( grrrrrr ) the plugs I got from the dealer are the WRONG ones!!... ( glad I didn;t find this out in the middle of east-nowhere... double grrrr). ... or they are not the same as what comes out of the bike... I'lll work this out on Tues when the dealer re-opens...
fyi.. the trip is now a June 2nd launch, to arrive in Orlando for a 5-day MS seminar and then a couple of days with family and off to the great wide open west and twisties and 18 days of touring the country.
I've procured a seat and have been modifying the foam to see if I can obtain a better fit to my arse.... so far so good...
did you know that Sirius has an all Elvis station... ??!?!?!!?
All in all it sounds like a decent setup. Any particular reason you went with the Motocomm? Do you ride with earplugs? If so, I'd like to know how the volume is with earplugs in...
Somehow I'm not surprised...
All in all it sounds like a decent setup. Any particular reason you went with the Motocomm? Do you ride with earplugs? If so, I'd like to know how the volume is with earplugs in...
Oh, and let us know how off your speedo is...
Dan
On my 1st run with all the *****.. the sat radio functioned well... note- use the FM and not the audio out.. the FM is much louder and the voume control on the Autoconm allows for adjustment.
I need to repostion stuff as I was able to quickly glance between the GPS and the speedo.
The Tach is jumping around as a result of tapping into the signal wire for the speedo.. .. I'll look into this later...
phew!
I was doing this all without earp plugs, but the helemt speakers sit ON the ear and they tend to reduce road noise by themselves.
It was short 5 mile ride... I'll know more when the weather starts to cooperate..
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