My brother designed and installed a custom stereo on his FZ1. It has 4 speakers, two in the tail fairings and 2 in the front fairing (shown below in picture 1) He controls it with a custom control box (shown in picture 2) he built with a 5" touch screen. It does GPS, Video, Rear Backup Cam, and MP3 Stereo. It also operates his alarm system and police radar (front 5 lasers shown in the circular port on his windscreen).
I had a Sansa Clip and it was nice indeed. It kept locking up on me constantly though. Looking at the reviews seems they still do that from time to time. Very irritating for me. Just did not want to deal with that while riding. I'm no Apple fanboy though. We already had to deal with the Itunes crap, etc for my wifes IPod Touch, so it was super easy to just throw the songs I wanted onto mine.I used the sansa clip 4gb, less than 40bucks, and helmet speakers. The whole thing was less than $70. I like the sansa clip better than the ipod shuffle or nano, not only because it is cheaper, but because i dont have to install extra software to download, upload, or manage my music. With the sansa just drop, copy, or paste the songs to a folder...plus you can store other files in there, just like a flash drive. So if you drop an audio file it will play, and if you have other files in there they will just be stored there for your work or school. Basically the sansa is a -cheap- flash drive that plays music (with radio and audio recording). The battery is great, it has been on for 8 to 10 hours (at work) with no problem, plus it charges really fast. ***Hey, did i mention that i am the North America distributor? ***...just kidding
I just really like the sansa clip, i hated the ipod "managing"/restrictive software. There are also 2gb and 8b models.
Thanks alot, ill get one for sure I still need to order a battery tender disconnect and stuff as well.I still have some planning and stuff, just trying to mess with this project without spending more then $20 a week on it lol.
I ordered a Bell automotive 12v plug end to install on the amp so I can plug it into the dc outlet I have inside my tank bag.
I thought about cutting them into the side of my tank bag and sort of bead locking them in place when I screw the box on the inside so the Kicker grills are external.But Im leaning more towards leaving the speakers as loose pods inside the tank bag that way I can remove it, or use it on my atv in different luggage if I want.Heck I could use it in a john boat off a trolling motors battery lol.
The gps version of the weekender, it was one of the first things I bought for my bike.I've used it for around 2 years now and its honestly a great little bag.
It isn't that bad, I had no reason at all to do the thing with the zippo can.I was just bored so I wanted to try to have some fun with it and build some stuff.My uncle bought one of the pre built Boss kits, ran one set of wires up to his cruisers fork bag, tossed everything inside and called it a day.i am exhausted just reading this thread never mind trying to do the install
You have completely convinced me to stick with my bt helmet lol
that's like having a tank on top of your tank lolThe gps version of the weekender, it was one of the first things I bought for my bike.I've used it for around 2 years now and its honestly a great little bag.
Or the missing part of the dash, its a glove box, chargers, gps, stereo lol.I'm trying to think in the 4th dimension or whatever Doc Brown used to say.If I turn my sportbike into a cruiser then I'll need a new sportbike instead of a cruiser lol.
