Goodbye to stock Clarion audio system..

[joekay]

.. and hello to the replacement Clarion CMS1. It's made for a marine application, so it can handle the weather. A little larger than the stock commander, but now in the modern age with inputs for sat radio, ipod, and mp3. Still within thumbs reach on the volume, and plenty loud. I yanked the entire original system out except for antenna, and have it posted in the classified section.

 

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo41/josephk300/ClarionCMS1Stereo-remotecommander.jpg

 

 

 

The amp unit "under the hood"

 

 

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo41/josephk300/Fairingbackhalfrightview.jpg

 

 

Cover for rear control made out of bondo

 

http://i360.photobucket.com/albums/oo41/josephk300/Rearspeakercontrolbondocover.jpg

[XV1100SE]

Looking good ! Did the amp take the place of the cassette or what did you put behind the door?

[joekay]

The cassette was taken out. What you see is just the cassette door that was removed from the cassette itself, and has been temporarily held in with double stick body trim tape. I’ve got my eye on putting in the mini gauge trio to fill up the gap as found elsewhere on this forum.

[Naked Rider]

when they took my AMP out to be sent off for repair my fuel light and my cruise control lights didnt work how did you get around that?

[Condor]

Interesting. Does the Clarion also include a CB??

[joekay]

No CB. Just going with Bluetooth headset and cell phone.

[GaryZ]

Very nice. I can see one of those in the stock location on my Gen 1

 

How much did it set you back?

[Mickey]

Very nice unit !!!!! If I didn't just purchase the VentureMP3 unit on sale($100), I would have seriously considered this unit !!!!!

[Freebird]

I ran across that unit a couple of days ago when I was researching a new unit for the Chrysler Crossfire. I was looking at marine units because there aren't many silver colored units out there for cars. I need a single din size though. It looks great on the bike but don't want to give up the CB. Bluetooth would be fine for some things but when riding with a group, I want the CB for bike to bike communication.

[j_berg]

how much did it cost and how hard was it to install?my radio stopped working this summer do to my stupid mistake.

[joekay]

I got the unit on Amazon. They're on there starting around $185. The job putting it in is extensive. I pulled out the entire original system, which requires some disassembly. Once the fairing is off, the speedo unit needs to come out, and the molded sides that hold the cassette need to be cut out to make room for the amp unit. I used Styrofoam packing blocks to cushion the amp and secured it with tie wraps. I added an extender cord to the usb input for my mp3 unit. The commander needed an L bracket that I made to mount to the original bracket.