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Yea, and he looks like the guy who watches me brush my teeth in the morning too! Yes, Dave(Utahventure) I am on the edge of having a plug and play unit to plug into the 5pin headset units. I already am making and selling units to go inline on Goldwings. My only holdup at this time is time. Busy at work, wife has too many honey-dos, but I am plugging along on it

Angel, Gary has good solid advice, don't let them sway you to get themselves clear, if they do offer, ask when you will start getting your lost wages reimbursement until you are well enough to face them in court. Tina and i will see you on Saturday my friend!

I agree with your wife, my 86 is more comfortable than either of the goldwings I have, after 500 miles the difference is very noticeable, and the Venture has the power to run off and hide from the wing too.

30 years ago today, Tina and I made the walk, here's to another 30 years! Happy Anniversary!

On my magnum and wife's 300 Chrysler if you run the AC with "recirculate" air on it will get the musty smell, and if you are like wife, set off your allergies from the mold. I was advised by Chrysler to dump about half a can of febreeze into the same outer grill that was mentioned aabove. And then, if you run the ac on recirculate you should always turn recirculate off and let ac run for a while to dry out the inside of the ac box

It is a road with a million curves and pull offs every mile or three to enjoy the view. Where are you planning on entering the parkway, where do you plan on exiting? Where else in NC are you going, when are you doing this? Yes, I'm quite nosy, but we love the area plenty and plan some return trips there again this year too

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You can spend 4 or 5 days on the BRP, or cruise through it in 2. Easy enough to decide how you want to do it. My wife's preference, if starting at mile post 0 and heading south would be to run to Boone (mm280) first day. Then to Asheville for second day(mm390), then to Cherokee on third day. This would give lots(probably too much) time for stops and views. My personal preference would be 0mm to Asheville for first day, not everyone wants to spend 10 hours solid on the BRP, but I don't like to stop, and second day finish it off at Cherokee. I have found a pretty good resource for fuel stops, link here-->Gas Availability - Blue Ridge Parkway

You plan on spending 7 days on the BRP or you have 7 days to burn?

Good luck Barry, my last SS1k was a birthday ride!

These are the snagglestuds that were referred to earlier. Remove the nut that secures the upper handlebar and replace with this. One is drilled and tapped for ¼-20 if you so desire

That is how my 86 mounts, looks just like that. Has "Yamaline" on the plastic covers

yes, me too. Right click the link and tell it to open in new browser or tab, whichever you prefer

over 14" on the ground, calling for 4 more today, at least it is above zero F now

There is a good probability you won't need it. The player itself is not bike powered is it?

Description of first one say it is "synchronous rectification", means it use a MoSFeT instead of diodes for voltage reduction,positive line is filtered/regulated, negative is not. Second one does not say, but bet it is the same. Makes no difference, whichever you want, they'll booth do the same job

The first one I linked is supposedly isolated, the second one states it is not. The one you linked did not say but it looks like one on Amazon that said it is not. In my limited experience with adding stuff to bikes I find that most equipment is barely filtered well enough to keep the alternator noise or ignition noise out, sometimes adding another bike powered device will add lots of noise, or what is called a "ground loop feedback". An isolated power supply does not guarantee it will be quiet but the chances are better it will be. In a power supply an isolated supply means the power lead is routed through either an optical isolator or transformer, as well the negative lead is coupled in a similar manner. In theory this keep noise in the electrical system to a minimum. Remember back a few years ago when Radio Shack sold stuff other than telephones? They had a device called a 12V line filter that was a 3" black square box with 4 wires, 2 in, 2 out. It was nothing but a small 1:1 transformer on each input lead, and a filter capacitor on output side. Things have shrank a might since that was used.

Yes, that'll work fine. I would likely do the $8.00 one though if i were buying, it is supposedly isolated, meaning you won't have a ground loop feedback problem when you feed it 12v from the bike. Never seen one that was adjustable, seems like a good idea, but the boostaroo has a voltage regulator internal any way to trim the voltage down so batteries seem to last longer. Put a one amp fuse in line, and connect to a switched outlet. I loved the way the Kawa's triggered the headlamp, it didn't come on until it sensed a charge from alternator, i tapped that point to trigger a relay to turn on all things I added to my Vulcan.

One thing I would be scared of using either the amps you linked is they are actually feeding a bit of voltage into your receiver device, unregulated, no way to attenuate the output other than by the volume of your player device. Could get ugly if it spiked when you first turn your player on. The boostaroo uses 2 AA batteries, right? It would be quite easy to solder a pigtail on the terminals, feed that from a voltage regulator such as a Drock(Amazon.com: DROK® 12V to 3.3V 3A 10W DCDC Buck Power Converter Low Voltage Regulator Waterproof: Electronics ) and maybe even glue this into the battery compartment. If so, this would be an $8.00 cure for the problem, you already know the boostaroo will do what you want Here is a regulator that is even cheaper, but not isolated=Amazon.com: Keedox® DC/DC Converter 12V Step Down to 3.3V 3A Power Supply Module, Non-isolated: Electronics

Wonder what the amp draw is on that? Claimed output power and advertised 1% THD makes it sound like discreet ttl stuff, not MoSFet. bet it'll pull 5 or 6 amps easily. If amp draw is less than 5 then you'll likely be satisfied with it, as you are basically using it as a preamp, right? I dumped Sirius last month, loaded up a 16G sd card with music and use it in my GPS(old Nuvi780), it works fantastic on the Goldwing and in my car using the Aux input. No ground loop hum, no hiss. As best I can ascertain the output on the MP3 player internal to it is less than 20Mw output. You only need a slight boost to bring your add on up to the level you desire, so the boostaroo may be best bet. The one I linked has 5v input, use it with one of the 12v to 5v USB converters wired to only be live with key on and you should be doing exactly what you wanted in the beginning. I'd guess total investment to be under $35 for that setup.

The boostaroo should do what you want but doesn't appear to be an amp of much output, just 20Mw. There is a model that has a 5v input, easily used on a bike with a cig lighter plug in USB adapter or a dash mounted dedicated USB outlet, I have one of these on my VUlcan, it worked for several years without fail, paid a lot more than this for it too, same brandMotorcycle 12V USB Cigarette Lighter Power Port Integration Outlet Socket | eBay I put this in sidecar for Tina to charge and listen, etc without swapping cables constantly; Dual USB Charger and Socket Panel Mount Marine 12 Volt Boat Jack Power Outlet | eBay

One on ebay for aboutl half price of new; Mix IT2 Original Pocket Size Audio Mixer Amplifier for MP3 GPS SAT Radar | eBay

Search a little, I bought 2 of them from a guy in Washington, freight cost more than purchase price of the 2!

Dion, this is what you need, it will accept 4 inputs. Use the priority input for the GPS,etc and main input for your music, patch to the input in of your stereo and you can tailor each item to a specific audio level.Mix-It Products

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