Triker
Jul 17th, 2006, 5:27 pm
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First caveat.
You need a sound system on your motorcycle first or the first solution I tried is your best bet.
BMW sells them (you can save $50 by shopping the internet for the same item) and they do work. But, it assumes you don't have a sound system installed and don't already have speakers and microphones in your helmet. I bought the BMW approved (as in they sell them in their stores) solution and the speaker, while thin, was still too thick for my helmet, plus it covered one of the existing speakers in the helmet. Wrong one for me. As I said, if you don't have a comm system installed, this is one is great.
Here's the link to the one that I now have and that truly integrates into my speaker system, uses the speakers and microphone already in my helmet, works fine even with my open face at speeds above 70mph. It is the Motorola HF-820. http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Product....asp?Item=HF820 (http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=HF820)
What the literature does not say is that there is a place to plug in one of the BMW cables that connects a cell phone to your VOICE II system, or that connects your cell phone to any installed sound system that has a cell phone input. I even called one supplier and the lady told me that it DIDN'T have a place to plug in the cable. The people at Cyclegadgets know their business. I called them and they assured me there is a place to plug it in and indeed, there is. I already had the cable from BMW, so I plugged it in, "bonded" my cell phone to it and now it is indispensable to me. It attaches to my tank bag with the included sun visor clamp so that it is accessible to me to punch the one button on it to activate the voice commands. I can call, receive calls, and best of all, if the phone rings while riding and listening to the radio, it mutes the radio and I hear the ring in my helmet. Can't say enough good things about it.:D
First caveat.
You need a sound system on your motorcycle first or the first solution I tried is your best bet.
BMW sells them (you can save $50 by shopping the internet for the same item) and they do work. But, it assumes you don't have a sound system installed and don't already have speakers and microphones in your helmet. I bought the BMW approved (as in they sell them in their stores) solution and the speaker, while thin, was still too thick for my helmet, plus it covered one of the existing speakers in the helmet. Wrong one for me. As I said, if you don't have a comm system installed, this is one is great.
Here's the link to the one that I now have and that truly integrates into my speaker system, uses the speakers and microphone already in my helmet, works fine even with my open face at speeds above 70mph. It is the Motorola HF-820. http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Product....asp?Item=HF820 (http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=HF820)
What the literature does not say is that there is a place to plug in one of the BMW cables that connects a cell phone to your VOICE II system, or that connects your cell phone to any installed sound system that has a cell phone input. I even called one supplier and the lady told me that it DIDN'T have a place to plug in the cable. The people at Cyclegadgets know their business. I called them and they assured me there is a place to plug it in and indeed, there is. I already had the cable from BMW, so I plugged it in, "bonded" my cell phone to it and now it is indispensable to me. It attaches to my tank bag with the included sun visor clamp so that it is accessible to me to punch the one button on it to activate the voice commands. I can call, receive calls, and best of all, if the phone rings while riding and listening to the radio, it mutes the radio and I hear the ring in my helmet. Can't say enough good things about it.:D