A day of Motorcycle Riding and Testing Bluetooth Stereo

First thing this morning I rode the GL1800 to Clearwater and to the Honda Powersports Dealer for her 2nd 12,000 mile service at 24,000 and change.

I purchased a pre-paid service plan that covers Six Services. I use them for the 12,000 intervals because they are the major and most costly services.

With this, the 2nd service, the plan is paid for so the next four are on the house. I also took a few farkles along for them to install while servicing the bike.


Once I made it back North to the Casa, I readied the GS for a long ride over several hours to test ride the new Bluetooth Stereo Transmitter / Receiver Gimmick.

I charged them last night as the directions suggested. I was underway at 11:25 and rode for Six hours, taking breaks, and all the while listening to the XM radio over wireless Bluetooth and using my custom molded ear phones/plugs.

I listened for about seven & a half hours before the receiver died. That’s pretty good service.



I started out with the transmitter in the crossbar pouch but quickly found that close proximity to the Garmin GSM Antenna caused signal loss on the XM antenna.

I moved the transmitter down to a small pouch on the left side of the tank deck and it worked great.

During stops I just climbed off the bike, no longer dealing with wires, and I'm sold on it.



You can see the transmitter in the lower left of the shot in the side pocket bag.

The Garmin Antenna is on the Right handlebar and all worked well with this setup.



One of the locations I like to stop for a break is on a bridge over the Withlacoochee river.

The Cypress that line the banks are awesome, and the water is stained dark by the tannins from the vegetation.



I enjoyed another fine day of riding the R1200GS Adventure and the new Bluetooth wireless solution is here to stay.

I purchased the XTERASYS XB202 Bluetooth Stereo Audio Transmitter & Receiver at techsunny.com.

LATER

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"Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it. " -nj

Dave Dragon
Rider, Writer & Photo Sniper
08 GL1800 06 R1200GS-Adv 02 K1200LTe Ride it like you Stole it!

Who makes the ear plug? Happy with them?

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Bob Brendel
05 LT, Light Metallic Yellow
99 LT, Totaled 3/09
97 HD Former Work Bike
88 GL1500
84 GL1200
S3 400 Kaw, too long ago to remember the year
175 Yamaha even longer

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night

Only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf

George Orwell

They were made at CCR at Tan Tar A by Now Hear This.

They work Great, I use them all the time.

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"Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it. " -nj

Dave Dragon
Rider, Writer & Photo Sniper
08 GL1800 06 R1200GS-Adv 02 K1200LTe Ride it like you Stole it!

Thanks

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Bob Brendel
05 LT, Light Metallic Yellow
99 LT, Totaled 3/09
97 HD Former Work Bike
88 GL1500
84 GL1200
S3 400 Kaw, too long ago to remember the year
175 Yamaha even longer

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night

Only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf

George Orwell

Dave,

I've tried a different brand of "custom" made ear plugs and after several hours, actually about 45 minutes, they started to irritate my ears. Did you do any thing to your helmet to make the ear plugs more comfortable? I'd like to move in that direction, but can't find anything that is irritation free.

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Dano
Tampa, Fl.
Toscana Green 2002 K1200LT

What has never happened, happens all of the time!

What the gal lacks in personality, she makes up in quality!

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Brett
03 Anthracite
North Georgia
2005 CCR-Tetons
2006 CCR-Braselton
2008 CCR-Midway
2009 CCR-South Dakota
2010 CCR-Killington, we gotta wait another year?

true

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"Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it. " -nj

Dave Dragon
Rider, Writer & Photo Sniper
08 GL1800 06 R1200GS-Adv 02 K1200LTe Ride it like you Stole it!

I had to get used to them, an hour here & there. Now I can go 3 to 4 hours with no issue and a few minutes break I can go another 3 or 4.

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"Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it. " -nj

Dave Dragon
Rider, Writer & Photo Sniper
08 GL1800 06 R1200GS-Adv 02 K1200LTe Ride it like you Stole it!

Put a tiny amount of mineral oil on your pinky (after washing your hands, of course) - and rub it around your ear canal. Less is more.

When I take them out at the end of the day I give the earplugs a quick wipe down with those tiny pre-packaged alcohol soaked towels.

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Will this system work with the Scala Rider Headsets?

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Castos

"Life is made to be enjoyed, so enjoy it"

'80 Suzuki G100GS
'87 Honda CX500 Turbo
'06 BMW R1200RT