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Puddle Jumper
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| wondering about the difficulty of installing a CB Radio (factory)
in my 011 Vision.
Anybody done their own installation? How difficult is it?
I believe I gave a little better than average mechanical skills. |
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Jasper, MO | If you have average or above mechanical skills it is a fairly easy job. You'll have to install the controls on the handlebars and lift up the center console in order to make the connections to the radio. Most of the work is at the rear involving the trunk. You have to disassemble the trunk in order to install the antenna (Two sets of hands come in handy for the removal and re-installation of the trunk skin) and then the CB gets installed in the well in the trunk. It's not that hard of a job. I did mine in an afternoon with my wife helping me with the trunk skin part. If you haven't already ordered the CB, check your radio software and hardware version and make sure the new CB is the same version. If they are not the same version, you "may" have compatibility issues, but a reflash at the dealer should fix that.
I just remembered. You have to drill holes in your center console for your headset jack and in the panel below the rear speaker for the passenger's headset jack. For drilling those holes, I found that a stepped drill works the best and the easiest. GO SLOW! For cutting out the rectangular holes for the switches, a dremel type tool with a cutting wheel is best.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2013-01-13 3:34 PM
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Puddle Jumper
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| Ronnie thanks for the advice.
Dealer here in Dallas wants four hours labor to do job - almost $400.00 |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | What's a "CB Radio"?
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Stockton, California | rdbudd - 2013-01-13 1:30 PM If you have average or above mechanical skills it is a fairly easy job. You'll have to install the controls on the handlebars and lift up the center console in order to make the connections to the radio. Most of the work is at the rear involving the trunk. You have to disassemble the trunk in order to install the antenna (Two sets of hands come in handy for the removal and re-installation of the trunk skin) and then the CB gets installed in the well in the trunk. It's not that hard of a job. I did mine in an afternoon with my wife helping me with the trunk skin part. If you haven't already ordered the CB, check your radio software and hardware version and make sure the new CB is the same version. If they are not the same version, you "may" have compatibility issues, but a reflash at the dealer should fix that. I just remembered. You have to drill holes in your center console for your headset jack and in the panel below the rear speaker for the passenger's headset jack. For drilling those holes, I found that a stepped drill works the best and the easiest. GO SLOW! For cutting out the rectangular holes for the switches, a dremel type tool with a cutting wheel is best. Ronnie +1 I installed mine on my 2010 and had no issues. It is a little nerve racking cutting in to your bike but just make sure you are in the right spot. There are marks on the underside to tell you where to drill. Also, go to a local CB shop and have your antenna tuned. It will help in the range of the CB. Intercom works great also. |
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Jasper, MO | donetracey - 2013-01-13 9:36 PM
What's a "CB Radio"?
An extremely useful, even though somewhat archaic, piece of technology.
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Iron Butt
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Peru, IN | rdbudd - 2013-01-14 12:31 AM
donetracey - 2013-01-13 9:36 PM
What's a "CB Radio"?
An extremely useful, even though somewhat archaic, piece of technology.
Ronnie
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Tourer
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Cleveland, GA | Here are some instructions I posted back in late '07 when I installed my CB in my new 2008.
http://www.vision-riders.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=338&post...
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Lexington Park, MD | Lone Ranger - 2013-01-15 6:28 PM
Here are some instructions I posted back in late '07 when I installed my CB in my new 2008.
http://www.vision-riders.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=338&post...
Your notes were VERY helpful lone ranger as the instructions were junk, just installed mine 2 weeks ago. Taking the trunk apart was not as bad as I had thought, 2 persons a must if you want it to go easy. Its still fresh in my head, if you have questions feel free to post here or PM me and I can at least tell you what I did. I would call it a weekend project and make sure you got the dremmel and the step bit! That advice is GOLDEN, picked up the step bit at Harbor Freight for under 20. One thing to think about, if you were ever planning on doing the 96-99 LED brake light mod or just want to run the wire, now is the time. Did mine all at once. Took a little bit longer but had all the parts before commencing the project.
Edited by Tims_11Vision 2013-01-16 7:39 PM
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Cleveland, GA | Tims_11Vision - 2013-01-16 8:36 PM Your notes were VERY helpful lone ranger as the instructions were junk Thanks; I wasn't sure how valid they still might be, as I did the writeup five years ago. Something else you might want to consider - I took a page from someone else's book (can't remember who, right off the top of my head), and switched the radio control and the CB control. I now have the CB controller below the handlebar and the radio controller on top. I find it easier to hit the push-to-talk button that way, rather than having to stretch my thumb upwards and having to find it. More natural for me. The only drawback is that the curved shapes of the two controllers are designed for the original setup and there is a small difference in the flow of the lines when they are reversed. It was a subtle difference, though, and I've really never paid it any attention in the past five years.
Edited by Lone Ranger 2013-01-17 1:06 AM
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Jasper, MO | I'm chiming back in to echo the last two posts about doing the LED setup and swapping the position of the switch cubes. I did both on mine, but after I did the CB installation. It would have saved a lot of time and been easier if I had done the LEDs and swapped the switch positions while I was doing the CB installation. Good advice.
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