J&M Corporation manufactures headsets and communications packages for motorcycles.  I have been talking with the company president, John Lazzeroni, about the possibility of J&M developing a bluetooth cellphone integration kit for the Victory Vision.  This would be an addition to the communication harness and would allow the rider to use his cellphone while riding (no comments about safety, please - you all know that sometimes it would be good to use the cellphone while riding, especially when you want to call 911 about the jerk who is playing tag with your back tire).  He said he is looking at developing this, but that there was not yet enough interest in it by Vision owners.

So, to see if there is enough interest out there for this, how about responding to this poll to see how you feel about it?  I don't know how much the kit would cost.

What say ye, fellow Vision pilots?

Tarpits99 - 2009-10-04 11:45 AM The thought of trying to make it function (which cant be done with gloves on) while (unreliably) synced to bluetooth on a motorcycle makes me wonder what my life expectancy would be the first time the phone rang. As to calling 911 while dealing with an aggressive driver; how exactly does one access a phone while riding to avoid getting splatted?

I was mostly thinking about phones that have voice activation - "Call home", "Call 911", "Call wife", etc.  Phone could also be programmed to answer automatically - you could then say, "Yes dear", "Sorry, I'll have to call you back", etc.

Thanks for driving this Long Ranger! I have talked to John Lazzeroni about this also several times. I am also a long time customer of J&M and use a lot of his products. If we can get enough people to show an interest I think he will develop a solution. I will do everything I can to support this initiative.  

What John needs to develop for the Vision the same solution he has for the Gold Wing and Harley. This would include a Bluetooth dongle that integrated with the Vision sound system to allow integration with other Bluetooth devices such as the Garmin GPS and phones as well as Bluetooth helmet systems. Several Vision riders I ride with also want this functionality.

I have tried the Scala solution and while it works pretty well it doesn’t integrate with the Vision sound system, CB or XM radio. The Bluetooth integration on the Scala works really well especially in linking to the Garmin Zumo 550 and having the phone linked to the Zumo. This way you can use the screen on the Zumo to send and receive calls on the phone and it works well even with gloves on. I was amazed at how well the phone worked in both sending and receiving calls and how clear the sound was for me and the person I was talking to.

I've full bluetooth integration on my Vision Tour. I've the Nolan N102 helmet with bluetooth comms, the Garmin 2820 and the iPhone 3g connected to the Vision sound system. The Garmin works flawlessly with the helmet and iPhone. When I receive a phone call, it's routed to the Garmin, the display changes with prompts to answer/ignore the call and it's routed to the headset. Music simulaneously goes on mute. Outbound calls handle either by diplay on 2820 or by pushing the button on my helmet. Fidelity of the boom mike seems to be ok, even at freeway speeds, as callers can hear me and I, them. Safety isn't too much of an issue, in that it's hands-free, but even then, I have to exercise more caution, simply because the phone call can be a distraction.

Plus, prompts from the Garmin navigation are piped into the headset as well. 

Vince.