Limited -- cb ptt switch -- rant!!
Novice
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 18
Likes: 1
From: Goldsboro, NC
Having now completed several thousand miles on the limited I feel qualified to provide an evaluation of the position of the Push To Talk (PTT) switch for the CB radio --- in short and specific terms IT SUCKS A BIG ONE!!!--- whomever at Mother HD that came up with this RH position has never ever ridden this bike and to used the CB --- why would anyone in their right mind try to put this on the same side as the throttle ??---it might work when a rider is on cruise control but trying to thumb the PTT while properly controlling the throttle is dangerous as hell especially in city traffic when trying to lead a group of riders. The pre 14 bikes with the switch on the LH side are vastly better plain and simple------sometimes one has to wonder about the experience and mentality of those engineering designer types that make these decisions --- get a rope!
Hopefully somebody will develop a means by which to move the PTT to the left handlebar position where it belongs --- as somebody previously mentioned it would be even better located where the odometer button is.
Hopefully somebody will develop a means by which to move the PTT to the left handlebar position where it belongs --- as somebody previously mentioned it would be even better located where the odometer button is.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 122
Likes: 14
From: Texas
Having now completed several thousand miles on the limited I feel qualified to provide an evaluation of the position of the Push To Talk (PTT) switch for the CB radio --- in short and specific terms IT SUCKS A BIG ONE!!!--- whomever at Mother HD that came up with this RH position has never ever ridden this bike and to used the CB --- why would anyone in their right mind try to put this on the same side as the throttle ??---it might work when a rider is on cruise control but trying to thumb the PTT while properly controlling the throttle is dangerous as hell especially in city traffic when trying to lead a group of riders. The pre 14 bikes with the switch on the LH side are vastly better plain and simple------sometimes one has to wonder about the experience and mentality of those engineering designer types that make these decisions --- get a rope!
Hopefully somebody will develop a means by which to move the PTT to the left handlebar position where it belongs --- as somebody previously mentioned it would be even better located where the odometer button is.
Hopefully somebody will develop a means by which to move the PTT to the left handlebar position where it belongs --- as somebody previously mentioned it would be even better located where the odometer button is.
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 547
Likes: 43
From: Cartersville, GA
The PTT button location doesn't bother me of course this is the first bike I've ridden that has a CB so I have nothing to compare it too.
The idea of the button being where the odometer button is does seem more logical.
The idea of the button being where the odometer button is does seem more logical.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,492
Likes: 610
From: USA
If the CB is ON and you are using the PTT switch to talk over the intercom then YES you are broadcasting your conversation over the CB. If you are using the VOX then NO, you are not broadcasting over the CB. You can shut the CB OFF and then use the PTT switch for the intercom.
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,191
Likes: 233
From: North East, MD
If you use the PTT button for Intercom and the CB is ON you will broadcast your conversation over the CB. If you are using VOX for Intercom you will not broadcast your conversation over the CB . If you use PTT for Intercom with the CB is OFF you will not broadcast your conversation over the CB.
Last edited by rwven; Aug 8, 2016 at 12:41 PM. Reason: clarity
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Awesome, I use the CB to listen for Cop Reports as I'm always pushing the envelope... I just realized we been broadcasting our conversations over the air... I wonder, If she pushes her com talk button on the back seat are we broadcasting on the CB?