Radio options for my FLHTC?
Road Master
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Last edited by rivercityslim; Mar 26, 2013 at 08:44 AM.
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I got these from Autozone, plugs right in, there's probably better out there for a better price, but so for no problems.
That's 8 lights just on the rear,
volt gauge does not drop anymore when useing brakes, three 1157's had more draw than I thought.
Even the small fender tips and tour pack lights drew more than I thought, forgot how much it was when I was checking everything out, but was significant amount.
The 1157 led are mostly directional, and don't really light up the license plate through the clear part of the lense like a regular bulb, I just keep one old bulb on the bike, just in case some leo gives me grief about it.
The lights look amber in the picture, but are really nice and bright red.
That's 8 lights just on the rear,
volt gauge does not drop anymore when useing brakes, three 1157's had more draw than I thought.
Even the small fender tips and tour pack lights drew more than I thought, forgot how much it was when I was checking everything out, but was significant amount.
The 1157 led are mostly directional, and don't really light up the license plate through the clear part of the lense like a regular bulb, I just keep one old bulb on the bike, just in case some leo gives me grief about it.
The lights look amber in the picture, but are really nice and bright red.
Road Master
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Hey Doc, any chance on getting a blow-by-blow of the install and maybe even some pics?
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Yeah, I'll see what I can do. It is just a bit larger than the last Alpine amp I had, the 18 Watt/channel one. That one I had double stickum taped to the inside of the fairing for >10 years. I'll probably do the same with this one. It came in today. Nice looking unit. The 4 channels are bridgeable to 2. Not sure I need 90 watts/channel, or that my speakers could handle that, but cool anyway.
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Hello all,
My radio has been dead since i got my 1986 FLHTC, I am looking for a good option (as cheap as possible) to restore some tunes to my ride! I am not afraid to tear into the wiring if some splicing is required (I have diagrams somewhere....) but a plug and play connector would be great or even (gasp!) an original factory radio! I know people want millions of dollars for the factory set-up and the radio is too old for the manufacturer to fix it.
Looking for opinions.....
Jesse
My radio has been dead since i got my 1986 FLHTC, I am looking for a good option (as cheap as possible) to restore some tunes to my ride! I am not afraid to tear into the wiring if some splicing is required (I have diagrams somewhere....) but a plug and play connector would be great or even (gasp!) an original factory radio! I know people want millions of dollars for the factory set-up and the radio is too old for the manufacturer to fix it.
Looking for opinions.....
Jesse
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Keep in mind that "200 Watts" is really: 200/4 channels = 50 Watts PEP, * 0.707 =35 Watts (maybe) RMS per channel and that 35 Watts is at some distortion figure (THD) like 3% that would make your ears bleed. To find a closer value for the total wattage of the radio, look at the fuse in the main power (switched) lead. A 5 amp fuse will only allow 60-ish watts of power through to the radio.
As long as it sounds good to you and you like it. $30 is pretty cheap. I've had good (relatively) and not-so-good results with $30 radios in cars. I now just stick a $100 Alpine in them.
As long as it sounds good to you and you like it. $30 is pretty cheap. I've had good (relatively) and not-so-good results with $30 radios in cars. I now just stick a $100 Alpine in them.
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