We tried it on the wife's bike. We did the math and figured it out to be about 65 megs a hour for use. It seemed to fluctuate between 50 and 75 for an hour.
The real problem was coverage. Even though the cell companies like to color their maps all one color and say they are 4g coverage in the whole milky way, they are not. She spent time fumbling with her phone on longer rides and finally gave up. I bought her the module and she's been happy since.
I'll say this, it's real easy to install. I did it in my dealers parking lot. The general manager wasn't happy about it, but I was. They wanted to charge me an hour labor. The service writer watched me install it, he had never done one. Took about 20 minutes to do.
The module mounts in the back of the radio head unit. It's like installing a pc card in a desktop computer. 2 #10 torx screws, if I remember correctly. I ran my antenna outside of the fairing for better reception. Other threads had done complaining about reception, so I fixed that problem.
I'll say this, it's real easy to install. I did it in my dealers parking lot. The general manager wasn't happy about it, but I was. They wanted to charge me an hour labor. The service writer watched me install it, he had never done one. Took about 20 minutes to do.
The module mounts in the back of the radio head unit. It's like installing a pc card in a desktop computer. 2 #10 torx screws, if I remember correctly. I ran my antenna outside of the fairing for better reception. Other threads had done complaining about reception, so I fixed that problem.
I had problems on my CVO but have not on the wife's SGS but I think that's because it has a newer style antenna. here's my thread about it:
Just be advised that the Harley Sirius/XM Module only has about 1 second of buffer built into it so it will lose the signal even at 60 mph under an overpass. Harley should have went with a longer buffer like 5-10 seconds like all vehicle manufacturers have done, but they chose to save a few pennies on each module. Other than that problem, it's great to have it built into the bike.
I'll say this, it's real easy to install. I did it in my dealers parking lot. The general manager wasn't happy about it, but I was. They wanted to charge me an hour labor. The service writer watched me install it, he had never done one. Took about 20 minutes to do.
The module mounts in the back of the radio head unit. It's like installing a pc card in a desktop computer. 2 #10 torx screws, if I remember correctly. I ran my antenna outside of the fairing for better reception. Other threads had done complaining about reception, so I fixed that problem.
^^^ This. Very simple to install. Moving the antenna similar to where it is placed in the picture is key to great reception.
This issue has been talked about before but I'm experiencing it on a regular basis now. The unit will cut out and switch to AM. When I go back to select XM it is not available for a few seconds, then comes back and I can return to sat radio. When it's not available it says "set up" in the menus where it should show XM.
I thought it was due to heat build up but it is now doing it in all weather conditions.
I don't think I'll renew the subscription this time around.
Pass, I will use the Sirius app on my phone. To me it isn't worth the $300 for the module, plus the subscription for 2 vehicles. If I lose signal I will just switch over to the music on my phone. Only usually lose the signal way up in the mountains.
Also noticed the module doesn't show up under audio on the H-D site anymore.
I'll say this, it's real easy to install. I did it in my dealers parking lot. The general manager wasn't happy about it, but I was. They wanted to charge me an hour labor. The service writer watched me install it, he had never done one. Took about 20 minutes to do.
The module mounts in the back of the radio head unit. It's like installing a pc card in a desktop computer. 2 #10 torx screws, if I remember correctly. I ran my antenna outside of the fairing for better reception. Other threads had done complaining about reception, so I fixed that problem.
I moved mine to a speaker bracket the reception is better. However, when you run an aftermarket sound system the sound quality of Sirius XM versus that of a USB stick or streaming Pandora really sounds weak. Furthermore, I bought the XM module and a pay for the service so I still use it.
03-02-2016, 05:05 PM
