XM Module
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: COLD Country Connecticut
I have a Zumo 550 and will be turning on the XM in a month. I'm not totally sold on having to have the GPS mounted whenever I wanted to hear XM though. So I might opt for one myself.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Malibu, CA
Installed my XM Module on my 2009 Street Glide this past weekend. The sound quality was excellent, and I had strong reception thorughout my ride on Sunday that covered lots of backroads and canyons in the Malibu-Ventura-Ojai-Carpenteria areas of southern California. The combination of the J&M 7.25" speakers and the XM satellite radio is really fantastic. The XM Radio Kit was pricey, but I know that I am going to get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 854
Likes: 274
From: COLD Country Connecticut
Installed my XM Module on my 2009 Street Glide this past weekend. The sound quality was excellent, and I had strong reception thorughout my ride on Sunday that covered lots of backroads and canyons in the Malibu-Ventura-Ojai-Carpenteria areas of southern California. The combination of the J&M 7.25" speakers and the XM satellite radio is really fantastic. The XM Radio Kit was pricey, but I know that I am going to get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Oh and by the way "backroads and canyons in the Malibu-Ventura-Ojai-Carpenteria areas of southern California" yeah well I had a great ride 6-12" back and forth in my garage going vroom vroom blub blub with 8" of now on the ground LOL!! Thanks for the info.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
i put the xm module on mine about 8 months or so ago. Gotta say, I'm very dissapointed in the reception. even simply riding around town i lose reception constantly. thinking about taking the antenna out of the fairing and mounting it on the outside somewhere... for the cost of this and the harness needed to complete the install (which took about 30 minutes total) i was sadly dissapointed and regret spending the almost $500 on this... ipods and mp3 cds are the ticket...
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Malibu, CA
My volume is great. With the J&M 7.5" speakers and XM's enhanced sound quality, I am getting great sound at high volume. I had read on this forum that some guys had experienced electrical noise that got louder as the engine RPMs increased. So I asked my dealer if they have experienced any such problem, and they said "no," despite having installed a lot of these. I even called Harley Davidson's Customer Service, as well as asked Dr. V-Twin, and both said they had not heard of such problems. I wanted to know because if I was going to need to add a "noise suppressor" as some had suggested, then I wanted to do it all at one time. So far, I have not experienced any sound distortion or noise. ULTRANUTZ, I'm sorry that you have had a bad experience with your XM Radio. Believe me, I'd be upset too for that amount of money if I didn't get great reception and sound quality. Have you taken your bike to your dealer to see what they say?
Road Master
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From: COLD Country Connecticut
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