Tour Pak Antenna Relocation Question

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Feb 22, 2010 | 07:18 PM

Shrug

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Tour Pak Antenna Relocation Question

I'm waiting on my Tour Pak to arrive from Moco/Zanotti's and am thiking ahead. Even though I rarely use the radio, I plan on relocating the antenna from the rear fender to the TP when it's installed. I looked at a couple of relocation kit instructions from Moco website, but none of them were very clear.

Can the existing antenna be unscrewed from its base when the TP is installed and re-installed when its not?
Is the cable re-routed out of the hard bag under the fender (or elsewhere) and up into the Tour Pak?
Are there any non-Moco alternatives available?

Any insight appreciated...

Feb 22, 2010 | 07:34 PM

Scubamike

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Originally Posted by ktm_scott

Can the existing antenna be unscrewed from its base when the TP is installed and re-installed when its not?
Is the cable re-routed out of the hard bag under the fender (or elsewhere) and up into the Tour Pak?
Are there any non-Moco alternatives available?

Any insight appreciated...

I went thru this last year with my 09 Streetglide and purchased the antenna relocation kit from HD for way to much money and ended up only using part of the kit. On my streetglide you disconnect the original antenna from just inside the rear left saddle bag by the filler piece and the kit comes with the jumper cable that goes from the original antenna mount with a extra adaptor piece to allow from the antenna connection to the antenna cable and I ran mine up along by the forward quick disconnect and then into the tourpak connection with the provided rubber gromment from the HD antenna kit, then you mount the original antenna on the new tourpak mounted antenna base which the kit also comes with but my new tour pak from HD already had the antenna base mounted. Very easy to do and is very easy to change back to the original antenna location if your quick detach you tour pak you just remove the cable by the rear fender filler piece and remove the adaptor and put your antenna back on. I never really got great radio reception after I relocated my antenna, so I finally went with a hidden fairing antenna and just used a automotive vacuum cap on both the original mount and the tourpack mount for possible future use as well as left the wiring in, I then ordered the same filler plug that is on the right had filler to plug the old anntenna hole. Good Luck and let me know if you have any other questions. This was just my experience. I actually now seem to have better radio reception and can actually get the WB in my area.

Last edited by Scubamike; Feb 22, 2010 at 07:37 PM.

Feb 22, 2010 | 07:39 PM

DPete

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Yep, yep and yep. If I run the tourpak in 2up position I unscrew the antenna and the wire from fender the mount. The wire goes thru a grommet on the lower left corner of the TP ( there is enough wire coiled up) and back to the antenna mount inside the TP. I bought an Ultra antenna for the TP (it had a mount from the MoCo) as it's not as high. That's on my 09 SG with SG TP

Feb 27, 2010 | 07:39 AM

Ezlivn

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Well....I'm in the same predicament....however....I am trying a different approach. I ordered and received from E-Bay the antennae that mounts in your fairing. It had excellent reviews and cost a whopping $21.95 with free delivery. If it sux I'm out $20 bucks...big deal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hidde...33668411540059

Feb 27, 2010 | 07:44 AM

nedster

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Timing is everything, I just received m tour pak and was curious how the antenna was mounted on the new RG. I am use to the old style mounting system on 08 and earlier models.