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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 01:14 PM
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I have the stock Harley radio in my '01 Ultra, and I plug my mp3 player into it, coil up the excess cord, and until now, have just stuck the player in my fairing pocket.

Today, I went to Wally World and bought some little velcro dots to stick the player to the inner fairing. It works, but I'm not happy with it. Doesn't seem very secure, and wants to flop around a lot.

What do you guys do with yours?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Ram Mount.

Do a search - lots of products. The "U-Bolt" one isn't that good looking, but you can get a ball mount that attaches to your switch cover. It'll make more sense when you look them up.

There are other ball mounts that attach to your bars and don't look like crap. Maybe someone can chime in and provide some info. I think a site sponsor makes one too.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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I do the velrco also, someday I'll break down and spend the $$$ on the interface. Till then this works for me.
 
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3 pocket fairing pouch, drop it in there and run the cord down to the radio
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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3 pocket fairing pouch, drop it in there and run the cord down to the radio
Ditto....no worries.
 
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3 pocket fairing pouch, drop it in there and run the cord down to the radio
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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I mounted a RAM mount for my iPhone and SPOT tracker in my tour pak and ran the patch cable and power to the tour pak as well.
Check out post #658
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...o-save-66.html

Keeps everything secure, dry and away from low-lifes and prying eyes. Works great. Still have to clean it up a bit, but so far it works well.

 
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Originally Posted by monkey sammich
I have the stock Harley radio in my '01 Ultra, and I plug my mp3 player into it, coil up the excess cord, and until now, have just stuck the player in my fairing pocket.

Today, I went to Wally World and bought some little velcro dots to stick the player to the inner fairing. It works, but I'm not happy with it. Doesn't seem very secure, and wants to flop around a lot.

What do you guys do with yours?
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I have a small MP3 player, attached with heavy duty velcro (3M brand I believe). I also got a short (8"?) cord from Radio Shack. Very secure and no extra cord to mess with.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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I have the interface... Kind of a ripoff but being able to control it from the handlebars is awesome!
 
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