[BushrodW]

Skully : Motorcycleradar.com

I use a Valentine 1 maounted on the 929 mount that the linked company sells. It mounts to the front brake master cylinder. I have mine on a longer bolt than supplier sends and mounted between two rubber washers with appropriately sized washers.

It doesn't bounce around as much as it did without the rubber washers and rotates nicely from over the key and back.

I also use the V1 audio and heads up adapters.

BW

[o'town929]

Ok guys, I got my R.D. today, and the end of the power cord looks like a phone cord! How am I going to hard wire the bike? Do I have to buy their $40 cord or can one be made? Thanks

[2OHOH2]

My solution/suggestion for wiring up the V1:

- using a multimeter (M), find a switched + cable in the wiring harness (I used the main front harness underneath the right front cowl), then find a nice ground wire
- plug the V1 cord into the cig lighter, and using a M, figure out which wire is +, which - (I think it's the red and green)
- using a length of phone cord, cut it, and splice one end into the harness (+,-)
- get a F-F adapter (lets you run two cords together), and plug the now-powered telephone cord into it
- find a nice place to put the adapter (I put mine just to the right of the front tank bolts, under the tank, after wrapping it with some rubber hose to snug it in there)
- connect the V1 into the adapter, presto, it's wired in and is easily removed

[o'town929]

Sounds easy enough, so a standard phone cord can support 12volt dc no problem? Ok, I'll try and let you know how I make out. Thanks

[2OHOH2]

o'town929 : Sounds easy enough, so a standard phone cord can support 12volt dc no problem? Ok, I'll try and let you know how I make out. Thanks *

Phones = umm, something like 50V

...but it's the amperage that you would normally worry about anyways, but not in this case - a standard telephone cord is enough.

[o'town929]

Thanks

[2OHOH2]

No problem. Careful with the wiring, take your time, use good 3M electrical tape, use zip ties to keep the wiring from coming apart over time, and have some fuses handy.

[G-Force Junkie]

If you got a V1, it should come with a hard wire kit. I just hardwired mine to the battery, so it used the Valentine phone cord and is fused. Ran it up the right side of the bike and bundled the excess wire under the right 'ram air' cover thingy. Standard phone cord will work for power, but not between the unit and external volume box, if your planning on using headphones.

[BlueToy]

I've bot a Bel 990 international radar detector and was wondering if any of you guys have got one to work on a bike?

Getting the power is fine, just wondering if you know of any accessories you can get for it so that the buttons and display/ speaker are remote?

I don't particularly want to chop it up to wire my own buttons and speaker up to it as I use it in the car as well.

thanks

Ben.

[CBR629]

I love the V1..I've had the V1 for 5 years with no tickets!