iPod on The Interstate

[Chattanooga Mark]

I know this will be old news to most of you but here goes. Tonight I stopped at Radio Shack to pick up a Standing Wave Meter to trim my CB antenna. They didn't have one in the the store and the clerk said he couldn't find one on their website. But I did pick up a 3' cable to allow me to connect my iPod into the Interstate's audio system. This is so awesome! Now I can listen to whatever I want to instead of trying to find a radio station. It's amazing really that over 10 ears ago when the Interstate was in the design stage, Honda saw fit to include the standard iPod connection. IMHO, the Honda Valkyrie continues to be one of the best bargains in the used motorcycle market.

All the best,

Mark

[bigdog99]

+1 

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Be sure to run the wire down the right side ( brake side ) if not it will tick back through the speakers from the coil and alternator....Be there , Done that 

[deadvelvet]

is it the small plug in? i know dumb ? but lol just checking

[Strider]

Yes, the small audio jack plug (small earphone size jack).  It requires a standard double male plug that you can get at Walmart as well.  One male to the the iPod and like Joe said, run it down the right side (or center under the tank) and the other end plugs into a plug under the right side cover.  There is a plug there with a dust cover on it - plugs right in.  Turn the system to AUX and tunes baby!!!! 

I love mine and the iPod acts like a preamp or something, because people are always asking me what kind of amp I mounted and mine is stock as a clock.

[deadvelvet]

KOOL thought that was the right 1 THANKS

[alph]

i believe that they were doing that with the gold wings all the way back to '95, maybe earlier.  my brother in law had a '95 wing and he didn't even know that jack was there until i hooked my mp3 player to it.  he was wondering what the AUX setting was on his radio!!  (you know those inlaws  )

now what you've got to do is run an auxillary power supply to keep your ipod charged!!  i soldered some wire leads onto a cigarette charger for my mp3 player and went to the battery with it.  my only problem now is i run out of road before i run out of music!!  my mp3 holds 54 albums, and that's only 25% of what i can put on it!!

[Rocketman]

It's amazing really that over 10 ears ago when the Interstate was in the design stage, Honda saw fit to include the standard iPod connection. IMHO, the Honda Valkyrie continues to be one of the best bargains in the used motorcycle market.

That's not an "Ipod" connection, it's an "any music player going back to the walkman and probably before" connection, but yes, it's a great addition.  I had not done anything but radio in quite a while, up until prepping for Inzane.  I get so tired of the babbling on the radio, I'm very glad to have finally made that simple connection.

And yes, the next step is to wire in some power to charge the player.

Mark

[Walküre]

I agree with not having to listen to the standard radio stations. I put speakers in the helmet, and hook to my iPhone, listening to Pandora. I'd like to be able to change the station, a little easier, but for short trips, less than a couple hours, it's great. :Plus, I have enough mp3's on the phone, that I can listen to that for a couple hours, also. My daughter changes her music constantly, I don't have the patience for that...

If you have an iPhone, I urge you to try Pandora - it's free, and a great application.

R

[wlgrice]

Yep it is a good addition, I used it on my 99 interstate in 2000 , I hooked up a sony cassette player to it and changed them going down the road. Worked great, then I hooked xm radio. Nice feature

[Rescueroy]

Got mine hooked up the same way, but I'm using my zumo gps.  Got my music loaded on a sd card.  Can listen to music but still have my GPS.

[Valkahuna]

Walkure,

Be careful with those helmet speakers. They are illegal in some states since they tend to make any sounds around you disappear. Not the safest way to travel. External speakers are much safer.

[Colin]

Walkure,

Be careful with those helmet speakers. They are illegal in some states since they tend to make any sounds around you disappear. Not the safest way to travel. External speakers are much safer.

Find this an odd statement to make. All LEO's in Europe riding motorcycles for work use in helmet speakers what do your LEO's use? Are deaf people not allowed to drive a car or ride a bike? What's the difference? I can hear a lot more of the traffic around me, with my helmet speakers, than any  deaf person. I don't p other road users off with music blaring out from speakers like some of the youngsters do in their cars.

Some of your legislators need to think their laws through a bit, but mind you they need to do that in any country  

[TheValk]

Thanks for the aux socket reminder- forgot it after buying the bike 10 years ago and now have a I/Shuffle and was wondering, so checked this site and...
now for some rear speakers..
cheers to all
TheValk

[Chattanooga Mark]

My iPod Classic fits perfectly in my Hondaline tank belt pouch and I really like listening to it through my helmet speakers. If Verizon ever gets the iPhone from Apple I'll likely go that route as then I can have a GPS, phone and my iPod content all on one device mounted on a RAM mount or something similar. At that point I'll add a charger to the bike. At this point, my iPod can last long enough between charges.

All the best,

Mark