2014 RT-Ltd

[Bob Denman]

:agree: But the lighted ones have a major "coolness" factor...

 

[pwilbarger]

Get a bumpskid .................. lighted or not................................you will not regret it.


Cruzr Joe

I had one on my 2010 and liked it. I'm not sure it fits the same on the '14. I've heard there is a gap that collects debris.


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[pwilbarger]

:agree: But the lighted ones have a major "coolness" factor...

My wife saw the lighted one at Spyderfest but didn't care for the look.


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[pwilbarger]

Well my Utopia driver backrest arrived on Monday but a virus has been kicking my butt all week so I have not even opened the box. Might at least look at today but have no desire to be out in the garbage even in this great weather even if I had the energy..


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[pwilbarger]

Well looks like everything was in the box from Utopia. Now hope I feel well enough to get it installed this week.


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[beadaholic]

Loved reading about your mods, and everything else! That is so neat you have been able to do so much so far with yours. Mine is just a regular RT (and Spyder's here are really very available, I am in Mexico) and it doesn't have the big fog lights, I am planning on that upgrade, then the lighted skid plate hopefully, and the belt protector because I live on a dirt road, and there are many more things I want to get, like the backrest too. I can't go see anything in person, but hopefully by reading here I won't make any mistakes! Congratulations!

Laura

 

[pwilbarger]

I spent a few hours and a gallon of sweat to get the Utopia backrest installed today. On to the next. Prolly a stronger shock for the seat since the backrest added weight.


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[pwilbarger]

I took my first ryde today with the new Utopia backrest and absolutely hated it! The angle was all wrong and pushed me forward too close to the bars, very uncomfortable. I was ready to call Bob and return it! But a cooler head prevailed and I investigated more when I got home. The solution turned out to be pretty simple. The adjustment set screw jam nut was located below the bracket and didn't allow full angle adjustment. I moved the nut to above the bracket and bingo now there is full angle adjustment. Now the angle is more leaned back and natural and the backrest is as comfortable as all my previous Utopias.


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[pwilbarger]

Today I stopped into Autozone and picked up the new 40# seat lift support that I had ordered last week. I had seen a Facebook post by Dan McNally about replacing this stock 20# strut with the 40#er so if you have the seat loaded up with a bag, Airhawk pad and backrest you can refuel without it slamming shut when put the gas cap on the seat. Very annoying and you don't have to spend $1000 on a seat with a fuel door. It's less the $25 at Autozone and takes 10 minutes. Works like a charm.

I also reinstalled the Hopnel triple dash pouch by Big Bike Parts. The original Velcro would not stay stuck so I emailed them about this well known problem and was told they had made some improvements and they sent me the "new and improved" Velcro. Might get to test that tomorrow.


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[pwilbarger]

Since we are heading into summer I installed my BRP vented windshield yesterday. Now it just has to warm up and stop raining. Also I hadn't realized the difference between this one and the wide F4 I removed. Quite a bit smaller.


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[pwilbarger]

I have the CB and wired headsets on my 2014 RT-Ltd. I no longer ride with my GW chapter (defunct) and I'm thinking of switching over to the Uclear Bluetooth system but still want to use the radio for music and the handle bar controls. Can I just disconnect the CB from the radio/comm system and plug the BRP/ Sena Bluetooth interface? Will the Uclear headsets work with the BRP interface? I don't really intend on communicating with other riders, just with my wife when she is along (not very often). I also have iPod that I plug in and listen to tunes sometimes. And I don't really care to take phone calls while riding.
TIA


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[pwilbarger]

I found the answer on Facebook. Motorcycle Dave a sponsor here sells the Sena SM10 dongle with a cable that plugs into the radio where entertainment harness connects. The cable is actually made by Finless Bob and he has a video on YouTube showing the exact thing I'm thinking of doing.

. I think unplugging the entertainment harness will disable the wired headsets and intercom along with the CB. I don't know if it affects the operation of the radio handle bar controls. I think I'm going to order the Uclear HBC100 unit to install in a spare helmet I have to see if I like the Bluetooth system. It's on sale directly from Uclear for $89.95 through Sunday.


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[pwilbarger]

This showed up in the mail today. It was charged right out of the box and took about 15 minutes to pair it to my iPhone, iPod and my GPS. I bought it on sale direct from Uclear for $89.95+shipping. Gonna try it on a spare HJC helmet I have to see how well it works without a boom mic and if I even like using Bluetooth. So far pretty easy to use. We'll see if that trend continues after it's installed.


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[IdahoMtnSpyder]

This showed up in the mail today. It was charged right out of the box and took about 15 minutes to pair it to my iPhone, iPod and my GPS. I bought it on sale direct from Uclear for $89.95+shipping. Gonna try it on a spare HJC helmet I have to see how well it works without a boom mic and if I even like using Bluetooth. So far pretty easy to use. We'll see if that trend continues after it's installed.View attachment 111207View attachment 111208


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You can plug the dongle into the ent harness where the CB plugs in. You'll need the ent harness if you ever want to add XM receiver.

 

[pwilbarger]

I'm trying it without buying the dongle. If everything is good I'll buy the dongle with the cable from Motorcycle Dave and HBC200 units for our Nolan helmets. See my post above.


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[pwilbarger]

Well pairing went well as stated above but can't seem to get the unit function totally correctly. Only get sound out of left channel for music and phone and microphones don't seem to function at all. Also I thought I would be able to connect iPhone, iPod for music and GPS for directions. Never planned on using intercom function with this helmet. So far I can't connect both the phone and iPod at the same time, one or the other only. Haven't tried GPS. Have the unit on charge right now. May have wasted a bunch of effort, time and $90. Although there is a 30 day satisfaction guaranteed. And two year warranty.


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[pwilbarger]

I emailed Uclear support and got a response pretty quickly. Seems there a particular way to pair multiple devices that was not in the manual. At least I didn't see it there.
1. When pairing to multiple devises, you will need to turn both devises off after they are paired. This saves the pairing in the Uclear permanent memory. This also keeps the Uclear from trying to auto pair to the other devises while your setting up the pairings for other devises. It should go like this.

a. Pair the Uclear to the GPS
b. Turn both off.
c. Turn the Uclear on and pair to the Ipod.
d. Turn them both off.
e. Turn the UClear on and pair with the phone.
f. Turn the Uclear off.

From here you can turn the Uclear back on, and everything else back on. To get the Uclear to pull from the Ipod instead of the phone for media, you have to turn off the music function on the bluetooth connection. You can get to there from settings, bluetooth, HBC100plus connection. This should have options for the type of connection you want. You should only have phone selected.
I will reset the controller and start over later today. I still have the problem of sound only coming out of left channel and mic(s) that don't seem to function.


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[pwilbarger]

Another email from Uclear this morning after my reply late last night clarifying the speaker/mic problem and I have new speakers on the way.


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[pwilbarger]

Well I cannot get this unit to pair with more than one device at a time using the method they told me should work. I think that it's beyond its capabilities to do this. I have emailed them again to confirm my suspicions and exchange it (at the additional cost) for one that will pair to my GPS, iPod and iPhone. I haven't heard back but I only just sent the email. Oh and they were going to send me new speakers but I did get both of them working by pushing real hard on the connector to get it to seat all the way into the controller. I would really like to go wireless so hope this works out.


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[pwilbarger]

I got a reply and they are sending me "loaner" unit to try get to pair with all three devices. They didn't specify exactly which one but I suspect it will be the HBC100 Plus which has better specs and I requested an exchange for. It cost $159.95 vs the HBC100 which was $89.95 on sale for the 4th of July and normally $119.95. They said I would prolly have it by Monday. Hopefully their right and it works the way I want it to.


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