Hey everyone,
Last week we towed our 2020 RTL on an open trailer, behind our RV (in the rain), for 5hrs and had a potential vacation spoiler once we got there.
On the second day of riding the bike, when the key was turned on (bike not started) there was extremely loud and constant static coming from the stock lower front speakers. Turning the volume down/up had no effect. The static was intermittent over a few seconds and the loudness of the static fluctuated. The noise was so loud we could plainly hear it with helmets on and from a distance from the bike. Nothing I tried had any effect (volume, fader, balance, etc.).
So as to not ruin our trip, I popped off the speaker grills and finally managed to remove the 4 torx screws holding the speakers in so I could get at and unplugged the wires on both speakers. Problem temporarily solved/avoided.
Now that we're home again I wanted to find an easier way to get at the speakers I guess by removing whatever I need to gain better access from above to try and troubleshoot the cause of the problem.
I searched this forum and elsewhere but couldn't find anything to help with removing the upper dash panels and/or anyone who had a similar problem regarding the constant static issue. Saw lots of issues with "static" but nothing like what we experienced.
Would appreciate any advice on the potential cause of the issue, troubleshooting ideas, and any clues on how/what to remove in order to gain better access to the speakers.
Thanks !!
Steve
Last week we towed our 2020 RTL on an open trailer, behind our RV (in the rain), for 5hrs and had a potential vacation spoiler once we got there.
On the second day of riding the bike, when the key was turned on (bike not started) there was extremely loud and constant static coming from the stock lower front speakers. Turning the volume down/up had no effect. The static was intermittent over a few seconds and the loudness of the static fluctuated. The noise was so loud we could plainly hear it with helmets on and from a distance from the bike. Nothing I tried had any effect (volume, fader, balance, etc.).
So as to not ruin our trip, I popped off the speaker grills and finally managed to remove the 4 torx screws holding the speakers in so I could get at and unplugged the wires on both speakers. Problem temporarily solved/avoided.
Now that we're home again I wanted to find an easier way to get at the speakers I guess by removing whatever I need to gain better access from above to try and troubleshoot the cause of the problem.
I searched this forum and elsewhere but couldn't find anything to help with removing the upper dash panels and/or anyone who had a similar problem regarding the constant static issue. Saw lots of issues with "static" but nothing like what we experienced.
Would appreciate any advice on the potential cause of the issue, troubleshooting ideas, and any clues on how/what to remove in order to gain better access to the speakers.
Thanks !!
Steve
