Cb radio alternative to factory oem

[bigcontender]

I have the J & M CB on my 2011 rt limited, works well. MY only question is with the antenna currently mounted on the license plate with the J & M bracket, works but looks weird with the cb antenna behind the trunk. Has anyone installed the j & M antenna in the vacant original spyder cb antenna location? Or can I get the factory antenna and hook it to the J & M unit?
Thanks

 

[CrashDavis]

I see a lot of "You can do this and you can do that.", but I don't see any how. For example, how do you connect the J&M to the Sena SR10 (neither Sena's nor J&M's site have a connector), and how do you mount the J&M to the back of the left handlebar control cluster?

Thanks

 

[bigcontender]

To mount the J & M I used a 2" aluminum angle 2" x 2" x 3" long. Notched out the angle to match the J & M. Then I removed the 2 top handle bar clamp bolts then I replaced them with M4 x .7 x 40 screws from Lowe's. I used plastic spacers to plum up the aluminum bracket to the bike. Mount was easy to fabricate and is very secure.

 

[Flamewinger]

I see a lot of "You can do this and you can do that.", but I don't see any how. For example, how do you connect the J&M to the Sena SR10 (neither Sena's nor J&M's site have a connector), and how do you mount the J&M to the back of the left handlebar control cluster?

Thanks

J&M is coming out with their own BT dongle to work with the CB radio. Call them and find out when. Otherwise you get a specific cable for the radio you are using, so for my Midland I get a cable that plugs into it then into the Sena. I could put the Sena in the glove box as I got a PTT button.

 

[jcthorne]

I see a lot of "You can do this and you can do that.", but I don't see any how. For example, how do you connect the J&M to the Sena SR10 (neither Sena's nor J&M's site have a connector), and how do you mount the J&M to the back of the left handlebar control cluster?

Thanks

To connect the J&M to the Sena SR10 you need the sena pigtail cable and a din plug. Install the din plug on the end of the cable. Only 3 wires required. Ground, mic, either speaker (sr10 is mono). The combo works very well with sena headsets.

 

[RICZ]

and how do you mount the J&M to the back of the left handlebar control cluster?

I had a similar situation on my Victory. I solved it with spacers and longer screws from my local Ace Hardware. Note the DIN plug for the headset cord zip tied to the bar.

 

[CrashDavis]

bigcontender, Flamewinger, & jcthorne; Thanks for the info. I have the Midland and the SR10 and it works fine, except when the skies open and I have to worry about the Midland getting wet. I've seen the J&M and wished I could connect it to something like the SR10, but neither company had a store bought way. I can do it if someone shows me how or the instructions are detailed enough, but I'm not very electrically-mechanically inclined and need more instructions than some others may. I'll get into contact with J&M and look into the pigtail and din plug.

Again, Thanks.

 

[Flamewinger]

What would be cool is if one of the bluetooth headset manufacturers could produce a device that does what the Sena 30k headsets do with the mesh technology. All you do is lift the antenna and hit the blue button and everyone with a 30k has instant communication. So if they could come up with a small device that we could pair any BT headset to and then turn on the Mesh connection we'd all have the ability to talk to each other easily.

I've talked to J&M and they say that's further down the road and I've sent a message to Sena. Pressure them to come up with something.

 

[CrashDavis]

J&M is coming out with their own BT dongle to work with the CB radio. Call them and find out when.

I called them. While it's not on their site, it is available. However, they want $600 for just the dongle. You still have to buy everything else. I guess I'm back to having to learn to solder.