A day of Motorcycle Riding and Testing Bluetooth Stereo

First thing this morning I rode the GL1800 to Clearwater and to the Honda Powersports Dealer for her 2nd 12,000 mile service at 24,000 and change.

I purchased a pre-paid service plan that covers Six Services. 

With this, the 2nd service, the plan is paid for so the next four are on the house. I also took a few farkles along for them to install while servicing the bike.

Once I made it back North to the Casa, I readied the GS for a long ride over several hours to test ride the new Bluetooth Stereo Transmitter / Receiver Gimmick.

I charged them last night as the directions suggested. I was underway at 11:25 and rode for Six hours, taking breaks, and all the while listening to the XM radio over wireless Bluetooth and using my custom molded ear phones/plugs.

I listened for about seven & a half hours before the receiver died. That’s pretty good service.

I started out with the transmitter in the crossbar pouch but quickly found that close proximity to the Garmin GSM Antenna caused signal loss on the XM antenna.

I moved the transmitter down to a small pouch on the left side of the tank deck and it worked great.

During stops I just climbed off the bike, no longer dealing with wires, and I'm sold on it.

You can see the transmitter in the lower left of the shot in the side pocket bag. 

The Garmin Antenna is on the Right handlebar and all worked well with this setup.

One of the locations I like to stop for a break is on a bridge over the Withlacoochee river.

The Cypress that line the banks are awesome, and the water is stained dark by the tannins from the vegetation.

I enjoyed another fine day of riding the R1200GS Adventure and the new Bluetooth wireless solution is here to stay.

I purchased the XTERASYS XB202 Bluetooth Stereo Audio Transmitter & Receiver at techsunny.com.

LATER

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