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FJR1300 Tankbag Install

My Tank bag electrification project, I have used cig lighter type adapter sockets for some years in my tank bag. I never liked the connections vibrating loose on the road. This time I am hard-wiring the various accesories into a buss-bar in the bottom of the bag, A solid system for trouble free audio on the road.
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Inside floor plan. Here you can see the Mix-It2 clipped by it's belt clip to the circuit board, with the various cables for audio input and stereo output connected. The wiring all gathers below the "floor". My MP3 player gets it's power from the ciggy adapter and my "AA" battery charger for camera batteries is secured to the board by tie wraps through it's frame.
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Inside floor plan. Here you can see the Mix-It2 clipped by it's belt clip to the circuit board, with the various cables for audio input and stereo output connected. The wiring all gathers below the "floor". My MP3 player gets it's power from the ciggy adapter and my "AA" battery charger for camera batteries is secured to the board by tie wraps through it's frame.

  • Power wires were run through holes burned through the bottom of the bag, and into the side pocket where the Radar Detector will reside. Use a soldering iron for this.
  • In the tail of the bike, below the pillion seat, I mounted the tankbag relay which kills power to the bag when the ignition is turned off. The Garmin GPS is set to run on it's own battery power when the bike is shut off.
  • The relay is fired by the tail light circuit. Power is fed from the Centech AP-1 fuse panel from David Peterson at BestRest Products. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://bestrestproducts.com/">http://bestrestproducts.com/</a><br /> <br /> You can see the two main leads from the battery connecting to the AP-1 which fits in the U-Lock storage area in the tail of the FJR. The Yamaha provided rubber straps hold it in place. See previous photo.
  • The underside of the Circuit Board. Here is the 12 volt power coming in from the tankbag pigtail SAE connector on the right.<br /> Fuse holders come inline with the Garmin and Escort cords. Tie wraps are used to anchor the barrier strips, battery charger and various cables.
  • With the wires stripped, tinned and crimped to solderless connectors, I screwed them to opposing sides of the two barrier strips and attached labels .
  • I cut a piece of sleeping pad Ensolite foam to insulate the jumper bars on the barrier strips.<br /> Any stray metal floating around under the floor board would cause some hot issues, so a little caution here is prudent.
  • OK. All secure...? Flip it over ...
  • You can see at this angle that the barrier strips have lots of side protection built in.
  • Inside floor plan. Here you can see the Mix-It2 clipped by it's belt clip to the circuit board, with the various cables for audio input and stereo output connected. The wiring all gathers below the "floor". My MP3 player gets it's power from the ciggy adapter and my "AA" battery charger for camera batteries is secured to the board by tie wraps through it's frame.
  • John Brown at IT designs, manufacturer of the Mix-It2, provided me with a shaft extension to move the volume knob outside the tankbag. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.mixitproducts.com/mixit2.html">http://www.mixitproducts.com/mixit2.html</a>
  • You can see the volume control knob extended to the outside of the bag for easy left hand access. The Mix-It2 also lowers the MP3 volume whenever the priority mono input gets a signal. I have my radar detector plugged into the priority jack. Pam, the pretty voice in my Garmin has to compete with the Barenakedladies coming out of the Mp3. Ha!
  • ...Plug in the "Zune" and go RIDE!<br /> My cellphone can get recharged in the bike's glovebox, where there is a 12v outlet which comes stock on the FJR1300AE.
  • Still plenty of room for all the normal stuff we carry in the tankbag. I set the Zune to shuffle through the tunes, so don't invite distractions by having the Mp3 controls too handy. Ipod makes a slick remote for those units which is an idea.
  • The radar detedtor is velcroed onto the pocket wall. I dont like to display the RD to the police if I get pulled over. It works fine in this position. The remote mute button sticks out of the zipper pocket for access when needed.
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