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Message started by Suzukisavvy on 03/02/15 at 08:53:15

Title: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Suzukisavvy on 03/02/15 at 08:53:15

I have a 1998 savage and I want to put a 13 dollar radio i got from ebay and speakers so i can jam out when i ride. Question..... Hot do i put it on???

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Art Webb on 03/02/15 at 09:04:28

what sort of radio? what setup for speakers? how is it powered? details help

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Serowbot on 03/02/15 at 09:10:26

I don't think you'll hear a $13 radio on your bike... :-?...

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by thumperclone on 03/02/15 at 09:18:18

I installed a uniqcyclesounds system and use an mp3 device

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/03/15 at 08:25:32

I had no idea that there was something else to listen to other than the bike.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Blinky-FSO on 03/03/15 at 08:41:16

7E6167607D7A4B7B4B73616D26140 wrote:

I had no idea that there was something else to listen to other than the bike.

+1. To each his own, but God help me if I need to be entertained while riding a motorcycle. And God help me because I just agreed with JOG! ;)

Good hunting

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Dave on 03/03/15 at 09:11:01

It depends.....some days I need a radio playing to cover up all those strange voices in my head. ;)

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Art Webb on 03/03/15 at 10:02:56

nothing, not even the sound of the savage's exhuast, can mak a freeway drone 'entertaining' so I can understand a desire for tunes
Never had much luck with that though, except earbuds with a walkman lol

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by youzguyz on 03/03/15 at 11:43:45

I like tunes as I cruise.
Sena bluetooth. I can switch between earbuds (country) and speakers (inside the helmet for city). Music from the phone, and I have an XM radio with a bluetooth dongle as well.
Actually.. the bluetooth setup is so the CFO (wife) can call me if she needs to.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Suzukisavvy on 03/03/15 at 12:06:39

OKAY GUYS! Its powered, duh, its a radio ;) through the key swich. How do i do that? and YES THERE ARE SPEAKERS just how can i hook it up to the key swich is the question and to the battery.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Dave on 03/03/15 at 12:08:36

36203A35283A36354F0 wrote:

I did the same thing last summer. I am introducing my wife to the back seat of my motorcycle, and I knew she would enjoy it far more if she could talk to me while we ride. The Sena SMH10 headset also connects to my I-phone and I can use the phone, listen to music, or have the GPS give me route instructions as a ride. I tend not to use the music option much. Luckily the expensive I-phone part of the system is my work phone and the office pays for it....which is a justifiable office expense as it makes it possible for them to contact me when I am not at the office (and the cool part is they can't tell I am on my motorcycle when I answer!!!!!!!). ;D

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Gary_in_NJ on 03/03/15 at 13:00:03

While Dave's solution is the expensive route, it's the one that works.

Don't bother with the $13 radio and speakers...you'll only hear it at stop lights and since you have the volume cranked to the max, the speakers will be blown in short order. Might as well take that money an put in the trash...it'll save you a step.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by gizzo on 03/03/15 at 13:14:41

The vibration will probably kill it or the speakers quickly, anyway. Mp3, earbuds, Bluetooth.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Art Webb on 03/03/15 at 14:55:29

44626D627C7E447661616E170 wrote:

OKAY GUYS! Its powered, duh, its a radio ;) through the key swich. How do i do that? and YES THERE ARE SPEAKERS just how can i hook it up to the key swich is the question and to the battery.

Why ask us? you obviously think we're dumb for not knowing, without being told, that your system is powered off the bike, not internal batteries, as some are, and uses external speakers rather than earbuds, as some systems do
A '$13 radio form ebay could obviously only mean one particular system, if we don't know the details without being told, we must be too dumb to help you

Hint: use a 'hot in run only source, like the ignition maybe, but don't ask me which one, I'm a dumbass

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Serowbot on 03/03/15 at 14:59:04

Suzy,.. you'll have to shoot us some pics, or wiring details, or a liink...

It may need 1 constant hot, and 1 switched... plus ground...
Antenna,... speaker power or passive...

... but, generally,.. bike music needs a lot of power to overcome wind noise...
Unless it's inside yer' helmet...

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by projectfj on 03/03/15 at 15:28:32

Not sure if you should follow my advice, so I guess this is a disclaimer, but may it help in some way? Use a test light to find a hot wire to splice onto without major repercussions. I agree with the others that you probably won't be hearing a lot of them if you do get them hooked up. I had some 5 inch stereo speakers hooked up to a mini amp and it was hard to hear most of the time. If you want LOUD, look into wakeboard tower speakers. Though expensive, you may only need (or have room for one). The radio head unit might have enough to get mediocre sound out of it.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by spearheadss on 03/03/15 at 15:32:52

I installed radios for a long time. Take that for what you will. But, I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for. I am going to add to the consensus that you will not be able to hear it while riding. Further, if the radio has a memory, it will need to be hooked up to a constant hot. The memory is what saves your sound settings and your favorite stations. With the electrical system n the Savage if you have a constant hot you will have a constantly dead battery.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Art Webb on 03/03/15 at 17:15:21

Forgot that about needing a constant hot, i really am dumb ;D

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by old_rider on 03/03/15 at 19:46:53

Have a smart phone? most stations have a "on air" broadcast now-a-days.
Our 3 local ones do... I just use my phone browser and headset to listen to them... tune into any station in the area you are in, hopefully they are up to snuff on internet jive....

All you would have to have is a couple of speakers with an amplifier..... and you are in...

LOL, ok, went back and re-read....
Run a hot to your battery, and to the radio, with a fuse in between.
Run a black ground wire to a two pole switch (on/off) and to a ground nearby.
Antenna?.... um... they sell real cheap ones at wallyworld and kmart and radio shack.... you got to figure how to mount them.... same with the speakers.... and they are going to need to be "waterproof".

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by thumperclone on 03/03/15 at 21:35:51

left my amp on without any thing hooked up to it, drained the battery
constant hot me thinks not!!!!
put the $14 radio on your riding mower and get a bike specific system

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by koehlerrk on 03/04/15 at 03:32:16

Sena and a smartphone... or go high-dollar and get what HD puts on their big cruisers. Anything else is a waste of time and money.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Dave on 03/04/15 at 03:43:28

Is this radio waterproof...like the ones built for boats or tractors? If not, then it is going to have to go into a saddlebag.

And as others have mentioned - If the radio does have a wire that is hot all the time to keep the programming in place (clock, presets), then you will have to hook up a battery tender if you park the bike for any length of time.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Serowbot on 03/04/15 at 07:11:14

Best bet, is speakers mounted in the helmet, connected to an MP3 player...
...but, even then,.. I find that I need too much volume to overcome the wind noise...
Dangerous proposition to your hearing... The wind alone is already at a hearing damaging level...
Earbuds or earphones will cause the most damage, due to proximity to the eardrum...

Try humming... ;D...

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by 12Bravo on 03/04/15 at 08:42:23

I've had good luck with the Shark Audio systems. Go with the 250W or bigger systems like this http://www.sharkmotorcycleaudio.com/shark-shkcycleradiokit250-250-watts-motorcycle-yacht-snowmobile-2-speakers-amplifier-radio-pkg-shkr3080b-shkr3080a/. The speakers are marine grade but the amp is not. I had the 250W system on my V Star for a while. It can be heard at interstate speeds (nothing close to HD systems) The built in FM stinks so you will want to use a MP3 player or XM.

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Suzukisavvy on 03/04/15 at 08:53:55

Art Webb:
Why ask us? you obviously think we're dumb for not knowing, without being told, that your system is powered off the bike, not internal batteries, as some are, and uses external speakers rather than earbuds, as some systems do
A '$13 radio form ebay could obviously only mean one particular system, if we don't know the details without being told, we must be too dumb to help you

Hint: use a 'hot in run only source, like the ignition maybe, but don't ask me which one, I'm a dumbass[/quote]

Well... I didnt call you that, but if thats how you take it something must be wrong in the ole' noggin. :o

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by Art Webb on 03/04/15 at 10:18:38

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: RADIO. How could i put one on a Savage?
Post by youzguyz on 03/04/15 at 11:57:28

2023536370677E110 wrote:

Fused at 5 amps. I wonder if a stock savage has enough alternator output to run that unit without draining the battery?
One of these days I will replace my lights with LED equivalents so I MIGHT be able to run some heated gloves!