need instructions for bike stereo

Most motorcycles are 12 volt. You would probably be better off trying to
come up with a 12 volt nicad or lithium type of battery. Most car
(motorcycle batteries) are not designed for frequent full discharge and
recharge. You might want to come up with a source to power computer type
amplified speakers. You could then hook up an XM Roadie for radio music or
an MP3 player. It would be lighter weight and consume less power. A
possibility would be the creative labs powered speakers It's called Travel
Sound. It was designed to use with the IPOD or a walkman type unit. It can
run on regular batteries or an external power source.
"fucon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I want to mount a real car stereo on to my bike for RAGBRAI, but I am
not sure how to do it,, I don't want a trailer, I have plenty of rack
space, Jandd up front. I just don't know what type of battery system
to use. Are motorcycles 6 volt?
Maybe a rechargable system?
thanks for any and all help
dan

fucon said:

I want to mount a real car stereo on to my bike for RAGBRAI, but I am
not sure how to do it,, I don't want a trailer, I have plenty of rack
space, Jandd up front. I just don't know what type of battery
system to use. Are motorcycles 6 volt?
Maybe a rechargable system?
thanks for any and all help

Can't you think of an easier way to annoy every other rider around?

Bill "mountain bike ride w/guy playing Led Zep over & over on small
speakers" S.

you must have never been a witness to RAGBRAI
a couple of years ago, a guy bought a lawnmower at a garage sale and
towed it across the whole state for 7 days.
Many people have the trailer type radios, loader than my car stereo. I
just want it load enough for a few people in my group to hear, last
time I used a portable sony strapped on the front, but I would also
enjoy a higher quality sound, not just loudness.
annoy away

S o r n i said:

fucon said:

I want to mount a real car stereo on to my bike for RAGBRAI, but I am
not sure how to do it,, I don't want a trailer, I have plenty of rack
space, Jandd up front. I just don't know what type of battery
system to use. Are motorcycles 6 volt?
Maybe a rechargable system?
thanks for any and all help

Can't you think of an easier way to annoy every other rider around?

Bill "mountain bike ride w/guy playing Led Zep over & over on small
speakers" S.

fucon said:

you must have never been a witness to RAGBRAI
a couple of years ago, a guy bought a lawnmower at a garage sale and
towed it across the whole state for 7 days.

god bless that man. that is inspiringly dada.
--
david reuteler
[email hidden]

Get a handlebar bag (prefferably with large side pockets), a pair of
small battery amplified speakers, and a walkman.

I've used that combination for years with total success.

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"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

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annoy away

Both.
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Jonathan Kaplan said:

"fucon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I want to mount a real car stereo on to my bike for RAGBRAI, but I am
not sure how to do it,, I don't want a trailer, I have plenty of rack
space, Jandd up front. I just don't know what type of battery system
to use. Are motorcycles 6 volt?
Maybe a rechargable system?
thanks for any and all help
dan

Most motorcycles are 12 volt. You would probably be better off trying to
come up with a 12 volt nicad or lithium type of battery. Most car
(motorcycle batteries) are not designed for frequent full discharge and
recharge. You might want to come up with a source to power computer type
amplified speakers. You could then hook up an XM Roadie for radio music or
an MP3 player. It would be lighter weight and consume less power. A
possibility would be the creative labs powered speakers It's called Travel
Sound. It was designed to use with the IPOD or a walkman type unit. It can
run on regular batteries or an external power source.

A motorcycle battery will work fine, except for the weight and the
insanity. Might I suggest that any number of portable radio systems
(ghetto blasters, boomboxes) would provide equivalent sound with much
less grief? Either that, or Jon's suggestion of a portable music player
connected to speakers. Either will eat batteries, but the weight and
space requirements of carrying a state's worth of AAs would still be
dwarfed by the weight of a motorcycle battery (guessing, I'm thinking at
least 20 pounds for a standard motorcycle battery, but maybe more)

If you must get 12v power, consider a 12v bike lighting system and
re-purpose the battery and charger.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

How shock sensitive are today's CD Walkmen? Would an MP3 player be the only
way to avoid jumping and skipping?

"Chris Zacho "The Wheelman"" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Get a handlebar bag (prefferably with large side pockets), a pair of
small battery amplified speakers, and a walkman.

I've used that combination for years with total success.

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

NYRides said:

How shock sensitive are today's CD Walkmen?

not very--most buffer 20 seconds or so.

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Would an MP3 player be the
only way to avoid jumping and skipping?

Save some bucks and get an mp3 compatible CD player--I've seen them for
around fifty bucks, that way you can fit about 10-15 albums on a single CD.

Best of both worlds.

😄

From: [email hidden] (NYRides) comes:

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How shock sensitive are today's CD
Walkmen? Would an MP3 player be the
only way to avoid jumping and skipping?

I have yet to see a CD player that is "shock RESISTANT" enough to remain
on track bicycling on all but the smoothest of roads.

I use an AM/FM stereo cassette player, however, MP3, being totally
electronic should work fine.

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
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"maxo" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Save some bucks and get an mp3 compatible CD player--I've seen them for
around fifty bucks, that way you can fit about 10-15 albums on a single

CD.

I have one of those...a TDK. With *8 minutes* skip protection (when playing
mp3's) skipping is not a problem. Most of the time, the disk is not spinning
at all. It only spins up to shuffle the next set of bits into the buffer.

But a regular CD walkman in a camelbak wouldn't be subject to many jolts,
either.

Pete

maxo said:

NYRides said:

How shock sensitive are today's CD Walkmen?

not very--most buffer 20 seconds or so.

Quoted message said:

Would an MP3 player be the
only way to avoid jumping and skipping?

Save some bucks and get an mp3 compatible CD player--I've seen them for
around fifty bucks, that way you can fit about 10-15 albums on a single CD.

Best of both worlds.

I've been using a Mini-Disk player for a couple years now, and I don't
think I've ever had it skip; not on the Motorcycle for a 10K mile
trip, not on my ATV jumping, and not on the bicycle. You can get 5
hours of music on each disk, and the one AA battery lasts about 50
hours. The down side is you have to carry extra disks if you want more
than 5 hours. That's more of a problem on 10K mile motorcycle trips
than on the bicycle, which is why I just added a XM radio to the
motorcycle. 🙂

Ken