Carbon_One Posted August 9, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 9, 2012 83 Standard. Looking into cleaning up a rats nest of wiring and would like to have some input on whether I should eliminate the cb/intercom system. If I do I would add in a conventional am/fm radio in its place for those times the wife might want to hear some tunes. For me I'd never use either of them due to poor hearing. Considering the bike I thought keeping it simple would be the way to go. Thoughts pro & con are welcome. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calperin Posted August 9, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 9, 2012 My first suggestion is NO!!! I was working on mine 84 to have it working, and you have a special done for the CB that you have. However, you should be able to use the wiring for headset connected to the AM/FM or an MP3. Somebody posted a Marine one that seems pretty nice to allocate on the covers... IMHO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted August 9, 2012 Share #3 Posted August 9, 2012 Yes, for your needs Larry, get rid of the excess weight and put in a good marine radio in it's place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmelah Posted August 9, 2012 Share #4 Posted August 9, 2012 83 Standard. Looking into cleaning up a rats nest of wiring and would like to have some input on whether I should eliminate the cb/intercom system. If I do I would add in a conventional am/fm radio in its place for those times the wife might want to hear some tunes. For me I'd never use either of them due to poor hearing. Considering the bike I thought keeping it simple would be the way to go. Thoughts pro & con are welcome. Larry i seen the post of the marine radio with pics and it looks klean the way it was installed so i agree with bongobobny do what meets your needs and if you do pull the cb/icom and want to getrid of it i would be intrested as my venture does not have the cb/icom system or the rats nest wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon_One Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted August 11, 2012 i seen the post of the marine radio with pics and it looks klean the way it was installed so i agree with bongobobny do what meets your needs and if you do pull the cb/icom and want to getrid of it i would be intrested as my venture does not have the cb/icom system or the rats nest wiring PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utadventure Posted August 11, 2012 Share #6 Posted August 11, 2012 Larry- If the existing system works, why change it??? One thing to consider is if you can get replacement right and left cover panels. They might be difficult to find. Regarding adding a system to another bike. If your bike harness has the connectors, it's plug it in. Without you have to rewire but it can be done. My son Sam added one to an '83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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