As you probably know, several of the current Harley Touring Models are equipped with an onboard Stereo. In the Street Glide's case, a Harmon-Karden unit featuring two speakers mounted in the Batwing Fairing. The controls are on the unit itself and there are toggle switches mounted at the base of each handlebar switch block for adjusting on the go.
It has a CD player and multiple radio bands as standard, but most importantly to me, an auxiliary input (mini-jack socket) on the faceplate.
I admit, I'm a playlistin' fool when it comes to riding music. Some sort of music player has been part of my riding kit since a Walkman was du jour. The Street Glide takes it to the next level.
First, go to Dick Smith or a similar component store and pick up a cable with a male mini Jack at both ends. Only a couple of bucks, then connect to your favourite MP3 Player and get ready to Rock.
If it was my bike I'd probably mount my iPod Nano somewhere discreet in the cockpit with some velcro tape. But as H-D probably don't need tape residue on their beautiful machine, I came up with a workable solution using the watchband strap from Apple. (Linky)
I was already wearing the Nano for riding and running the headphones up my jacket sleeve. It makes for a good way to access volume and track controls. Wear it on the right wrist and you don't even have to take hand off the throttle to operate.
More importantly for the Street Glide, it straps easily around the brake master cylinder and still offers pretty easy access to the controls.
Which of course brings us to riding music - and what exactly should go on the playlist.
Well, for starters, here's a playlist of more than 100 songs that feature motorcycles in the lyrics or on the video clip. CLICK HERE for the full list.
