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Shark Radio?
Written by spacetiger_j... on 5/24/2011 at 10:19 am

Rick,

Post some pics. I'd like to see how it turned out. I'm sure others will want
to see how the speakers turned out.

Jerry

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <rvicke@...> wrote:
>
> Ok, it's installed.
>
> I used information gleamed from here to do the work. I bought the 100 watt
Shark, gave away the speakers and bought 4" marine speakers.
>
> For the speakers, I used a utility knife and cut out along the perforations
designed into the meter panel. Sanding the cut smoothed out the work. I then
went to an auto salvage yard, and found metal grate speaker covers on a BMW
sedan, cut them to size, fashioned them to the new openings in the meter panel,
then sprayed the speaker covers well with black rust-o-leum, and the meter panel
with a good plastic black paint, then epoxied the speaker covers to the inside
of the meter panel. Looks great.
>
> The radio/amp unit I attached in the back trunk, front left side as standing
behind. Three holes drilled, 3/4" spacers to allow cooling, three bolts and
three wing nuts....easy install, only three holes drilled in the PC, and in an
out of the way place. I wired the power to the accessory plug, the ground to
the seat bolt connection, speakers and remote along the frame, under the tank
cover. For the remote, I drilled a small hole in the handlebar cover where the
two halves meet and ran the wire inside the handlebar cover, throttle side. To
attach the small remote control, I purchased some small 'double-lock' velcro
strips, cut to size, taped them to the remote and the handlebar cover. Looks
great.
>
> Riding at 60 - 65, I can easily hear the music at less than full power,
without a lot of distortion. Sure, it's not as clear as ear plugs would be, but
it is fine....equivalent to the stereo in my MR2 with the T-Tops off and windows
down.
>
> Now, the shark radio...it works ok, but the remote sucks. I have finally
found the 'button combinations' to make it all work, but except for some simple
operations (mute is simple, volume down is simple, volume up is not), requires
two fingers and/or two hands..not easy while riding. The antenna is also not
like an auto stereo, with just a small wire....???
>
> It works.....not so much to brag about, but it works....;) Short trips I do
not turn it on, but for longer runs....it sure is nice having music/radio along.
>
> Rick
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Rick" <rvicke@> wrote:
> >
> > I bought one off ebay yesterday (100 watt, 6 button remote)....should have
it by the weekend. Have no clue at this point where to wire it, but it looks
like it will do fine....I will report back my experience.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "dave_hiett" <dehiett@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone have any experience with the Shark 100 watt radio? They ... Oh
heck, it's cheap enough that if I don't hear anything I'm tempted to be the
guinea pig.
> > >
> > >
http://www.amazon.com/Motorcycle-yacht-speakers-amplifier-radio/dp/B0018P5L9G/re\
f=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1294204483&sr=1-3

> > >
> > > Dave Hiett
> > >
> >
>

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