Cheap Tip: Starcom Jack Mounting

[Blrfl]

Posted this elsewhere, thought I'd dump a copy here for posterity:

I'm starting to plan a Starcom install and am going to use the HSEX-05 extension cable to bring the audio to the outside of the bike. Tecstar says the jack requires a 18mm hole, the same size as the holes in the Powerlet dual rear kit. Since I only ever use one of them, I think the other is going to become an audio outlet.

--Mark

[Wal-N2brk]

I haven't seen the Starcomm before, but I am now getting around to mounting my Autocom and ran into the same situation. I gutted a 12v outlet and the 5 pin Autocom DIN plug fits inside. It sounds like your Starcomm uses the same plug?

For now I am going the lazy route of dangling the cord from under the saddle. But, when I sack up enough to drill a hole in the fairing panel *yipes*, a bored out 12v outlet and some epoxy will make a slick outlet :D

What spot do you think will work? I was thinking about just below the fairing pocket.

Wal

[Blrfl]

I gutted a 12v outlet and the 5 pin Autocom DIN plug fits inside. It sounds like your Starcomm uses the same plug?
5-pin DIN connectors seem to be the standard for these things. The Starcom's extension cables are straight-through, so they'd probably work fine with the Autocom.

What spot do you think will work? I was thinking about just below the fairing pocket.
I'd be concerned about the cable rubbing the paint on the tank. I don't think I'd drill the side cover, since the headset plug would stick out from it and get in the way of the rider or passenger's legs. The Powerlet panel tops my list because it's an out-of-the-way spot and lends itself to good routing up to the rider. Second is to bring the cables out from behind the seat and clip them to the saddlebag or bolt them to the underside of the reflector bracket.

--Mark