4/6/2012 Welcome to the Machine.

What a Great Day!  I picked up the bike today at around 11:00 am.  After reviewing some of the features and adjusting the mirrors I was off!  I went for a quick ride then back home to complete some work, (calls email etc.)  Then I took off for about an hour.  Just to get a feel for the bike and blow off the dust.  I took a couple of back road with lots of twists and turns and wonderful scenery.  I ran a couple of errands then picked up my daughter for a spin.  We took the bike to the beach (Sandy Hook, NJ.)  Then drove down Ocean ave and into Rumson.  We stopped off for a quick bite to eat and returned home.  Here is the mileage for the first day!  

82 miles on the first day.

So once we returned I got to work on the Mods for the bike.  First thing I wanted to do was to put on the Powerlet Powerbar mount for the iPhone.  Then I mounted a Backup drivers back rest.  As with most project they take longer than expected but I wanted to get these two mods done as soon as possible.

The Powerlet and the back rest are fairly simple installations.  In fact there is YouTube video on installing the back rest and the Powerlet folks have a really great web site with installation videos and download able instructions.
Here are some pics of the installation on my new C50T.

Remove the passenger seat.

Remove these two screws

Place the back rest on the mount for the back seat.  Actually this holds down the front as well.

Completed back rest mount.

Close up of the the completed assembly.

New Backrest.

 I actually did the powerlet first.  The steps are simple.  1) Mount the handlebar attachment. 2) Run the wire to the battery.  I did this by following the clutch cable. 3) Attached to battery.  4) Test 5) zip tie and reinstall the seat.

The wire from the wiring harness.

I followed the clutch cable keeping the wires neat and tidy.

I followed the other cables and wires under the plastic cover to the battery.

The wire to battery up high away from the heat.

Attaching to battery.

The Mount with the ram mount and the iPhone connector.

I bought a chrome ram mount.

This is the mount for the iPhone.

Another angle.

I would say that this took about and hour and a half to complete.  Figuring out how to run the wire took some time.  The end result is that I can charge my iPhone and use it for my GPS.

The next few mods will be adding locks to the saddlebags and hooking up the bluetooth in the helmet.  I also think I need to get some lowers to cut the wind blast.  But more on that later.  Happy Easter!