The latest additions to the bike.

Well I have 250 miles on the C50.  It has been so much fun to ride this bike.  I can feel the gears getting smoother during shifting and working our the break-in period.  I still have not had the bike over 60 mph yet.  I added lowers to the front forks to cut down the wind buffering.  They made an immediate difference.  I purchased them here.  They took about 20 minutes to install.  

The next item that I added was the interphone F5 bluetooth wireless head set to my helmet.  I purchased them from here.  These guys had the best price on the unit.  The set up was very easy.  I called some friends from the road and they did not know I was driving on the bike until I let them in on the secret!  Now we can conference calls on the road!  The very cool thing was the streaming of music to the head set and the turn by turn directions that I can hear from the gps.  

The Bluetooth unit.

I used the tape to mount to the outside of the helmet.  The unit comes with another hard mount as well.

Mounted with the Bluetooth unit.

Wires have been tucked under the padding.

The unit comes with two different mic/head set combinations.  I have a convertible helmet that can change from a full face to 3/4.  This mic will work with 3/4 helmets.

Installing the head set in the helmet was simple.  I used the adhesive tape to mount the unit on the side of the helmet.  Then I ran the wires under the padding keeping them out of the way.  The paring to the iPhone was simple and straight forward.  I highly recommend this head set.  The sound was great and the phone calls were clear.  I have yet to hook up the additional unit to conduct a conference but as soon as I do I will update the blog.  

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!