Skipping cd player

[Cozz]

My stock head unit CD player ( 04 Ultra ) is skipping badly, but every once in a while plays ok. Tried a lense cleaner disk, didn't help. Maybe should try a better one.

Running a Drag front motor mount, kinda sucks. Have not looked inside fairing yet for a broken mount. The fairing does seem to vibrate more than usual lately.

Anybody have any tips or tricks to fix this problem?

[PoorUB]

Look and make sure the handle bar clamp bolts are not rubbing the bottom of the radio. I forgot  which  years but it was a problem.

[Cozz]

Opened up the fairing today to check everything out. All mounting brackets are good, bolts are tight.  Radio is not touching the riser bolts, although it's close. About 1/8 on one side, 1/16 on the other. Maybe the "Potty mouth"ty Drag Specialties motor mount is causing it, or the CD player has gone bad. Bummer.

[ViseGrips]

this might help >>  '' IF '' you are burning your own discs at home ..back in the days of MSN /HTT this topic/problem was discussed.....one solution seemed to be was to burn homemade disks at the slowest possible speed..another solution was to also gain more clearance for your stereo unit.

[Hossamania]

1/16" is pretty close. I don't know if you've noticed, but these bikes tend to shake a bit...
As mentioned, I would try for a little more clearance there, on both sides.

[Cozz]

1/16" is pretty close. I don't know if you've noticed, but these bikes tend to shake a bit...
As mentioned, I would try for a little more clearance there, on both sides.

How do I do that? Is there some room for adjustment in the radio mounts?  Grind down riser bolt heads? I'm planning on changing the front motor mount from DS, to a Glide Pro, to start with. The DS mount has sucked from day 1.

[Hossamania]

Yes, you can grind them down, or possibly replace them with slightly shorter bolts. I would just cut them down, cheap, like me.

[Coyote]

The riser bolt problem was for the later model bikes with the HK radio. You have clearance, that's all you need anyways.

[Cozz]

Swapped out the Drag front motor mount yesterday, for a glide pro. My CD player is working correctly again, at idle. Haven't road tested it yet. Hopefully Tuesday when it stops raining again.

[Cozz]

Bike is smoother than it's ever been since i've Had it, CD player is working fine again.
Lesson learned. Don't buy a cheap motor mount.