HarleyTechTalk

Yeah. On the first version of my harness, I used the unused pigtail that's attached to the headlight harness (the one people tend to use for REM for their amps).  The problem I had, which was more annoyance than problem, is that the radio memory of last tuned channel is lost every time the bike is turned off.  So if I was listening to ch37 on XM, the next time I'd turn the bike on, when I'd go to XM it would be on the ch01 preview channel. Minor inconvenience, but eliminated by using a line coming through the radio fuse it seemed.

ah.. the wire you're referring to on the headlamp harness is a switched +12v and in fact what you needed was a constant +12v ie. pin 10 on the radio harness.  This is why you were losing memory when shutting bike off.  So you'd need to either find a wire in a harness in the fairing that is red/orange in color (those are constant +12v) or run a wire to the battery fused at max of 5a

The XM module must be like the radio then...
disconnect the battery and you lose memory.
The Roady II that I'm using now must have some
kind of capacitor to keep memory when battery
is disconnected, just changed battery last week.
 

QuoteGet yourself a couple scotchloks:

One of the worst wire destroying items ever invented, I'd sure not use one on a vibrating HD.

Quote from: FSG on January 13, 2015, 05:15:54 PM

QuoteGet yourself a couple scotchloks:

One of the worst wire destroying items ever invented, I'd sure not use one on a vibrating HD.

And that's the truth. 

Positaps is the way to go or solder

I have seen these used before and I plan on
splicing the wires without using scotchlocs.
I will cut wires needed and use butt connectors
with the sticky built in shrink tubing.
Guess I'll be sending radio out for the modification
so AVC works then buy speakers. 

UltraNutZ
Are these whats your talking about?
http://www.posi-lock.com/posiplug.html

Yes sir.  They work great and hold up well to the harsh environments these bikes are subjected to

What size Positaps?   Sure as  %hit I'll order the wrong size : )

Looks like no one came back around to your last question. The wires are 20ga. The EX-110M or EX-130RR taps would be the ones to look at (110 is probably the one you want)

 pp6000v2  Thanks for the reply, no need to reply to this
question but curious whats the difference between
the two.

sorry been out of touch for few days with company function.

only difference in the 2 is the design of the tap itself.  They're both for 20-22ga wire both work equally well.