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Harley shorty antennas
« on: October 27, 2009, 11:06:15 AM »
Just wondering if anyone has changed over to the new style antennas the moco is now using.  Replaced my whips with the J&M shorties when they came out but my radio reception seems to be lacking.  Last weekend riding with friend who has a new cuse5 and he was listening to a ball game.  Gave me the FM station number but all I could get was static on that station.  And I've noticed that when I scan stations some of the local ones that should come in just get skipped over.

So any info regarding the Harley shorties vs the J&Ms?
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 11:16:26 AM »
The shorty that came stock on my SESG was good. I changed to the Kuryakyn 12" and that works fine for me as well.
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2009, 11:23:07 AM »
Quote from: ultrafxr on October 27, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Just wondering if anyone has changed over to the new style antennas the moco is now using.  Replaced my whips with the J&M shorties when they came out but my radio reception seems to be lacking.  Last weekend riding with friend who has a new cuse5 and he was listening to a ball game.  Gave me the FM station number but all I could get was static on that station.  And I've noticed that when I scan stations some of the local ones that should come in just get skipped over.

So any info regarding the Harley shorties vs the J&Ms?

I changed mine to a moco shorty and it works great
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2009, 12:40:03 PM »
I went with the MOCO shorties and so far, no complaints.
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2009, 12:58:22 PM »
I pulled the flex covers back on my JM antennas and found the springs were rusted in half and the cable through the middle was also broken. I put the harley whipps back on and can hear the radio again.
 


Quote from: ultrafxr on October 27, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Just wondering if anyone has changed over to the new style antennas the moco is now using.  Replaced my whips with the J&M shorties when they came out but my radio reception seems to be lacking.  Last weekend riding with friend who has a new cuse5 and he was listening to a ball game.  Gave me the FM station number but all I could get was static on that station.  And I've noticed that when I scan stations some of the local ones that should come in just get skipped over.

So any info regarding the Harley shorties vs the J&Ms?
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 07:42:22 PM »
Quote from: DavidB on October 27, 2009, 12:58:22 PM
I pulled the flex covers back on my JM antennas and found the springs were rusted in half and the cable through the middle was also broken. I put the harley whipps back on and can hear the radio again.
 

I'll check that for sure.
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 07:55:42 PM »
Quote from: ultrafxr on October 27, 2009, 11:06:15 AM
Just wondering if anyone has changed over to the new style antennas the moco is now using.  Replaced my whips with the J&M shorties when they came out but my radio reception seems to be lacking.  Last weekend riding with friend who has a new cuse5 and he was listening to a ball game.  Gave me the FM station number but all I could get was static on that station.  And I've noticed that when I scan stations some of the local ones that should come in just get skipped over.

So any info regarding the Harley shorties vs the J&Ms?

Keep in mind, if you go to the newe (09 and above) style short whips, you need to bypass the coil in the tourpack for your cb.
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Re: Harley shorty antennas
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 08:50:22 PM »
I'm using the 09 antennas on my 08 Ultra (bypass the matching coil for thr CB) and they work just fine.
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