With my recent purchase of a ‘19 FLHXSE, I’ve been working on this also. First I found and purchased a short usb to lightening cable with 90° ends. I have an iPhone 8+ which seemed to big to fit into the space in the fairing.
Thinking I’d need a smaller phone, today I removed the foam pad, took my bumper case off. Plugged into the provided usb plug with my short cable and put the phone in, top end in with cable towards me. Hmm, just didn’t fit in far enough. So I was looking into the compartment and saw a grommet that the usb cable was pushed through. Thinking maybe I could some how modify the compartment or that grommet, then I got the idea to insert the phone bottom end first. To my surprise, it now fit in perfectly and I can now latch the door!
I ride with a half helmet and have been looking at buying a full face helmet. For now, until I find a full face, I’ve mounted the microphone/bracket to my half helmet for now. Raining here in PA, so I didn’t do a test ride to see how well it will work to talk while riding. You are able to disconnect the speakers from the mount. A plug is provided in the box to seal up the connector. Bike is set to use the speakers instead of the headset.
CarPlay works pretty well, but I’ve only played with it in the garage today. Have CarPlay in my Ram truck so I’m familiar with how it works.
Plus with the CarPlay active, I now can stream SiriusXM and use my Waze app.
Does anyone know in advance if my microphone will work being out in the open? I’m gonna find out, just wondering.