Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Tractor Bubba]

This adapter works quickly, without monopolizing accessory port# under seat.
Takes only a couple minutes to install & set-up.
 (1) Allows use of Apple CarPlay without headset,
 (2) Keeps pass-through charging of iPhone, and
 (3) Seems to eliminate SkylineOS from “dropping” Apple CarPlay

MaedHawk Bypass Motorcycle CarPlay Bluetooth Headset Adapter
 with Passthrough USB-C Charging Port, $23.99 on Amazon

I also used the Rixmie “Short USB-C Cable [5 inch], 100W PD Fast Charging, 20Gbps Data Transfer, 2024 New USB C to USB C Short Cable, Thunderbolt 3 for MacBook, Android Auto, External SSD and More Type-C Devices” to connect the iPhone (much nicer than the long, Apple Original cable), $9.99 from Amazon.

Super easy hookup, synch the device (make sure to select “rider”, not passenger.
Maybe 2-minutes.

Rode for 3+ hours, no headset. Used Apple CarPlay for both music & mapping - and never had SkylineOS “drop” the CarPlay.

[FLSTFI Dave]

Interesting.  Great solution for those who do not use the headset.

I use my headset 99% of the time.

[Hondo2doc]

Yes I first heard about the MaedHawk from you tube channel In The Friction Zone. Really great channel. No I have absolutely no affiliation with it. But the MaedHawk worked great for my wife. But like you Dave she uses her headset 99% of the time.

Makes me wonder if perhaps there are issues between Carplay or Android Auto and headsets
Either Sena or Cardo?

Wife and I have the Cardo Packtalk Edge a dual set. And are a hell of a time getting them work properly and with Carplay and Android Auto.

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

[Tractor Bubba]

For shorter rides, in nice weather, I will often go with the half-helmet and run the tunes through the bike’s speakers (headset I’d installed in my Shoei NeoTec2). So with this setup, I Dan still use Apple CarPlay.

Today’s ride, used the Shoei with the headset - was real simple to change over (on the go).

The MaedHawk device “loads automatically”, and very quickly.
(The whole waiting for SkylineOS to load is frustrating, to me). 🤪

[FLSTFI Dave]

I will agree, Skyline OS loads  extremely slow.  On top of that sometimes it fails to load iPhone.  This can be very frustrating when riding with others.

[Alien]

I also use the Meadhawk headset adapter

If I’m patient and allow everything to load, it is pretty flawless.

On the rare occasion that the meadhawk or my iPhone doesn’t connect, I can go into settings right after starting the bike. And then under device manager, I can select either the meadhawk or iPhone, whichever didn’t connect (rarely, but sometimes both) and then I select connect. I will then have to go back into settings/device manager/iPhone/start CarPlay.

I can do all that while the bike is running and or in motion. The only problem with this scenario is if you were using Apple CarPlay for navigation. If you don’t have the destination saved on your phone it’s hard to search while in motion.

[Tractor Bubba]

I agree, when group riding, the time it takes to get all “booted up” is frustrating.

I’ve started hitting the power switch first-thing, and let it start loading while putting in the ear plugs & securing the skid-lid, etc.  That’s another merit of the Meadhawk adapter, the USB-C circuit doesn’t lose or surge power when energizing the starter, which happens to the under-seat auxiliary circuit (from what I’ve been told. 

You know, all this was a lot simpler when I was younger and riding a paint shaker Sportster!  No electronics, no radio, no phone, no windshield, fewer gears, (no helmet)… and all the protein one needed from the big smiles and bugs in the teeth 😁

[FLSTFI Dave]

I also use the Meadhawk headset adapter

If I’m patient and allow everything to load, it is pretty flawless.

On the rare occasion that the meadhawk or my iPhone doesn’t connect, I can go into settings right after starting the bike. And then under device manager, I can select either the meadhawk or iPhone, whichever didn’t connect (rarely, but sometimes both) and then I select connect. I will then have to go back into settings/device manager/iPhone/start CarPlay.

I can do all that while the bike is running and or in motion. The only problem with this scenario is if you were using Apple CarPlay for navigation. If you don’t have the destination saved on your phone it’s hard to search while in motion.

Yes, if iPhone doesn't connect during start up, a can go to device manager and select connect Dave's iPhone.  If it becomes disconnected while riding I can not sllect it while riding.  Some times I can select it while stopped if it becomes disconnected when riding, other times I have to restart the bike.

Not sure why Harley can't get this right.  Was never 100% on the GTS head unit either.  Yet its flawless in every car I have .