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[greglyon]

yes your right, just pissed  me off their "national security" type blanket thrown over this question that would have in no way compromised any trade secrets

[mjb765]

I removed the insulation and found which audio wires I needed. But then for some reason when it goes through the quick disconnect it is losing something. I am thinking the disconnect I used may have wiring that is too small and not signaling the GPS that it is connected to an external audio source. Just a guess.....

[1abastarsmda]

When I am not using the GPS I'd like to remove it and the mount from the bike.  (Using the pinch bolt techmount)  As you know the harness is hard wired in the fairing connecting the audio, mic, and power.  The usb is not in use nor do I anticipate I will ever use it.

Can the harness be cut and a quick disconnect be installed?  If anybody has done this sure would appreciate some pointers as well as a parts list.  I read the thread detailing Merlini's quick disconnect  but was hoping for a less complicated solution.  Thanks    

I know this reply isn't really in line with the rest, but why do you want to take your GPS off the bike?  I never go anywhere without my GPS, since it's also my "jukebox".  I never listen to anything else on the bike when I can have a 1000 song library to choose from on one SD card.  On your 660, you can get even more music on one card.  It seems like you are going to go through an awful lot of work to do this and it would be a real pain to me to have to keep reinstalling it.  Just saying...  To modify this post, I just noticed that you also posted a question about loading mp3's onto your Zumo, so you may not yet know how nice it is to have that mounted all the time.  I have a 550, but my friend has a 660 and loaded about 1500 songs in the best quality on an 8GB mini SD card for him.  I believe you can use a higher capacity card than the 8GB also, and if you want to take the quality down a few notches (which you likely won't notice), you could probably get about 4000 songs on a 16GB card.  You could probably take a multi-month trip and never listen to the same song twice.

[mjb765]

I know this reply isn't really in line with the rest, but why do you want to take your GPS off the bike?  I never go anywhere without my GPS, since it's also my "jukebox".  I never listen to anything else on the bike when I can have a 1000 song library to choose from on one SD card.  On your 660, you can get even more music on one card.  It seems like you are going to go through an awful lot of work to do this and it would be a real pain to me to have to keep reinstalling it.  Just saying...  To modify this post, I just noticed that you also posted a question about loading mp3's onto your Zumo, so you may not yet know how nice it is to have that mounted all the time.  I have a 550, but my friend has a 660 and loaded about 1500 songs in the best quality on an 8GB mini SD card for him.  I believe you can use a higher capacity card than the 8GB also, and if you want to take the quality down a few notches (which you likely won't notice), you could probably get about 4000 songs on a 16GB card.  You could probably take a multi-month trip and never listen to the same song twice.

But when you have your XM in the radio, you don't need to take the GPS everywhere you go. Personally, I don't even like having the bottom of the mount on the bars or dash, much less the entire cradle when it is not in use. I only use mine on long trips.

[1abastarsmda]

But when you have your XM in the radio, you don't need to take the GPS everywhere you go. Personally, I don't even like having the bottom of the mount on the bars or dash, much less the entire cradle when it is not in use. I only use mine on long trips.

I got rid of my XM because I was only using it on long trips.  The thing I didn't like about the XM was that it cut out too much when I rode with hills on each side of the road and sometimes in the middle of downtown being surrounded by tall buildings.  It was fine on the open highway, but just in and out too much on the back roads around here.  But then I think I've kind of headed this thread in the wrong direction with my post.  Sorry, didn't mean to hi-jack the topic.

[greglyon]

Having  xm is the reason for wanting the quick disconnect of the zumo.  I too like the clean look of the handlebars without the gps harness.  I have the factory xm module with the antenna mounted outside the fairng.  As a result I can listen to my xm inside my garage with the door down.  I have had only one instance when the xm dropped out and that was when I was in Oregon riding on a road lined with 100 foot trees within 10 feet of the road on each side.  It was so beautiful, I didn't miss the xm.