I'm already nervous [smiley=nervous.gif] enough at the thought of removing the tank to get these wires for power under it, now you talking about opening up the radio and using a soldering iron. Remember now this is the guy w/all thumbs, and his tool box consists of screwdriver, pliers, and "BFH". 
Maybe the use of the front "Aux" jack would be a better choice for me. :-?
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Fired00d
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I hard wired mine (2610) into the Aux plug which required running the wiring into the faring from the mount (this is where I bunched up the excess wire) then back out and under the Tank Cap (easily lifts off the tank) then "down under" the seat to the Aux Plug. Most difficult part was attaching the male plug (HD Part) to the end of my GPS wire harness.
End result, my connector is not always "live" as if I had connected to the spare leads next to the head lamp inside the faring. I must turn on my Aux power to power up the GPS when it is attached. I have already misplaced the little plastic cap that covers the connector when the GPS is not mounted and did not want to risk shorting out the plug it were hard wired and "unswitched".
I will try to take a few pics, but I followed the instructions from another post and did not even drop a tool on my Tank! [smiley=huepfenjump3.gif] (known for my not-so-nimble fingers!)
Right after I purchased the 2610, they announced the ZUMO... Oh well... I certainly do not need two GPS units. (That's my wife talking)
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