Anyone else ever had the "pleasure" of installing any GenuWine Motor Company electronic "add-ons" on their Harley? I don't know if the tech writers and engineers are playing a game to force all buyers into having Harley service do all the work or they're just plain incompetent (leaning towards the latter).
My first foray into this arena was installing the factory Harley branded Garmin Zumo kit. One of the options is an interface with the Harmon Kardon stereo so that when the GPS talks, it mutes the music and plays the GPS audio over the sound system. Two hours into that installation, I figured out that I needed another cable, not listed anywhere except in the installation instructions. HD 1, Parts guys 0 ... Next was trying to figuire out where to put the extra three foot of cable (times three) that had to be stuffed into the fairing.
I installed the Siren II kit for the security system - instructions were entirely wrong for any bike with ABS brakes. Also the instructions have you installing an antenna that is never identified as being used for a pager system - you have to glean the fact that pagers (not supplied with the unit) are fully functional once the Siren kit is installed, without further work , just pays yer money and cut it out of it's hard shell sales package...
I changed the "3 louver" fender tailight for one that is a combo stop/tail. The instructions said there were two T20 Torx screws (they're inside the fender, not viewable with the tire on). They're T-27 and almost got cammed out before I discovered the correct size..
Now to my current frustration ... I bought the Bagger speaker system. Instructions say to disconnect a cable if it hooked up - it is- and unhooking it disables the GPS talkthrough feature. Secondly, the cable I have that should work with this also, doesn't have the correct size Amphenol connector to mate with the 35 pin interface on the H-K unit. BTW - the two wires they want me to unhook are the signal inputs to the CAN bus, which is a parallel connection bus, hopefully I can just splice the new CAN source on.. ARRRGGGHHHH - now I feel better!!