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Step# 4: On the brake side of the bike, in front of the gas tank, on the side of the
frame’s backbone, there is a rectangular opening where a large wire
harness (and throttle/idle cables on ‘98-’07 bikes) pass through from the
fairing side of the bike. The red and black wires for the amp will pass
from the fairing side through the large opening under the radio and
through the rectangular opening.
HINT:
“Fishing” a small piece of wire through this opening first, taping the
red and black wires to the fish and then using the fish to feed the wires
through may reduce install time. Loosen the tank console and run wires
up and over the gas tank, but under the tank console. There is a
provision on the front of the tank console for wires to pass. Secure
the amplifier’s harness to the bike’s factory harness using zip ties.
Step# 5: Attach the red wire to the positive (+) battery terminal and the black
wire to the negative (-) battery terminal. The factory battery wires are
also re-installed at this point. Secure the amplifier’s wire harness to the
bike’s factory harness along the frame and behind the tank using
supplied zip ties.
Step# 7: Turn the bike’s ignition to the “ACC” position and turn the radio on at
low volume making sure the system is working. Using supplied zip ties,
“clean up” the wiring inside the fairing. For best possible FM reception,
DO NOT attach any of the amplifier’s wiring to any factory antenna
wires. Doing so will hurt the radio’s ability to receive FM signals!
There is a large wire harness right under the back of the radio that sits
just behind the “hooks” that the outer fairing clips on to. Zip tie any
Hogtunes wire to this main harness so that no wires are in the way of
these hooks. Otherwise the outer fairing will not go on and, like Step #1
in this manual, expletives will be kept to a minimum.
