Sirius satellite radio on a '00 ZX9R

I have been getting sick of carrying around an ipod, a boostaroo, and cable to hook up with my helmet speakers especially in bad weather. Since I don't have a waterproof container for the equipment it has to ride in my stitch chest pocket...PITA. I have also hit my wits end with Apple's horrible shuffle algorithm. I have almost 1K songs in my nano and it replays the same songs repeatedly, kinda defeats the purpose of shuffle. These issues brought me to my latest finding that Sirius satellite radio is the best thing since sliced bread.

I tried XM...it sucked and still had commercials. My coworker loves his Sirius and once I looked at their lineup the decision was easy. I recently went down to Dallas on a business trip and could not find a decent radio station..so I went straight to a Radio Shack and bought a plug n play Sirius setup. I shelled out @$100 for the radio and 3 months of service...not to shabby. The stations kick butt, I am definately hooked plus they offer Internet streaming as well. The next dilemna will be mounting this radio on the bike...hmmm that'll be interesting.

Since RAM hasn't steered me astray yet I hit them first..here comes GPScity.com. WOW !!!! RAM makes a waterproof box for electronics called an Aqua Box. I knew they'd come through as usual. Looks like the medium box will fit my Sirius radio. Hmmm...the next challenge is how I power it, connect the antenna, and hear the audio.

Powering it is covered by my fuse block, I'll mount the antenna under my double bubble, and hearing the audio....that's a tough one. This was a perfect time to look into dumping the boostaroo and extra crap that I have to carry around for the ipod. I've heard a few good things about sound isolating earplugs and great writeups of the ER-6's. These allow me to drop the boostaroo and the helmet speakers for 1 piece of hardware. The mute button goes as well, but since I can control whatever device I'm listening to that problem is quickly solved. Wait a sec, that's solved but I can't wire the ER-6's into the Aqua Box and leave them attached to the bike. I needed a headphone extension with an L plug...which was actually harder to find than I thought. Ebay came through with one for $4.99 and my fairing stay will be getting a new zip tied accessory real quick. Well it looks like I'm all done, now it's time for the install.

No instructions included from GPScity.com but easily found through RAM.

Aqua Box General

Close up of Medium Aqua Box plus links to Lens Installation Video, Instructions, and other images.

I used the mount I had for the GPS which only has 2 holes...time to silicon the extra holes to keep the waterproofness in tact.

The rest of the install was relatively easy. Placement was a PITA as I'd either be blocking too much of the speedo, keyhole, or hitting the fairing stay. I finally found the perfect spot. The final product with the headphone extension ziptied to the fairing stay

P.S. This setup works real well for ipods as well. I've been toting mine for those times that I want to listen to specific artists. Enjoy !!!1