G'day, recently I purchased a BMW setup for touring which came with a pair
of "bike-comm" units, the original owner had one on the bike I purchased,
and the other came off his friends bike which I was given also.

At this stage they are nothing but a maze of wires and bits, Ive worked out
they are simply a modified AM CB radio with some fancy switching and the
bits to stick inside your helmet. Looks like they were designed as rider to
rider, or rider to cb, which would be good setup on two bikes when
travelling

The web address on the units (www.bikecomm.com.au) no longer works, and
apparently they were made by a Ulysses bloke in Sydney called Don Pearson.

Would anyone know where I can get a copy of the original installation notes
etc? I'd like to re-use both sets and they look too good to bin.

Cheers

"Robert Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsmPSl.13740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> G'day, recently I purchased a BMW setup for touring which came with a pair
> of "bike-comm" units, the original owner had one on the bike I purchased,
> and the other came off his friends bike which I was given also.
>
> At this stage they are nothing but a maze of wires and bits, Ive worked
> out they are simply a modified AM CB radio with some fancy switching and
> the bits to stick inside your helmet. Looks like they were designed as
> rider to rider, or rider to cb, which would be good setup on two bikes
> when travelling
>
> The web address on the units (www.bikecomm.com.au) no longer works, and
> apparently they were made by a Ulysses bloke in Sydney called Don Pearson.
>
> Would anyone know where I can get a copy of the original installation
> notes etc? I'd like to re-use both sets and they look too good to bin.
>
> Cheers

I had the same setup on a K1100LT, I tore it out and binned it, no one uses
AM CB anymore go for the Autocom setup or similar.

Alternativly ask on the Ulysses site you may get a responce their.

Boxer

Boxer wrote:
> "Robert Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsmPSl.13740$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> G'day, recently I purchased a BMW setup for touring which came with a pair
>> of "bike-comm" units, the original owner had one on the bike I purchased,
>> and the other came off his friends bike which I was given also.
>>
>> At this stage they are nothing but a maze of wires and bits, Ive worked
>> out they are simply a modified AM CB radio with some fancy switching and
>> the bits to stick inside your helmet. Looks like they were designed as
>> rider to rider, or rider to cb, which would be good setup on two bikes
>> when travelling
>>
>> The web address on the units (www.bikecomm.com.au) no longer works, and
>> apparently they were made by a Ulysses bloke in Sydney called Don Pearson.
>>
>> Would anyone know where I can get a copy of the original installation
>> notes etc? I'd like to re-use both sets and they look too good to bin.
>>
>> Cheers
>
> I had the same setup on a K1100LT, I tore it out and binned it, no one uses
> AM CB anymore go for the Autocom setup or similar.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
if it`s sole use is bike to bike communication, who gaf if nobody
else is using it?............



>
> Alternativly ask on the Ulysses site you may get a responce their.
>
> Boxer
>
>

"jonz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4a22344a$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Boxer wrote:
>> "Robert Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsmPSl.13740$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> G'day, recently I purchased a BMW setup for touring which came with a
>>> pair of "bike-comm" units, the original owner had one on the bike I
>>> purchased, and the other came off his friends bike which I was given
>>> also.
>>>
>>> At this stage they are nothing but a maze of wires and bits, Ive worked
>>> out they are simply a modified AM CB radio with some fancy switching and
>>> the bits to stick inside your helmet. Looks like they were designed as
>>> rider to rider, or rider to cb, which would be good setup on two bikes
>>> when travelling
>>>
>>> The web address on the units (www.bikecomm.com.au) no longer works, and
>>> apparently they were made by a Ulysses bloke in Sydney called Don
>>> Pearson.
>>>
>>> Would anyone know where I can get a copy of the original installation
>>> notes etc? I'd like to re-use both sets and they look too good to bin.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> I had the same setup on a K1100LT, I tore it out and binned it, no one
>> uses AM CB anymore go for the Autocom setup or similar.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> if it`s sole use is bike to bike communication, who gaf if nobody else
> is using it?............
>>
>> Alternativly ask on the Ulysses site you may get a responce their.
>>
>> Boxer

Because it is crap, the system was always crap, and with a FM 2 way radio
you can monitor and talk to other road users who warn you of road hazards
and Police Radar etc, AM also has a constant background noise and lots of
interference that will drive you nuts, did I mention it was crap?



You asked for help, you got it and now you want to whine about it. Work it
out for yourself.



Boxer

"Boxer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >
> I had the same setup on a K1100LT, I tore it out and binned it, no one
> uses AM CB anymore go for the Autocom setup or similar.
>
> Alternativly ask on the Ulysses site you may get a responce their.
>
> Boxer

Thanks, I'll get a Ulysses memeber mate to post a message for me.

AM is fine for rider to rider at close range it will be no better or worse
than FM as long as its installed on both bikes properly, I have a pair of
units and it will do rider to rider and rider to mate....as for background
noise, the mute/squelch control will get rid of that.

Boxer wrote...

> You asked for help, you got it and now you want to whine about it. Work it
> out for yourself.

Wasn't it Robert who asked for help, not Jonz?

"Boxer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "jonz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4a22344a$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> if it`s sole use is bike to bike communication, who gaf if nobody
>> else
>> is using it?............
> Because it is crap, the system was always crap, and with a FM 2 way
> radio you can monitor and talk to other road users who warn you of
> road hazards and Police Radar etc, AM also has a constant background
> noise and lots of interference that will drive you nuts, did I mention
> it was crap?

If its sole porpoise is bike-to-bike communication, who gives a ****
if nobody else is using it?


> You asked for help, you got it and now you want to whine about it.
> Work it out for yourself.

Actually, he asked for oranges, you gave him apples...


GB
--
My friend Steve is an atheist. He has a bumper sticker that reads "Honk
if you love Jesus". When someone honks, he gives them the finger.

GB wrote:
>
> If its sole porpoise is bike-to-bike communication, who gives a ****
> if nobody else is using it?
>

AM is really really crap for this.

The problem isn't that no one else uses it (well not much anyway), the
problem is that the ignition noise will drive you nuts.

And before anyone says squelch, an AM squelch will only silence ignition
noise when no ones talking. You'll still hear heaps of interference
whenever the other person talks.

It's hard enough to make out what people are saying inside the wind
noise of a helmet without adding distortion and interference.

I honestly believe that no system at all is better than AM for this
particular usage.


G-S

"G-S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> GB wrote:
>>
>> If its sole porpoise is bike-to-bike communication, who gives a **** if
>> nobody else is using it?
>>
>
> AM is really really crap for this.
>
> The problem isn't that no one else uses it (well not much anyway), the
> problem is that the ignition noise will drive you nuts.
>
> And before anyone says squelch, an AM squelch will only silence ignition
> noise when no ones talking. You'll still hear heaps of interference
> whenever the other person talks.
>
> It's hard enough to make out what people are saying inside the wind noise
> of a helmet without adding distortion and interference.
>
> I honestly believe that no system at all is better than AM for this
> particular usage.
>
>
> G-S


Exactly what I said and was bagged for it. I have used the system he is
talking about and binned it. I now use an Autocom System with FM radios and
it is brilliant.

Boxer