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I used a Sony CDX M60UI radio. My bike had no radio in it when I bought it as it was an 09 electra glide standard, wire was there just no radio. I installed a biketronics kit to mount the radio in place. If your bike already has a radio then you should be fine. It is just a matter of hooking the wires up to the right wires within your harness. I also replaced the stock speakers (imagine a new bike comes with speakers but no radio, crazy) with a set of J&M speakers. Now since their is an almost 20 year differance between your bike and mine you might want to check and see if your present radio is one of those large bulky units they used back then if so then I would recomend you contact the people at biketronics to assist you, They helped me when I needed it.
You will most likely need kit BT-1000 or BT-1005, the only differance is, BT-1000 is for sony radios and BT-1005 you can use use sony , pioneer, JVC or kenwood. The biketonic kit allows for you to use the stock hand controls as well as when the bike RPMs go up so does the volume of the radio. No need to re-adjust as you ride or rush to lower volume when you stop the bike.
Again I had no radio to start with, the whole cost of this set up to was less than 500 including antena thanks to e-bay and craigs list. I will warn you do not buy a used biketronics kit, buy new from a reputable company. If military or retired biketronics gives discounts.
Good luck and please feel free to contact me if you need further assistance.
 
John, my stearo kicks, it sounds so much better than my buddies stock radio. He has on 09 Ultra classic. There is no comparison, the J&M speakers are crystal clear and if you get the extra amp all I can say is ROCK-ON.

Clasicman, If I am on the bike I am rocking to the music. About the only time I am not listening when riding is...ummm...NEVER.
Ride and Rock on.
 
What feature on the bike did you lose. I have a 99 ultra that i need to rplace the radio on. Both of the front channels are blown and if i remove tour pack, i have no radio. I understand that i will not have a c/b or intercom, but never use those, so oh well. Will it affect anything else? Turn signal canceling, cruise control, turbocharger?

if you are intereted in fixing your radio you should try Harley Davidson-Harman Kardon Advanced Audio Specialists-radio repair-IRON CROSS AUDIO they maybe able to fix your radio. Sorry under 5 posts I cant post a link yet :)
 
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if you are intereted in fixing your radio you should try Harley Davidson-Harman Kardon Advanced Audio Specialists-radio repair-IRON CROSS AUDIO they maybe able to fix your radio. Sorry under 5 posts I cant post a link yet :)

Thanks for the info, but i have the other kind of radio, 99 ultra with cassette player. I saw a place where you send it to them with aprox. $200 and that was the minimum price to fix it. I figure if i am going to spend that, i might as well get a cd player and built in sattelite. The only deal breaker is if i lose some features on the bike such as cruise control.
Don't mean to change the subject of the thread, but what else do i lose if i change out the stock radio? I don't use the c/b or intercom so i wouldn't miss that, and my idea of weather service is "look up at the sky":newsmile091:
 
You will lose nothing, but gain great sounds I recomend you contact the good people at Biketroncs.
 
Here is a picture of my head unit, color can be changed to I believe red, blue green or white, mine is set for blue. The face plate drops down to insert CD or memory stick, Ipod plugs right into face plate. Face plate may also be removed total if you wish.
 

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