Dave Kaye
Active member
First off let me start by saying Thanks to the Many extremely helpful posts that have helped me begin my Farkling adventure! I thought I would do my best to give back to the forum via my own Farkling vision. (Not for everyone!) I am an absolute certified electronics toy nut. If there is a gadget to tell me when to sneeze, I want it. To start my accessory journey I compiled many, many pages of forum recommendations, referrals, installation tips, and revues. With the extreme amount of info available on this forum (amazing how well the Search button works) <_< I started my farkle collection. The only issue I had before starting is How do I install all of these wonderful toys so they are convenient, out of the elements, away from curious eyes, 
h34r: wireless, easy to control, simple to transfer to a second vehicle, Minimal permanent modification to the bike, and finally safe to leave unattended. Hmmmm, tall order. That's when I came up with the "Command Center" approach. Everything controlled from a central location within visual and arms length. In the following photos I will do the best I can to explain how my vision works. I will also include a photo gallery link with MANY additional photos to fill in the blanks.
To start the project I need access to a OMAX Precision Abrasive Waterjet system to fabricate my vision! Lucky me, that's what I sell! Time to do a FJR Demo.... All components machined from 1" 6061 Aluminum. Add some custom accent pieces and its time to hit the paint rack.
Let the farkling begin. Start with a 40 year old work bench. (My other sad hobby!) All parts layed out to neatly to begin the complete transformation.
The "Command Center" top view after FJR paint applied. Through cut lettering for that one of a kind look!
Command Center all wired up with integrated Valentine One heads up display and LED switches.
Dry fit of Command Center for clearance checks. All good! 100 feet of wiring left!!
Front driver view. I decided to use industrial strength Velcro for the mount which proved to be More than strong enough. If I ever decide to remove the unit it would be painless to return it back to stock. Thou I plan to die with this bike!
Next up is my need for Speed. (When the wife is not on board!) I wanted a moderately stealth Valentine One setup that I could easily transfer to my car with minimal effort. In order to accomplish my objective I needed a water proof enclosure. Unfortunately the standard one available is a bit to deep for my clearance location. Time to cut into that problem! Half inch off the bottom and I'm back in business.
Valentine One stealth mounted under the nose of the bike. I understand I will loose rear Laser protection but I figured my front door was more important when driving a few miles over the limit.
All these wonderful toys need Juice!! I decided to keep my power station towards the rear of the bike as this is where most of my toys will go. Not sure if this will be a long term decision but I elected to mount the unit with Velcro which was amazingly strong. May fabricate a bracket later.
Under seat view of all wires, harness and tool kits.
I got Gadgets in my trunk! Sounds like a wrap video. :dribble: This is where I installed my Sirius Radio (for my Howard Stern fix in the morning), an iPod touch with 20K songs as a backup, and a charging station for charging up the helmet intercoms when we are parked. Note, I can still store Both helmets with this setup. The Satellite radio is programmed with the 10 stations we listen to with a small remote located in the front box.
Satellite antenna mounted and wiring harness out of trunk is sealed with a quick disconnect plug should I decide to take my toys and go home!
Here is the completed front Command Center under power. From left/right, the first switch enables the Mixit2 audio control, #2 is the heated grip troller control, #3 is the iPod/iPhone control, #4 is the Valentine One heads up with mute, #5 is the Satellite Radio control, #6 is Valentine One all systems Off switch (for riding with the wife), #7 is a direct wired momentary switch to open and close my garage door. (Photo's of this setup are in the Gallery)
All these electronics need Sound! I setup the Mixit2 and Valentine One audio controllers in the side box to keep them out of the elements but still accessible. For the most part I set them to mid level and fine tune the volume with our Scala Q2 headsets. The only item not shown in the figure is a Bluetooth stereo out adaptor. This allows us to have wireless audio feed from the Mixit2 and all of it's mating audio signals including GPS directly to the headsets without the use of wires.
My clean finished attempt at a full fledged farkle machine. Driver view.
Here is the front view of the Finally finished front Command Center! Plenty of clearance with the V-Stream in any position.
If anyone is interested in Many more detailed photos of my journey here is a direct link to an FJR library I setup for the viewers.
Click for more FJR photos!!
Many thanks again to all for this extremely informative site to help me along my way. Hopefully I didn't bore anyone with my long winded detailed journey. If you have any questions I will do my best to respond as I am always lurking in the back room of the forum reading. :dribble: Time to hit put down the soldering iron and hit the road!! Thanks again.
Dave K (WheatonDave??)
h34r: wireless, easy to control, simple to transfer to a second vehicle, Minimal permanent modification to the bike, and finally safe to leave unattended. Hmmmm, tall order. That's when I came up with the "Command Center" approach. Everything controlled from a central location within visual and arms length. In the following photos I will do the best I can to explain how my vision works. I will also include a photo gallery link with MANY additional photos to fill in the blanks. To start the project I need access to a OMAX Precision Abrasive Waterjet system to fabricate my vision! Lucky me, that's what I sell! Time to do a FJR Demo.... All components machined from 1" 6061 Aluminum. Add some custom accent pieces and its time to hit the paint rack.
Let the farkling begin. Start with a 40 year old work bench. (My other sad hobby!) All parts layed out to neatly to begin the complete transformation.
The "Command Center" top view after FJR paint applied. Through cut lettering for that one of a kind look!
Command Center all wired up with integrated Valentine One heads up display and LED switches.
Dry fit of Command Center for clearance checks. All good! 100 feet of wiring left!!
Front driver view. I decided to use industrial strength Velcro for the mount which proved to be More than strong enough. If I ever decide to remove the unit it would be painless to return it back to stock. Thou I plan to die with this bike!
Next up is my need for Speed. (When the wife is not on board!) I wanted a moderately stealth Valentine One setup that I could easily transfer to my car with minimal effort. In order to accomplish my objective I needed a water proof enclosure. Unfortunately the standard one available is a bit to deep for my clearance location. Time to cut into that problem! Half inch off the bottom and I'm back in business.
Valentine One stealth mounted under the nose of the bike. I understand I will loose rear Laser protection but I figured my front door was more important when driving a few miles over the limit.
All these wonderful toys need Juice!! I decided to keep my power station towards the rear of the bike as this is where most of my toys will go. Not sure if this will be a long term decision but I elected to mount the unit with Velcro which was amazingly strong. May fabricate a bracket later.
Under seat view of all wires, harness and tool kits.
I got Gadgets in my trunk! Sounds like a wrap video. :dribble: This is where I installed my Sirius Radio (for my Howard Stern fix in the morning), an iPod touch with 20K songs as a backup, and a charging station for charging up the helmet intercoms when we are parked. Note, I can still store Both helmets with this setup. The Satellite radio is programmed with the 10 stations we listen to with a small remote located in the front box.
Satellite antenna mounted and wiring harness out of trunk is sealed with a quick disconnect plug should I decide to take my toys and go home!
Here is the completed front Command Center under power. From left/right, the first switch enables the Mixit2 audio control, #2 is the heated grip troller control, #3 is the iPod/iPhone control, #4 is the Valentine One heads up with mute, #5 is the Satellite Radio control, #6 is Valentine One all systems Off switch (for riding with the wife), #7 is a direct wired momentary switch to open and close my garage door. (Photo's of this setup are in the Gallery)
All these electronics need Sound! I setup the Mixit2 and Valentine One audio controllers in the side box to keep them out of the elements but still accessible. For the most part I set them to mid level and fine tune the volume with our Scala Q2 headsets. The only item not shown in the figure is a Bluetooth stereo out adaptor. This allows us to have wireless audio feed from the Mixit2 and all of it's mating audio signals including GPS directly to the headsets without the use of wires.
My clean finished attempt at a full fledged farkle machine. Driver view.
Here is the front view of the Finally finished front Command Center! Plenty of clearance with the V-Stream in any position.
If anyone is interested in Many more detailed photos of my journey here is a direct link to an FJR library I setup for the viewers.
Click for more FJR photos!!
Many thanks again to all for this extremely informative site to help me along my way. Hopefully I didn't bore anyone with my long winded detailed journey. If you have any questions I will do my best to respond as I am always lurking in the back room of the forum reading. :dribble: Time to hit put down the soldering iron and hit the road!! Thanks again.
Dave K (WheatonDave??)
