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83GoldWinger wrote:
Bagmaster wrote:
Which radio do you have? There's a big difference between the Clarion 1 and Clarion 2 systems. Everyone is assuming you have the Clarion 2 system but with an 82 that's not always the case. My bike has had both systems on it and it's the Clarion 2 system that's still on my bike.
:waving:All GL1100 Aspencades came standard from the factory with the Honda/Clarion Type II AM/FM radio only. The rest of the Type II system was optional on the Aspencade. Both the Type I and Type II sytems were optional on the GL1100Interstate as the Interstate did not come standard from the factory with a sound system. They were dealer or owner installed. Some Interstates had the Type I removed and a Type II system installed as it was a far superior sound system. In my case I purchased the complete Type II system brand new and did the installation myself on my '83 Interstate middle of 1983.
I know all that and understand it. What I'm trying to point out is the fact that over the years and with different owners most of these bikes have had, things will and do get changed out at times. I try to ask direct, explicit questions before posting information and try never to assume anything. Yes, folks do assume that an 82 Aspy comes with a Clarion 2 system and normally they do, but like I say, parts get swapped out all the time on older bikes.
Case in point: My brother is restoring an 83 Aspy that had all the clarion 2 system ripped out and replaced with a Cyclesound setup with a car type cb and home made intercom system installed on it. We ripped all that oout and I gave him my good working Clarion 1 system to install on it since I had upgraded my 82 Interstate to a Clarion 2 system complete with the full intercom\cb setup.
It's all good though.:waving::waving::waving::action::action::action::action::action: