I had a longer winded post... but my session became inactive and i lost it.

Sorry for de-railing your thread OP... I will be making my own post soon enough.

I had a very similar setup last year as FullMotoJacket but i encountered the following issues... and to solve most of them... i came up with my project :

1) ugly mounting brackets and electronics all over your gorgeous bike

2) To change songs... it's not simply a mater of reaching down and changing the song. You need to unlock the phone... and re-FOCUS your eyes to the phone... wait for the stupid little animations.. then you can hit pause. Because there is no tactile feeling... you need to LOOK where your pressing. While ripping around on a motorcycle... this always was sketchy for me and the only time i felt comfortable doing it... was at stops.

3) Audio out the top of the phone

4) The electronics are very vulnerable to the elements and physical damage

5) No external microphone

6) Two electronic devices

7) Proprietary equipment

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I had a few more first time around... but they are eluding me currently.

If you have an standard USB iPod cable... you can make an iPod car charger for under 5$ with a simple 7805 circut.... instead of shelling out for the Griffin Jolt.