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Cardo Scala-Rider headset and BMW System 5 helmet
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:05 am
by cruiser
Anyone fitted one of these headsets - or similar - to a BMW System 5 helmet? I'm having trouble getting the clip inserted under the helmet lining
The helmet is new so naturally I don't want to damage anything... help appreciated
Re: Cardo Scala-Rider headset and System 5 helmet
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:27 am
by cruiser
cruiser wrote:Anyone fitted one of these headsets - or similar - to a BMW System 5 helmet? I'm having trouble getting the clip inserted under the helmet lining
The helmet is new so naturally I don't want to damage anything... help appreciated
Oh well...
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:04 am
by DJ Downunder
I have a system 5 BMW helmet..and fitted my own helmet speakers..I'm not sure that I can help any.
DJ
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:32 am
by cruiser
DJ Downunder wrote:I have a system 5 BMW helmet..and fitted my own helmet speakers..I'm not sure that I can help any.
DJ
DJ! ...great to hear from you
My problem is not with the single speaker of the Cardo head-set but rather with the mounting of the bluetooth-boomset part. I can't get the clip under the helmet lining to secure it... just won't fit Ironically I'm not really interested in the boom mic part, I only want to be able to hear instructions from my new TomTom Rider 2. If the boom-mic was removeable then I'd remove it, although this has nothing to do with the mounting problem.
Figs 1 & 2 on page three in the following may give some idea of the fitment:
http://www.cardowireless.com/included/d ... nglish.pdf
It's the design of the sytem 5 that's the problem
...otherwise a great helmet!
mounting
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:54 pm
by zax1150
I had to put a small slice into the lower pad to get the damn thing to fit .....
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:20 am
by cruiser
Thanks for replying zax 1150, and for the PM BTW... I've only just seen it!
The problem, as I see it, is not the removable neck pad but the thick, fixed black plastic moulding around the base... is this what you cut?
My sytem 5 is brand new (and over-priced IMO) and I'm pissed (off) to think that I need to butcher it in order to get the Scala-Rider to fit. Typical BMW, they want you to buy their own in-helmet communications equipment I guess.
In retrospect I wish I'd bought a Nolan... I know the Scala rider fits them. Unfortunately I bought the System 5 before I bought my TomTOm Rider2, which included the Scala-Rider in the box
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:13 am
by triggerfish
Hi Cruiser. I have a Schuberth C2 helmet with the same black plastic moulding. I stubbornly tried fitting the scala rider in it and ended up disappointed. It's now screwed on nicely to my Zeus 508 helmet.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:47 am
by cruiser
triggerfish wrote:Hi Cruiser. I have a Schuberth C2 helmet with the same black plastic moulding. I stubbornly tried fitting the scala rider in it and ended up disappointed. It's now screwed on nicely to my Zeus 508 helmet.
I'm going to attack my System 5 with a Dremel tonight!
