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posted October 09, 2007 06:21 AM
Kawasaki Motors Corp, U.S.A. to Offer XM Satellite Radio
Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA will introduce its first motorcycles with satellite radio this fall through a partnership with XM, the nation's leading satellite radio company.
Kawasaki will offer an all-new, state-of-the-art Premium Audio System on its VulcanT 1600 Nomad touring model. This new system will incorporate XM as an option.
Customers will be able to tune into more than 170 XM channels of music, sports, talk, news, and entertainment. Kawasaki motorcycles sold with XM radios installed will offer three-months of complimentary XM radio service.
"Kawasaki buyers will now be able to enjoy XM, the greatest variety of entertainment on the radio, on the road," said Joe Verbrugge, XM senior vice president, automotive accounts and international operations. "Kawasaki customers can now hear commercial-free music, live sports, breaking news, or traffic and weather reports for major cities on XM, wherever they travel
from coast to coast."
Jim Williams, senior manager of accessories at Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA adds "This Premium Audio System is a high-quality system built to Kawasaki's specifications designed to greatly enhance our customers' ownership experience. As the pioneer in satellite radio, XM represents a terrific value-added feature to the system."
Source: Brandware Group
   
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posted October 12, 2007 09:09 PM
XM is as good as dead imho. . . .
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posted October 13, 2007 04:18 AM
XM and Sirius now put commercials out on most chans. Although I am enjoying Sirius radio.
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posted October 14, 2007 04:16 AM
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XM and Sirius now put commercials out on most chans. Although I am enjoying Sirius radio.
I think every channel on both sirius and xm have commercials now. both services advertise themselves unrelentlessly on all of the channels.
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posted October 14, 2007 08:51 AM
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I've had XM for years and the music channels never had commercials... they still dont. The talk channels like CNN always had commercials and they still do. Unclear as to what you guys are talking about.
It would've been great to have XM on the Connie!!!
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posted October 14, 2007 09:07 AM
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I've had XM for years and the music channels never had commercials... they still dont. The talk channels like CNN always had commercials and they still do. Unclear as to what you guys are talking about.
It would've been great to have XM on the Connie!!!
i just got sirius and don't know what I'm talking about. But trailering my bike through the GA/TN/NC moutains to get to deal's gap I'll deal with a few commercials to listen to the radio at all 
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posted October 14, 2007 08:05 PM
....why not an iPOD and download your own brand of audio entertainment?....how many hours of music can an iPOD hold anyway?....repeated music?....well, the stations randomly repeats itself anyway, right?....and you tune in to it anyway, right?...so roll your own....no subscriptions or commercials needed or wanted....
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posted October 15, 2007 07:49 AM
+1
Recorded music is better than nothing on the trips I have coming up. But sirius/XM have live sports chans, live news chans, comedy chans, maxim mens magazine chans, shows, etc
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posted October 15, 2007 08:12 AM
i like my mp3 player , cause ther are no comericals and i can put it on random, so always good tunes when riding.
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posted October 15, 2007 08:17 AM
i don't understand, the sirius stations that play music don't have commercials on mine. they are the same right? talk and sports yes, music no.
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posted October 15, 2007 08:28 AM
I dont understand either... there are no commercials on XM music stations - who';s spreading this rumor and why?
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posted October 15, 2007 07:23 PM
I never heard a commercial on Sirius music channels either, the DJ's have some personality and talk though...Commercials only on the talk channels!!!
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posted October 15, 2007 08:16 PM
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I never heard a commercial on Sirius music channels either, the DJ's have some personality and talk though...Commercials only on the talk channels!!!
Tune sirius to chan 1 top 40 hits and listen to all the ADVERTISING of sirius radio every 3 - 4 songs. maybe thats still considered commercial free since they're only advertising themselves.
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posted October 15, 2007 08:25 PM
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Sirius and XM both suck...unless you have a factory installed unit, you loose signal each time ya fuckin' fart fer fuck's sake, not to mention the awful sound ya get...not even close to MP3 quality, which is low by comparison to CD quality...and ya gotta pay monthly fer that? Fuck that noise! 
HD radio's the future anyway...
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posted October 15, 2007 08:56 PM
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Sirius and XM both suck...unless you have a factory installed unit, you loose signal each time ya fuckin' fart fer fuck's sake, not to mention the awful sound ya get...not even close to MP3 quality, which is low by comparison to CD quality...and ya gotta pay monthly fer that? Fuck that noise!
HD radio's the future anyway...
Ahhhhh -- Ah feels much better now...
you must be using the FM instead of an audio out cable from your satellite receiver directly into the stereo head unit
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posted October 15, 2007 09:09 PM
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you must be using the FM instead of an audio out cable from your satellite receiver directly into the stereo head unit
yep... clear as a bell over here 
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posted October 15, 2007 09:25 PM
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you must be using the FM instead of an audio out cable from your satellite receiver directly into the stereo head unit
yep... clear as a bell over here
+1 clear here. FM didn't work for me, but the direct cable rocks.
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posted October 16, 2007 04:22 AM
I use direct cable, but the general quality of sat radio isn't much better than FM radio...you still have loads of compression, which makes it sound like shit, like FM. I don't use those crappy FM modulators...they really suck bad. My IPOD, or nuvi w/ MP3 player sounds way better. Anyway, what I was referring to, was the inability to hang on to signal. OEM radios pickup ground station transmitters for XM in most major cities, which broadcast in FM, alongside the Sat signal, so you don't lose signal, even through tunnels,. but the after-market radios that you install into the vehicle don't have that capability and depend only on the sat signal, so they lose signal at the drop of a hat or when going through tunnels or under bridges etc...or when ya fart...
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posted October 16, 2007 06:28 AM
I have an OEM Sat radio and any time I get near a tree (a LOT of them here) I get drop-outs and it takes a few seconds to re-stream. I agree with FBA the sound sucks, I won't subscribe as my free 6 months are over.
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posted October 16, 2007 02:48 PM
my i-pod has no commercials or interference and will play non stop for two weeks without playing the same song twice plus it doesn't play crap i don't want to hear. an audiophiles dream come true!
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posted October 16, 2007 03:41 PM
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I have an OEM Sat radio and any time I get near a tree (a LOT of them here) I get drop-outs and it takes a few seconds to re-stream. I agree with FBA the sound sucks, I won't subscribe as my free 6 months are over.
Should not do that if it's OEM, unless you're not served by ground stations, which I doubt...should be seamless, but ya, the sound sucks anyway...
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posted October 17, 2007 06:13 AM
I have XM in 3 vehicles... 2 with aftermarket and one with OEM... all sound awesome... oh well!
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posted October 17, 2007 09:46 AM
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....nothing beats hearing the BeeGees or Barry Manilow on 8-track ...but seriously....iPod and good speakers inside the helmet or earbuds are the way to go for me....just gotta get me a C-14 and I'll be set... 
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posted October 26, 2007 04:19 AM
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I dont understand either... there are no commercials on XM music stations - who';s spreading this rumor and why?
You must be getting the Canadian version of XM! Listen to channel 7, a music channel. Hear all those plugs that say all music all the time-XM radio? that is a commercial, they are selling themselves to you. Hear the plug telling you to tune into channel whatever on a certain day to hear a special program, that is a commercial. If it isn't music, it is a commercial, plain and simple .
I have both, and the XM receivers are all deactivated. Sirius has better programming for my interests, AND the reception in my neck of the woods is superior to XM..
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posted October 26, 2007 05:12 PM
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i don't understand, the sirius stations that play music don't have commercials on mine. they are the same right? talk and sports yes, music no.
Yep i got Sirius sat. No commercials on music channels.
My Goldwing has had Sirius radio for years now !!!
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