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It is pronounced FYOO SAR but what is it? I have been following the development of FUSAR for more than a year. It is a game changer. Click on the link below to watch some videos of the capabilities of the product then click back to VFRD. http://www.fusar.com/ I've already pre-ordered my full smart helmet kit on their Indiegogo page, a rewards based crowd-funding portal that they launched on Tuesday. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fusar-mohawk-make-any-helmet-smart/x/12782519#/ Although they hit their initial fundraising goal on their first day, VFRD members have the opportunity to save 25-45% off of the full price of the product! How does it work? Click through at the Indiegogo link above. Look down the right side of the page and see the featured $299 Smart Helmet Kit (early bird special). We will create a group buy for this product. At the single unit $299 you are saving 45%. If we get 5 buyers committed and paid the cost is less. 5 x $299 = $1,495 but that creates what they call a Wolfpack kit and the net price for 5 is $1,199.00 bringing the cost per person to $239.80! All prices are plus shipping. What if we get to 10 committed to purchase? That becomes a dealer pack at $2,099.00 and a net of $209.90 each! When you see this kit at your local parts/equipment supply in the fall of 2016, each kit will retail for $549 each and you will wish you had known about it earlier. To reiterate, I am not affiliated with FUSAR but think this is a game changer. It is interuptive technology that Sena, Scala, GoPro even Garmin will have to scramble to compete with. PM me if you have any questions you don't want to post here. CornerCarver EDIT- We have now reached the 10 unit paid order and have had a special link set up for VFRD members to access that will allow all orders moving forward to be placed at the already achieved sicount of $210 each. Follow the link set up by Ryan Shearman of FUSAR for VFRD members below. "Sounds good to me. I've gone ahead and created a direct contribution link. Anyone that has been a member on vfrdiscussion for longer than me is eligible to use it. Indiegogo does not support anything but full dollar amounts, so this link will check you out for $210. Please add your name to the group buy list if you use this link. http://bit.ly/VFR-GROUP-BUY In for Group Buy 1-5 CornerCarver - Keith PAID 6-7 gmtech94 PAID 8-9 Rush2112 - Russ PAID 10 adeyren PAID "

I've been using a bluetooth helmet for awhile (O'neal, Monaco Lazer) and there too much wind/road noise. I listen to music solo and 2 up want to talk to my wife. Looking for the best option. I tried a touring windscreen for my VFR but not only did it look silly but it seemed to direct the air into a worse area than the stock one. I don't think in-helmet speakers no matter how good the helmet will work better than in-ear music earplugs. Thinking of getting custom earplugs made for my ears that are made for music playback and then buying a Sena (or whatever is recommended) bluetooth setup, cutting the speaker wires and soldering it to the earplugs. Something like that. Or is there something like that already out there? Anyone have this type of setup? If possible I'd like to avoid spending $1500 on a helmet/bluetooth system like most people. Thanks-

Over the last few years, I've farkled out the Vfr with an ampli-rider, radar and Sally the GPS. With the option of an MP3 in the mix. Sally passed away last year due to electrical / battery complications. The whole system running through the ampli-rider works quite well. But, still tethered with the ear buds to a 3mm receiver plug. Updating the helmet last fall came with the opportunity to pick up a slightly used Scala G9 for Bluetooth speakers for a great $$. Picked up a bluetooth transmitter, thinking I could bounce that into the helmet. It works, but only for 1 source. Alas, the Scala only takes 1 bluetooth at a time (mp3 or radar with BT transmitter). So then it was back to the Ampli-rider system - plugging the bluetooth transmitter into the 3mm receiver plug and wala! Everything pumps through the scala. Now, finding a new Zumo 660LM for $100 off ended up hitting my little savings stash to put GPS back on the bike. The 660 has MP3 built in, bluetooth and connects perfectly with the Scala, but . . . I'm stuck again without the radar detector as the Zumo won't connect to the BT transmitter. The only final option is to again, rely on the ampli-rider system, plug the Zumo & radar into their 3mm ports and the BT transmitter into the final output port. So, the only little thing I can't quite figure, is a safe, semi protected place to velcro mount the BT transmitter, for easy access. Need to turn it off / on each time after the scala helmet system boots up to connect, and remove for charging each evening at stops. I 'could' just stuff it under the seat, but it's a PITA having to take the seat on / off 4-8 times during a full day ride. If this all makes sense to you and you have a suggestion or experience, I'm open. The ultimate final outcome would be to have the BT transmitter plugged into the radar, with the Zumo and radar coming into the helmet sans wires.

Purchased a Sena SMH10R via Radio Riders on Ebay. Awesomeness! Took a while to install on my helmet; wanted to put the main unit in the "right" spot then fished/hid the wires the best I could. Charged it up and paired with my iPhone 5 - super easy! So the last few days I've been learning to use it in real life. Today was the first day I could totally use it with gloves on; turned on, off, turned on music, activated Siri, made calls, received calls, listened to texts and sent texts. All without glitches. Tomorrow I'm going to use the speaker "extender" pads to see if I can get the speakers slightly closer to my ears. Will update periodically as I get more use out of it. But so far I'm loving this purchase. Great work Sena!

Just received my pair yesterday. First impression is that it is quality merchandise. Came well packaged with two USB cords for charging, two auto type chargers, extra mic noise reducing foam, wind screen for mics, hex wrenches, velcro, double sided tape, additional cords for connecting non bluetooth music devices, mics, mounts and control units. The manual is very nice, but I pulled up the PDF version to search for things easier. I installed it without the instructions. Went fine. Took a few minutes while watching TV. My helmet had pockets for the speakers. I'm beginning to think I'm not the first to do this. :-) The control unit charged up in less than two hours. It's supposed to give 10 to 13 hours of use after that. It paired up with my tablet immediately. My tablet received voice commands easily, did speech recognition and had no problem receiving. The helmet supplied nice, loud and clear music from the tablet. Controls were easily figured out in a couple of minutes. I haven't ridden with it, yet. There's too much snow and ice on the roads for me right now. Maybe this weekend. I'll post more after that. So far, it appears I made a good choice. Got the pair new from ebay for about $230 shipped.