The JHD910 radio was mounted on a 2007 Yamaha FJR1300 and while easy to accomplish, the planning took a little thought. The instructions are a simple 12-page stapled document (also available in this .pdf document), but they provide the basics of what is needed to install the unit without lots of fluff, warnings, cautions, and other political correctness.
The radio itself is roughly the width and thickness of a common 2X4" wooden stud, cut to slightly more than five inches in length, so the first consideration was where to mount it. Because the waterproof buttons must be firmly pressed to operate the radio, the mounting should be solid and not on one of the GPS/cell phone ball-mounts that can tilt when pushed.
The bike already had a custom aluminum sub-panel bracket for mounting a GPS, heat controller, and power outlet, so the heat controller was moved elsewhere and the GPS had to learn to share space with the Jensen. The width of the radio on this bracket still allowed more than a half-inch of clearance to the handlebars at full travel in each direction.
The radio could have also been mounted easily on the left inner fairing panel, over the clutch reservoir, or over the steering stem.
The radio has 4 tapped holes in back for mounting screws. The little stamped-steel mounting bracket that came with the radio was only used to drill the pattern of mounting holes and then discarded. Making this change is highly encouraged.
Stainless steel hardware is provided with the JHD910 radio rather than the cheaper stuff that could have saved Jensen a few cents but which would rust. Blue Loctite was used on the various fasteners.
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