Cell phones put us in contact with family, friends, roadside assistance and emergency help. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve called AAA to help me out with my car. Unfortunately I have had to use my phone in a real emergency to call for assistance.
I never worry about my cell phone running out of power in my car because I have one of those cell phone chargers that plug into the cigarette lighter. Many of you have a cigarette lighter outlet on your touring bikes, but most of us don’t. We don’t have a 12 volt cigarette lighter outlet on our motorcycles! This is unfair and dangerous! What are we to do if stranded in the middle of no where in need of help and our phone dies?
SOLUTION: I have partnered with local biker Ray Bowers to bring you a solution! Ray has contracted an American electronics manufacturer to make 12 volt cigarette lighter adapters for motorcycles! These high quality American made 12 volt power ports have a cigarette lighter style outlet at one end and an SAE 2-pin connector at the other. They are connected by 9 inches of 18 gauge wire with an overall length of 14 inches. This device can power a dead cell phone, recharge your phone while you ride or even power small electronic devices like GPS systems.
As a Road Captain I consider cell phones critical equipment, just as important as first aid kits. I have never called HOG Roadside Assistance. I hear it’s more difficult to locate professional motorcycle assistance than it is for an automobile. Plan to be on the phone a few times with calls back and forth to your roadside assistance provider before a professional is located near you; especially on weekends and holidays (when we are usually riding). This ordeal can easily drain your phone.
Click here to read about Joker and Wendy from the Blackstone HOG Chapter in New England. They had mechanical problems on the road while riding home from the Harley Davidson 105th Anniversary celebration. They were stuck in a strange neighborhood in Chicago, miles from home and it was getting dark. It took a handfull of desparate calls over the course of several hours before help was located. Just as the they were losing power on their phones the final call came and they were rescued! I’m glad things worked out for Joker and Wendy. If their phones had died, who knows how the story would have ended?
Most of us in the northeast have a battery tender pigtail permanently attached to our motorcycle battery. This is the quick connect cable that you attach to your battery tender in the off season. It has an SAE 2-pin connector. The 12 volt power port connects to this pigtail via the SAE 2-pin connector and provides you with an electrical outlet to power your cell phone right on your motorcycle. You will never be stranded with a dead cell phone if you purchase this 12 volt power port. I can’t guarantee you a signal, but a dead cell phone battery is one less thing you have to worry about!
You will have to purchase a cell phone charger with cigarette lighter adapter that works for your particular phone separately, I do not provide these. You also have to provide the pigtail or purchase this with your 12 Volt Power Port. You can also purchase yourself a good battery tender for the upcoming cold months which comes with the quick connect cable.
Order your 12 Volt Power Port now for $9.95 and never worry about being stranded with a dead cell phone! Click here to go to the new www.Shop.RoadCaptainUSA.com online store to purchase this unique motorcycle accessory. It’s a life saver! Get it now while supplies last.
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Tags: Product Reviews, SAE-2 Electronic Accessories, Technical Stuff by Jay Green
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