Perhaps the only possible downside of two-up touring through Tuscany-- a landscape graced with some of the most beautiful terrain on earth-- is not being able to point out those stunning visuals to your riding partner. Really, can you ever excitedly scream "Did you see that?!" too many times?
I spent about 570 miles testing Cardo's bluetooth system in Italy, and put in a few more hundred miles stateside so I could gauge the unit's cell phone, FM radio, and MP3 capabilities. See how it fared in this Cardo Scala Rider Q2 Multiset Bluetooth System Review.
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* Coincidentally, Cardo just made the news by announcing a distribution partnership with Polaris and Victory Motorcycles.
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What they don’t tell you on the Q2 is that once either set won’t take a charge it’s totaly usless. Customer service says the battery can’t be replaced. I had mine just over a year and one set won’t take a charge. I thought I was buying a high end system so the wife and I could communicate, I guess we’ll just go back to hand signals. Very unhappy customer
Dead on Arrival. One of the units wont even charge. Its a shame, I was really hoping to use it.
I bought a Q2 that was DOA as well. Kinda bummed. I thought the thing would at least work out of the box.