So we bought a nice goldwing but intercom does not work. I recently posted about Sena products but I am trying to make it work on the cheap instead. I bought $15 headphones with a mic, took them apart, and put inside a helmet. Works decent.

Now, trying to figure out a way how to connect the two? We can easily simply call each other while riding but there has to be a better way? I looked at several off the grid apps but none have phone call options. I tried walkie talkie apps, but it's not safe to mess with the phone while riding.

Is there a way to connect two headsets into one iPhone and communicate like that without using network? Or even using network? I hope I am making sense of what I am trying to do.

Grabbing my popcorn. A similar issue has come up for me. Have an impromptu driving club (cars not bikes) started. Since there is only one other member we just call each other. I wonder about in the future with more people if there is a way to simply have an open channel were we could all talk without having to key a mic. We drive some pretty gnarly country roads and keying a mic would not be ideal.

Find a Goldwing forum and ask about repairing or replacing there? That would be where I'd start. There may be a know issue...

Why use a phone? Talk battery on your plain old telephone is 48 volts DC. You can talk on much less. Basically, all you need is a two wire circuit with positive and negative sides between the two headsets. A couple of headphone jacks for your headsets with a two wire circuit between them and a battery source between them ought to do the trick. As it’s a motorcycle with an electrical system, I’d think there should be a way to safely branch off a circuit that’s not powered when the engine is off.

Have you tried troubleshooting the existing intercom? It’s probably something similar to what I described above.

https://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng...0_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

Get a couple of these with headsets, set them up for VOX, and talk away. If you ever ride with a larger group, they can set up the same way and join the conversation too.

Note, you do need a license to talk on most of the frequencies offered, so you would need to to do some research there. The radios themselves are great for the price though.