I tried out the CB on my 08 Vision today. I bought the bike a few months ago and the PO said that he never used it and I really don't intend to camp out on it either but I want it to work when I need to use it.

I checked it today with a friend that used the CB on his wing and while we were withing 30' of each other we could receive and transmit without any problem.

I took a ride down the street and called out each street as I got further away. He could hear me very clearly but I could not hear him after 100'.

The reception started out great at 30' but as I got 100' away the reception was started getting static and then dropped off completely.

Any ideas on what is causing this ?

Thanks !

Sounds like your CB radio and/or its antenna need to be tuned.

A local shop would do this cheaply and quickly for you, but if you want to do it yourself, you might want to dig through the user manual and see if you can figure it out. A search on your favorite search engine on "how to tune a CB radio" might also yield some helpful sites, but you'll need a $20+ investment in a SWR meter. Unless you're planning to be a heavy duty CB user (and by your post, it doesn't sound so) I would go see a local CB shop.