I looked into the lifetime subscription it was $480.00 I think you were allowed up to 3 radio changes and yes the subscription goes to the specified radio whichever model you choose, If your going to stay with satellite radio for a couple of years probaly at least 3 or 4 then its worth getting the lifetime my problem and Im curious if anyone else has had this problem I have an 02 Road King and the radio is mounted on the handlebars via the ram mounting system now in the last 5 years Ive had 2 radios go bad and im on my third one, what happens is its unable to get a signal and the aquirring signal message flashes on and off intermittently until eventually I just cant receive a broadcast, I have 3 docking units one in my car, house and bike so I can move the radio to listen to it at different locations when im not on the bike. I have bought new docks from amazon .com and that did not solve the problem so the problem was in the radios, I think because how much the bikes shake at idle it rattles the inside works of these radios, so on my last radio I bought the cheapest model for $59.00 and hope to get 2 years out of it and I velcro strap it around the radio tight to the docking unit on the bike hopefully this solves the problem, also im on a monthly subscription plan and I got my cheapest price for a 7 month plan when I called up and told them I wanted to cancel I understand a lot of people have done this so I dont know if they will still offer a special promotion if you do this, until these radios stop breaking on me I cant go for a lifetime plan if they have a limit on how many radios they will allow to a plan.