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Today I installed a mount for my GPS and thought that I would share some pictures with you. The mount was purchased from Touratech-USA who are distributors for RAM products who manufacture a variety of components which can be mixed and matched to suit almost any mounting situation. Touratech also make their own mounting products. They have a very good web site. The parts I bought were: an adapter for the mirror stalk, a medium size arm and a ball mount to accept a cradle for my Street Pilot. The pics should be self explanatory. The next step is to install a power socket in the left hand black panel as soon as the parts arrive!
Cradle, ball mount, clamp
Cradle connected to mount
Ball mount connected to mirror stalk
Mount only
GPS mounted
View from rear
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Nice one! The thing I disliked about the BV mirrors is that they are too small in diameter and I had to modify the mount.
Looks like a winner |
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flcruzr wrote: BurgerBob, what is the small LCD screen under your GPS? Great looking setup. Cheers, Bob |
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Hi Cindy,
I have a Garmin Quest also. Did you get your Quest mount from Touratech too? Is it the same setup as described above? |
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Nice job on the mount Bob. From the look of things, you have wasted no time getting into the mods. I like the idea of a trip meter very much.
Kristof the red button is an emergency shutoff. It is also used by a number of people to turn the bike off when you finish riding. Nice safety device to have. Just don't push it in and not know you have done it. Many of us have done this and not been able to turn the bike on, Beale. |
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jess wrote: +1 on the ram mount. Great products. |
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LX125 wrote: @Cindy : What is the red button for on the right side of the handlebar??? Here in Europe it's a non functioning black one. |
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Ram Mounts ROCK! I use this mount for my GPS and my digital camera. Rock Solid all the time.
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Another vote for the RAM stuff. I'm using their AquaBox to put my Treo in - plenty of pics.
(make that "I used to use". The Vespa was stolen last week ) |
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Good solution using the cylce spedo.
My memory is like swiss cheese - so I was afraid I'd forget that the GPS was there, and walk away have a missing GPS, and not be able to find my way home and have to start over in a new town. RAM makes great stuff, but for me with a little screwing around, it all can be loosened, pop out, and be sold for Boones Farm, lottery scratch-offs, or Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. If you haven't been asked to buy a laptop from a vagrant storing it in a plastic bag on the streets of San Francisco, you haven't lived. For those that are paranoid, Touratech has other, more substantial mounts, some with locks - granted the scoot would be on its side by the time someone with a hankerin' for some tasty Kiwi Strawberry Mango Lemon Country Kwencher Ocean Breeze Boones Farm decided to give up. GTS GPS GB$ Solution |
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As it took me quite a bit of time to work out what part you actually used to fit the U-bolt on the mirror stem (the RAM Mount site is notoriously bad for finding specific parts), I figured I would post the part number of the RAM-U-BOLT ADAPTER FOR HANDLEBARS: [url=http://65.102.174.116/rammount/productdetail.aspx?partnumber=RAP-319U&searchTerm=RAP-319U&item=1]RAP-319U[/url]
Clear description of the adapter and the U-bolts at GPS City |
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Mol wrote: As it took me quite a bit of time to work out what part you actually used to fit the U-bolt on the mirror stem (the RAM Mount site is notoriously bad for finding specific parts), I figured I would post the part number of the RAM-U-BOLT ADAPTER FOR HANDLEBARS: [url=http://65.102.174.116/rammount/productdetail.aspx?partnumber=RAP-319U&searchTerm=RAP-319U&item=1]RAP-319U[/url] |
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So I installed the U-bolt adapter last night and it seems like the U-bolt itself is way long for the application. Did you folks cut yours down?
I'm a bit undecided whether I want to keep the ball part on the mirror stem in place on a day to day basis as it is not the most elegant thing going. |
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I'm taking it off. More than anything else because the mirrors have been stolen twice already!
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Michael Moore wrote: So I installed the U-bolt adapter last night and it seems like the U-bolt itself is way long for the application. Did you folks cut yours down? Michael Moore wrote: I'm a bit undecided whether I want to keep the ball part on the mirror stem in place on a day to day basis as it is not the most elegant thing going. |
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Michael Moore wrote: So I installed the U-bolt adapter last night and it seems like the U-bolt itself is way long for the application. Did you folks cut yours down? Damn, thanks for reminding me about the dremel. I thought I'd need a hacksaw. Excellent! |
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