Ram mounts
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Has anybody had issues with vibration damaging a smart phone while in an X grip? I'm thinking of mounting on on the bars of my Road King but I use poly bushings and at idle my bars shake a bit.
Also for the X grip users: do you put a rubber band around the fingers of the mount as a fail safe?
Also for the X grip users: do you put a rubber band around the fingers of the mount as a fail safe?
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There is nothing vibration dampening about ram mounts. If the bars shake, the ram mount shakes, and the item being held shakes. Use the really long Ram arm and I can even get things flapping.
I've both the Kuryakyn mount the OP has on one side, and a Ram mount on the other. The items sitting in either both vibrate about the same.
I've both the Kuryakyn mount the OP has on one side, and a Ram mount on the other. The items sitting in either both vibrate about the same.
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Have you looked into this
http://www.tandtfabrications.com/gps...ne-photos.html
or something similar?
http://www.tandtfabrications.com/gps...ne-photos.html
or something similar?
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There is nothing vibration dampening about ram mounts. If the bars shake, the ram mount shakes, and the item being held shakes. Use the really long Ram arm and I can even get things flapping.
I've both the Kuryakyn mount the OP has on one side, and a Ram mount on the other. The items sitting in either both vibrate about the same.
I've both the Kuryakyn mount the OP has on one side, and a Ram mount on the other. The items sitting in either both vibrate about the same.
This is what I worried about.
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These devices are solid state circuitry, they don't have resistors or capacitors and such soldered in place, standing on little legs that are prone to breakage.
I'm not going to say damage is impossible, because someone somewhere I'm sure has had a phone break in a handlebar mount. I am willing to say it would be darn rare.
I even have my phone and GPS handlebar mounted on my dual sport, and have gone charging down rough trails and such where they get well beaten on, and have not had a problem.
I'm not going to say damage is impossible, because someone somewhere I'm sure has had a phone break in a handlebar mount. I am willing to say it would be darn rare.
I even have my phone and GPS handlebar mounted on my dual sport, and have gone charging down rough trails and such where they get well beaten on, and have not had a problem.
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These devices are solid state circuitry, they don't have resistors or capacitors and such soldered in place, standing on little legs that are prone to breakage.
I'm not going to say damage is impossible, because someone somewhere I'm sure has had a phone break in a handlebar mount. I am willing to say it would be darn rare.
I even have my phone and GPS handlebar mounted on my dual sport, and have gone charging down rough trails and such where they get well beaten on, and have not had a problem.
I'm not going to say damage is impossible, because someone somewhere I'm sure has had a phone break in a handlebar mount. I am willing to say it would be darn rare.
I even have my phone and GPS handlebar mounted on my dual sport, and have gone charging down rough trails and such where they get well beaten on, and have not had a problem.