GPS Mounting
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Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Baton Rouge, LA
RE: GPS Mounting
ORIGINAL: oiler47712
i just picked up one of these:
http://www.kuryakyn.com/products.asp?bn=harley&ci=3886
haven't put it on yet, but plan on using for my sirius.
do what geoff says about hitting up radio shack to plug into the aux. port.
i just picked up one of these:
http://www.kuryakyn.com/products.asp?bn=harley&ci=3886
haven't put it on yet, but plan on using for my sirius.
do what geoff says about hitting up radio shack to plug into the aux. port.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2007
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RE: GPS Mounting
This sounds silly, but it works for me. I bought a Garmin 330. It came with a round metal plate, with double sided sticky tape on the bottm, designed to be mounted on the dash board of a vehicle. I had one of those handlebar mounted mug holders that I had purchased earlier but didn't like. Looking at the metal plate that came with the GPS, I thought it would mount on the ring to the cup holder. tried it and it was a perfect fit. I now have a GPS mount. When not using the GPS all iI have to do is life the ring out of it's mounting bracket that is secured to my handlebar, very little to see if I don't have theGPS on it. It works great for me, plus it is real close to the cigarette lighter so running power is no problem either.
6th Gear
Joined: Jul 2007
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RE: GPS Mounting
the gas tank mount does not have a hole to run the cables through, so they'll be in full view. this is not a big deal to me since the mount is so close to the fairing. i don't want to go through the process of hard-wiring my radio into the electrical system. the mount is actually a replacement cover for your stock cover. i went this direction because i didn't want to have my radio hanging from my bars.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Grand Island , New York
RE: GPS Mounting
I have just used the suctrion cup mount in the corner of the windshield , works fine.
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Joined: Nov 2007
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From: TX
RE: GPS Mounting
ORIGINAL: gman
I used the mount from cyclegadgets.com. You can hook the voice to the aux port of the radio, but that is all you will hear (no radio, etc.) Or you can get a small earphone (like what the cops use) that fits into your ear, and use the accessory cord from HD used for the radar detector. I got it, but the voice was too distracting, so just use the visual prompts from the GPS with no problems.
I hard wired the GPS to the back of the cigarette lighter (under the fairing). works like a dream.
I used the mount from cyclegadgets.com. You can hook the voice to the aux port of the radio, but that is all you will hear (no radio, etc.) Or you can get a small earphone (like what the cops use) that fits into your ear, and use the accessory cord from HD used for the radar detector. I got it, but the voice was too distracting, so just use the visual prompts from the GPS with no problems.
I hard wired the GPS to the back of the cigarette lighter (under the fairing). works like a dream.
My Zumo mount is pretty much the same as this, a ram ball and short arm to a ball plate on the back of the cradle. Power goes to the cig lighter mounted on the left side under the seat (RKC). Works fine even with some pretty decent vibs at idle.
I have to move the unit from one bike to another or carfrom time to time and this makes the swap easy. Also replaced the Zumo security screw with an aftermarket thumbscrew so the gps is easy to pull from the cradle without tools.
Relatively cheap, semi permanent, easy to move.