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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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I just purchased a Garmin Nuvi 200 on Ebay. I know it's not made for motorcycles but after market mounts are available to mount the unit on the bars. Baggers bars a rubber mounted so they vibrate alot at idle. Will this vibration cause problems with a GPS such as the little Garmin? Should I try to find a place other than the handlebars for mounting the unit?

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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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I have my Nuvi 350 mounted on the Ram mount on the bars of my WG. Not alot of miles on it so far. Maybe 500 miles. But it still works. Time will tell. For no more than I would use it, I could not see spending the extra money for the Zumo.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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My Zumo shakes like crazy at idle. All solid state, no moving parts.
Shouldn't be a problem. Rain on the other hand could be a problem.[:@]
 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Here's what I did with my Streetpilot:

https://www.hdforums.com/m_3128794/tm.htm



 
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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Here's what I did with my Streetpilot:

https://www.hdforums.com/m_3128794/tm.htm



Now thats a great idea. I saw your original post, but
you wern't happy with it at that time.
Glad to see you kept at it until it worked. Good job
 
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