Did you use the cigarette lighter plug on the lower fairing ?
The power plug looks very long and I was worried about it hitting the tank.

 

garmin NUVI 500 with a ram mount on the clutch handle, hardwired with an adapter that steps 12v down to 5v.
paid 279 for nuvi, 30 for ram mount 15 for the adapter.

 

I have an 08 Road King with Garmin 205w. I've yet to see anyone describe how to hook up power cable on a Road King. I'd love to hear from those that have. Some have suggested hooking a cable to the left,unused switch next to the light switch. Also, has anyone used a different cable than the on that comes with the unit?

Thanks,
Banks

 

can anyone tell me how to wire a tom-tom directly to the passing lamp switch on a road king custom. i am not very good with electrical.

 

Garmin needs to place a "Get Intentionally Lost" button on their touch screen.

 

I am not very good with electrics either, but I know someone who is! Can't answer your question, but I can offer an alternative way of wiring in your TomTom, the same way I have just done mine.This will switch your TomTom on with the ignition. I have literally just come in from the garage, having proved it works on my old FLHS!

I have an early Rider with its mounting cradle and power wire. I used a modified Techmount on the r/h handlebar.

Use a four-pole auto relay, the sort used for auto lights, horns, etc. The one I used has terminals marked with the numbers: 30, 85, 86, 87. I used crimped connectors and everything is probably available at your local friendly auto parts store. Disconnect your battery before making any electrical modifications - electrickery can kick hard!

Find somewhere convenient to fix the relay - I put mine under my left side cover. Run a 30Amp fused power wire from the battery '+' terminal to 30; another wire to a convenient ground/earth screw from 86; the TomTom red wire to 87 (install another low-power fuse - I used 4Amp); then run a wire to 85 from the switched side of your ignition switch; run the black TomTom wire to a convenient ground/earth.

My bike has a row of thermal cutouts behind the instruments and I ran the 85 wire from the white/grey wired one, which is powered up when my ignition switch is turned to 'Ignition'.

When the ignition is switched on, 85 switches on the relay, which then switches power from the battery to your TomTom. When you turn the bike off, the relay switches off as well. You can use this new relay for adding other accessories (I am also adding an intercom). Later bikes than my old FLHS may have a more adaptable harness.

The attraction of this approach is that the only disturbance of the bike's original electrical system is taking a wire from that grey/white connector, which on my bike is a screw terminal and only needs a spanner.

 

I collect all those free shower caps in hotel rooms. They are great for covering any electronic equipment on the bike.

 

nuvi 550 here. it's waterproof. I have a ram handlebar mount.

 

GPSCITY.com
Has all the stuff you will need .....
Also Kuryakyn has come out with a bar clamp that you can
mount a ball to so you can use a any RAM mount on it
instead of the UGLY U-bolt type.
http://www.kuryakyn.com/index.cfm/go...ID/13/IMID/375
Rob ....

 

Just ordered one of those for my car yesterday. Walmart...$225. Previously had a 260, but accidentally dropped it out of my backpack in the garage one day and wife rolled over it with her SUV. Dead Nuvi. /cry

Will keep my Zumo 550 on the bike.

Wife also had a 550, but hated the form factor. She use to have a pink Nuvi 200 and preferred that body style, so we traded her 550 to a friend in exchange for a new 265WT. She's happy again, which is important. =)

Garmin, the only GPS for me.