Gps mounts
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6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: New Britain CT
I have mine on the left handle bar, I have almost gotten in trouble more than a few times by averting my eyes down an to the left. So I'm lookin to relocate it on my fairing more centered in my line of vision. I plan to mount my base ball that the u bolt clamps to my handle bar vertically on the flat surface near the windshield, above and between the speedo an tach, using a short 2.5" double socket swivle ordered from Ram Mounts. The vertical mounting of the base ball will allow me to position the GPS a little above my gauges and 2 inches foward of the inner fairing. Giving it a nice clean look, I'll drill a small hole and seal for the hard rewiring of the cable.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Minnesota, USA
I hard wired mine to the Kuyakyn Fuel door mount. I'm using a Garmin 765T and a RAM mount with a couple of mount convertors. For the power, I wired into the HD accessory connection by taking off my console and using an aftermarket hard wire 5 volt to 12 volt converter. If you look in the wiring diagram you can use this connector without having to use the switch on the console. My GPS turns on when I turn on the ignition and the accessory switch is still in the off position. I like that my GPS is right in front of me and doesn't vibrate like it would if mounted to the handlebars. I feel this is a better mount than on the handlebars as it is in my line of sight as if I was looking at my speedo or my tach. I only have to look straight ahead at the 12 o' clock position and then down to 6 o' clock to see the GPS. The GPS is closer to my field of view and I can see the screen instantly. If you need more information for the mounts and how I wired this up, send a PM...
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 267
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From: Jacksonville, NC
I use the same GPS (765T) and use the ram mount as well. I had another plug wired under the fairing to keep the lighter available. the GPS works really good and have no complaints at all (with the ram mount) vibrations, lighting, etc. I also don't notice any vibration on mine while riding. the one complaint i have on the Nuvi is the crappy docking port. first it started going crazy because it wasn't charging,then one day while i was disconnecting it from my car and pulled out the dam jack from the port basically breaking it. since i like fixing things, i found another power plug on Ebay and that somehow stopped working. so i them opened the port and solderd the power plug wires to the back of the docking port (internally and permanently) as well. it was a real PITA because the wires are so thin and the tracings on the circuit board are small as well. now, it works much better then i imagined and expected traffic info as well. Now i have an extra power cord for the truck. Sorry the pics are a little bad but, you can see what i did.
-Cep
-Cep
Last edited by Cep10SG; Sep 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM. Reason: add pictures
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