Is there somebody who had experience with this ram mount for navigation ?
http://www.gps.nl/honda1.html#LayoutRegion3LYRCan imagine that the installation height of the navigation is more or less connected to a roadview.
Curious about your opinion !
Is there somebody who had experience with this ram mount for navigation ?
http://www.gps.nl/honda1.html#LayoutRegion3LYR
Can imagine that the installation height of the navigation is more or less connected to a roadview.
Curious about your opinion !
Yes, I have! But I found the original too expensive and made one myself !
I like the position of the gps in my line of sight. Got a TomTom Ride with a Cardo headset so looking at the gps is not really necessary : i'm told where to go.
More can be found in another topic here
http://www.vci-forum.com/index.php?topic=288.0
I know this is an old thread, but I've been hunting XL1000V forums and there isn't a lot of information about mounting a GPS on the tank bolts rather than up by the windscreen or on the handlebar/triple.
Here's an alternative way to mount your GPS and have it fixed in view and remain out of the way of your handlebars.
What’s required for mounting the GPS and SPOT on the bike:
- Power Cable
- RAM-B-309-1U Motorcycle Handle Base (attached to front brake reservoir)
- RAM-B-347U Rectangular AMPS Plate (attached to Zumo cradle)
- RAM-B-231-NHU Rail Plate with 1 inch ball (attached with tank bolts – has extended height 1″ ball)
- RAM-B-201U-C Long Arm B-Socket (raises GPS above fuel tank)
- Hardware store (Home Depot about $1.50 CDN) – 6mm x 40mm Coarse Thread Cap Bolt
This will mount the GPS to the tank bolts and the SPOT communicator to the front brake reservoir. Easy peasy and took about 1/2 an hour to set up.
Here are the results:
Have mounted like that previously but eyesight have to much devitation from the road and therefor a mount above dashboard was needed
I go with you Magnus.
I´ll post my solution, which is not expensive, next days. First I have to take a foto of the mount.
Rainer
I have a Ram mount next to the clutch lever and easily visible with no interference when using a tank bag. For me, line of sight was not an issue when using GPS for speed in mph when riding in the USA. One day, I may try to install it behind the windshield but it's good for now.
I purchased the Honda part for my GPS and it is positioned really well for line of sight and road line of sight.
Two problems for me though, it brings the GPS closer to my eyes and being long sighted I sometimes have trouble reading it, it does not sit in the right place for the graduated lenses in my riding glasses. Also it flexes a little bit when riding on semi rough terrain. I expect the mount to flex on rough terrain, but when riding pavement I would expect the GPS mount to hold relatively firmly. The vibrations also make it difficult to read. I'm about to modify it to stiffen it up a little.
My solution is about 15 EUROs (without the TT-GPS-holster).
Please see the attachements.
Greetings from the South of Germany
Rainer