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ammolab wrote:I hope the Wife has a nice Trucker's Bar or somewhere similar to "hide" as well.

isn't nice and truckers bar an oxymoron?

This is where I hide from the wife....it's my big boys playpen

I initially wired mine direct to the battery...but when I took the bike in for its 600mile service I asked the dealer to wire it in for me. I seem to recall they said there was a connector point somewhere near the front of the petrol tank

The simplest solution seems to be to replace one of the bolts that hold the handlebar on with a ball and use a ram mount ... That's what I did - this is the best pic I've got that shows how my mount is situated. It puts the unit just inside the left switchgear and easy reach. I get some glare every...

The simplest solution seems to be to replace one of the bolts that hold the handlebar on with a ball and use a ram mount of a length that allows positioning out of eyeliner to the instruments and adjustable to get the display in shade from the sunshine....this site seems to do everything to do with ...

shoei = shoe

It must be love....! Actually, the few occasions I have been caught in heavy rain I have been hugely impressed by how safe and stable the bike felt. Biggest problem is keeping clear vision. Not so bad on motorways where you can keep enough speed to blow visor clear, but smaller back roads it's a re...

Thanks gents, lots of ingenuity on display and lots of ideas on the possibilities now.

I just got back from a really wet and cold ride out....I must be mad

Here are a few photos. Self explanatory I hope! Not a great work of machining art but functional(for me). You will note top part of handlebar clamp is not flat so avoided mounting on top of this. Mine an be rotated to suit rider. Wiring has since been tidied and connected to loom. http://i652.photo...

Here is what I did. I use a 5" Garmin GPS. What the %^$^# is "pants? LOL @$6.00 http://users.zoominternet.net/~r1200r/gpsmount3.JPG http://users.zoominternet.net/~r1200r/gpsmount.JPG http://users.zoominternet.net/~r1200r/gpsmount1.JPG That looks like the kind of solution I was thinking of...

I made up my owm mount which bridges the handlebar mount and keeps the satnav close to the steering head. I will try and post a few pics in a couple of days. It is important to angle the screen back otherwise it reflects sky, sun etc and is unreadable. Also I use my Tomtom without bluetooth connect...

I dont have a picture but many people use ram mounts. They can be attached to handle bar or screen bracket and easily adjusted to position the gps wherever you want it with a ball and socket adjustable design. Thats what I've been using on my last bike and I can see how I could adopt the same on my...

I forgot to mention mine is a Tomtom Rider 2

As the title say......anyone got pics of how they attached a satnav hopefully so it looks like it grew there or at least looks neat?

thanks in advance

a picasso cubist bike?

Just got back from my first ride....Headed west towards Hadrians Wall in Northumberland then cut up North to Kielder via Chollerford. Temperature varied between 8- 12 degrees C so I had a couple of stops for cups of hot tea to thaw out a bit. This bike is a contender for one of the best bikes I've e...

I had the dealer fit the mudsling....looks almost OEM. Next challenge is fitting my tom-tom rider 2 neatly

Off out soon for 1st ride.... my first date with my new girl

I eventually felt I should come inside from the garage and stop grinning. Tomorrow is first ride....so Northumberland here we come

Here it is at last...shame I can't ride it until after midnight tonight

Well the day has finally arrived....sitting here at 8.05am drinking a coffee, just a morning of meetings then home for it's arrival around 2.30pm. Exciting or what? :D :D :D I'll post some pics later in its new home next to my 3 other boxer engined vehicles, which are a 1968 1300 beetle, a 1970 Karm...