[horse]

Hi there:
Made a flat bar from 1/8 aluminum and 3 little Z clamps from 1/16 aluminum. Atatched it to the handlebar with two 1 3/8 x 2 U bolts. (made the Z clamps because I didn't want to rely only on the suction cup) Had everything powder coated along with a backrest I made. Cost .... 2 u bolts @ $1.40 ea. , aluminum (I already had) , powder coating = a case of beer.

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[sabunim5]

I would sure like to have some info. on and pics of the backrest you mentioned. I am thinking of starting to fad one myself as I'm getting tired of waiting on BRP's overpriced and so far unavailabe backrest. I am going to tear the rear apart this weekend to determine what my attachment options are.
sabunim5

[horse]

sabunim5, on Apr 25 2008, 11:55 AM, said:

I would sure like to have some info. on and pics of the backrest you mentioned. I am thinking of starting to fad one myself as I'm getting tired of waiting on BRP's overpriced and so far unavailabe backrest. I am going to tear the rear apart this weekend to determine what my attachment options are.
abunim5

just waiting for the upholsterer to do the unit.... will post during assembly. Had it powder coated silver... looked great,but, showed up my poor welding. Sand blasted unit , rewelded it and had it powder coated black.
looks ok but silver was a little nicer.

[Director]

horse, on Apr 25 2008, 12:02 PM, said:

Hi there:
Made a flat bar from 1/8 aluminum and 3 little Z clamps from 1/16 aluminum. Atatched it to the handlebar with two 1 3/8 x 2 U bolts. (made the Z clamps because I didn't want to rely only on the suction cup) Had everything powder coated along with a backrest I made. Cost .... 2 u bolts @ $1.40 ea. , aluminum (I already had) , powder coating = a case of beer.

Nice work bro! It looks very professional.

Cheers,

Bruce

[Venym]

I posted this before but there are alot of newbies so, here are my picks for my Garmin Nuvi GPS mount bracket.

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[Rokonman]

Venym, on Apr 25 2008, 11:27 PM, said:

I posted this before but there are alot of newbies so, here are my picks for my Garmin Nuvi GPS mount bracket.

I may have missed it but is the ball a std. size?(RAM) Who's clamp is that?

[Venym]

the ball is all the same for the factory Garmin mount. same size ball as the suction cup mount. so the Garmin mount fits perfect on the ball. The GPS is very sterdy. I actually got this mount on ebay. Very cheap, very clean. No drilling. It just clamps around your handle bars. You can take it off at any point.

[Putt-Putt]

Venym, on Apr 26 2008, 11:02 AM, said:

the ball is all the same for the factory Garmin mount. same size ball as the suction cup mount. so the Garmin mount fits perfect on the ball. The GPS is very sterdy. I actually got this mount on ebay. Very cheap, very clean. No drilling. It just clamps around your handle bars. You can take it off at any point.

Thanks for the info. very clean looking. But you must of made the clamp around the H-bars?

This post has been edited by Putt-Putt: 04 May 2008 - 10:23 PM

[jpcspyder]

Venym, on Apr 26 2008, 12:02 PM, said:

the ball is all the same for the factory Garmin mount. same size ball as the suction cup mount. so the Garmin mount fits perfect on the ball. The GPS is very sterdy. I actually got this mount on ebay. Very cheap, very clean. No drilling. It just clamps around your handle bars. You can take it off at any point.

Ok, so all this reminds me of the space pen joke. It goes like this: NASA spent millions of dollars inventing a pen that would work in zero gravity so that astronauts would have something to write with in space. The russians, they took a pencil! Ba doom crash, I'm here all week, try the veal.

My point is, I just suction cupped my Nuvi to the speedometer side of the instrument cluster. for safety, I ran the power cord under the wind screen and into the trunk and plugged it into the power outlet. That way, if for some reason the suction cup came off, I would not lose the gps.

With the gps suctioned on the right side, I was able to still see speed via the digital readout and there was no clearance issue with the steering. The left side is no good because the clutch fluid reservior can hit the gps on that side when turning sharply. I rode 120 miles with it on there and had no issue at all. I like that it is protected from the wind as well.

Best part? ZERO money spent! Use the pencil people, use the pencil.

[pphantom538]

jpcspyder, on May 5 2008, 10:37 AM, said:

Ok, so all this reminds me of the space pen joke. It goes like this: NASA spent millions of dollars inventing a pen that would work in zero gravity so that astronauts would have something to write with in space. The russians, they took a pencil! Ba doom crash, I'm here all week, try the veal.

My point is, I just suction cupped my Nuvi to the speedometer side of the instrument cluster. for safety, I ran the power cord under the wind screen and into the trunk and plugged it into the power outlet. That way, if for some reason the suction cup came off, I would not lose the gps.

With the gps suctioned on the right side, I was able to still see speed via the digital readout and there was no clearance issue with the steering. The left side is no good because the clutch fluid reservior can hit the gps on that side when turning sharply. I rode 120 miles with it on there and had no issue at all. I like that it is protected from the wind as well.

Best part? ZERO money spent! Use the pencil people, use the pencil.

I like pencils!

[Venym]

did you try the suction cup to the windshield? I was going to try that. Then I found my $20 mount. I like pencils too. Sometime it's better to use a pen though. I like to think of my mount as an erasable pen.

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[jpcspyder]

Venym, on May 6 2008, 09:12 AM, said:

did you try the suction cup to the windshield? I was going to try that. Then I found my $20 mount. I like pencils too. Sometime it's better to use a pen though. I like to think of my mount as an erasable pen.

I miss-wrote. I suction cupped on the right side over the TACH. Who needs a tach anyway

No, I didn't try the windshield. I doubt that would work.