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Garmin makes the best GPS mounts IMHO. If you have a Garmin GPS those folks will bend over backwards to help you out.

 

 

Boomer.....who never leaves home without his Garmin and American Express.:happy34:

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I have my Garmin 2720 (and Sirius Radio) mounted to my handlebar with short body ram mounts.

 

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9EMyKcng_yA/SkYU88bxLyI/AAAAAAAACac/fC2YRYO6U9A/s800/P6270652.JPG

 

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9EMyKcng_yA/SgcFVKKs-hI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/XCe8Xjfx3l0/s800/P5100251.JPG

I have since replaced the white home grown bar clamps with Ram mount U clamps, but u get the idea.

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Probably won't work on newer ones.

 

Brazed a nut to the handlebar nut.

 

Heavy Duty velcro.

 

saw similar idea on here or other web site. They had used a coupling nut in place of handle bar nut. This nut is odd size, could not find coupling nut that would work.

 

Radar detector mount is made out of two old mirrors cut & brazed together and a new mounting plate.

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Well Guys,

 

The cleanest ram ball mount I have found is made by Motorcycle Larry and is a replacement brake or clutch reservoir cover with an extention that will take a standard Ram ball. When I first saw one, it was on a ST1300 and when I looked at his site, I saw that they only made them for Hondas, BMWs and only the FJR for Yamaha. And when I called they were not interested in the start up cost to make one for our bike, so I was S O O Luck. But then later a friend brought a ST1100 that he had just bought by my place to look over. That's when I noticed the reservoir cover looked alot like ours. So I went and dug out an old one from my spare parts bin....and it was the same. So I ordered 2 single ball mounts for a ST and everything mounted up just fine. With a ball on the reservoir cover, the short and medium Ram arms work out perfect.

 

http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4&products_id=8

 

Oh, the ones he makes now does not have the MCL engraved on the cover.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rick

Edited by Rick Butler
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted
Well Guys,

 

The cleanest ram ball mount I have found is made by Motorcycle Larry and is a replacement brake or clutch reservoir cover with an extention that will take a standard Ram ball. When I first saw one, it was on a ST1300 and when I looked at his site, I saw that they only made them for Hondas, BMWs and only the FJR for Yamaha. And when I called they were not interested in the start up cost to make one for our bike, so I was S O O Luck. But then later a friend brought a ST1100 that he had just bought by my place to look over. That's when I noticed the reservoir cover looked alot like ours. So I went and dug out an old one from my spare parts bin....and it was the same. So I ordered 2 single ball mounts for a ST and everything mounted up just fine. With a ball on the reservoir cover, the short and medium Ram arms work out perfect.

 

http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4&products_id=8

 

Oh, the ones he makes now does not have the MCL engraved on the cover.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rick

 

Rick,

I saw yours at the International Rally at the Hub. Looked great, much better than the Ubolt that comes with the mount. I just ordered one for my bike. Thanks for this info.

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http://www.motorcyclelarry.com/index...&products_id=8

 

>>>Oh, the ones he makes now does not have the MCL engraved on the cover.>>

 

Hope this helps,

 

>>Rick>>>

 

 

would anyone know of a match for the 1st gen bikes?

its a nice clean setup

 

Brian

Brian , i 2nd that !

i took a old master cyl. chrome cover that came on our 1st gens and glued the suction cup on it with amazing goop , it works even these Tx roads

Thom

Edited by Thom
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I am such a cheapskate I built my own mount. Nothing more than a chunk of flat iron and a fuel line clamp from an 8.3 L cummins.

Visible just above the handlebar and close enough to the windshield that it only got the odd drop of rain on it during light to moderate monsoons with some hail.

  • 4 weeks later...
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I just bought a Garmin Quest 2, and the mount setup like Sling's.

 

The best price I found for the hard-wired GPS cradle for the Quest was from Amazon ($45 with free shipping), and for the RAM assembly from GPS City (about $30 shipped with the 4-hole square plate).

 

While I was buying everything, I ended up buying a second Garmin Quest 2, which I don't need (long story). I'm not sure what to do with it, so I'll probably post it in the classifieds or something.

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