Author Topic: Gps holder (Read 9729 times)

laroze · « **on:** July 14, 2016, 15:22:21 »

Hi , here's my work on a gps holder for my V.
Could not find anything on the market suited for my needs, so made my own...

wurzel · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2016, 16:49:44 »

That looks great!

laroze · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2016, 17:21:29 »

Thank you, if anyone is interested , I can explain how to do it. Just a few euros to build ... Final result is almost as good as na original part

sasha28yug · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2016, 16:01:05 »

I would be interested in some more pictures of the bar that you used but not on the screen... and if you could tell me what sort of paint you used to make it look good.
Cheers

laroze · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2016, 17:53:57 »

Sure , I can send you some more pictures and measures

SuMo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2016, 20:18:41 »

Laroze for the buck your mount won't be beaten.

But there are at least two mounts on the market for the V2.

Adventuretech:
http://www.adventuretech.biz/over-the-dash-gps-mounts.html
http://www.stromtrooper.com/dl1000a-2014/321450-Garmin-Zumo-mounts-what-you-using.html

new model without the engraving

Ravetech:
http://ravetechmotorcycles.com/store/en/Suzuki-dl-1000-v-strom/17-DL1000-gps-dash-mount.html
http://www.stromtrooper.com/ravetech-motorcycles/270249-DL1000-gps-dash-mount.html

laroze · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2016, 20:40:40 »

Thanks ! I already knew both but my homemade is inexpensive as does the same job

Kevinc · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2016, 08:17:15 »

I have fitted the Ravetech GPS holder to my 2014 DL. However, it comes with a 1" Ram ball, and I use a Garmin satnav so I bought a converter, which is about 3 inches long. This looks great when the bike is stationary, but when on the move there is a lot of vibration that shakes the satnav. I will upload a picture later today.

Ravetech · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2016, 10:26:41 »

The 2" link arm mounted vertically is best.

TLPower · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2016, 18:53:34 »

I had a similar set up behind the screen. Unfortunately it was in the airflow and caused horrible buffeting.

Kevinc · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2016, 18:04:50 »

This is the Ravetech mount fitted, and adapter for my Garmin GPS. Just need to work out how to stabilise it to get less vibration.

L3nny · « **Reply #11 on:** August 05, 2016, 15:22:17 »

I bought the ravetech too. It us useless as it vibrates so much and after a year it's started to rust. I just used the handlebar mount that came with my TomTom

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TravellingStrom · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2016, 13:20:21 »

I have tried a few mounts over the years, and quite a few have failed. Due to my own circumstances, I ended up with a system that worked for me. Namely, a Pat Walsh Dash Shelf, and this allowed me to mount a few units on the same shelf.

But, I also utilised the RAM mounts that were designed for certain equipment. My Montana GPS RAM mount has been the ducks nuts for many years.

The failures in equipment I have suffered, have been more to do with ball mounts on the handlebars

Cheers
TS

Ravetech · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2016, 17:30:45 »

I hear you chaps. OK I think we can agree that the line of sight is the preferred position. The problem with vibrations baffles me a little in that I have never found it to excessive and I ride on some piss poor roads here in Thailand, but maybe I am looking at this the wrong way around as I use the GPS as a reference so I am not looking for HD movie quality either. When I am off road I am usually stood up and in this position the GPS is out of vision and the last thing I wish to look at also. "But" I am listening and for some improvement is required. Vibrations stem from movement in the screen spring mounted brackets and I am currently looking at fitting different or additional springs that may help and when I find a good simple solution I'll pass on the news as I suspect this may improve things and springs are easily available at any good nut and bolt shop and cheap enough also. Not heard any other complaints on corrosion L3nny but I wish you had told me so as that could have been logged and dealt with.

Ratcatcher · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2016, 15:28:45 »

I too have the ravetech bracket and found it vibrates a bit, first using some foam behind the actual Garmin bracket, improved it a bit, but when I set off to Tuscany I put red my travelling companion behind it and this improved it greatly.
Last year withe the Garmin supplied bracket on the clutch lever the satnav was too far out of my line of site.
No corrosion on my bracket.

Rusty Nuts · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2016, 15:41:28 »

Thy're also quite good at holding cameras.

In me shed · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2016, 15:56:57 »

Tested my home made solution today and seems to work OK

a little bouncy on bumpy roads but I'm OK with that.

Ravetech · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2016, 17:06:27 »

Here in Thailand we have some seriously bad roads and I have not found the vib's to be to much of an issue. I do ride with the screen in the most forward position so the springs are at full tension. Being curious for the chaps that are having some problems I pulled the dash the other day to have a look at what could be done. I removed one of the springs and visited the hardware store to see what springs they had and ended up with some smaller springs to go inside the existing springs. The springs I chose were 75mm long and they had three types in this size of different strengths and I went with the medium strength with a wire size of 1mm. They were easy enough to fit and the screen still moves as it should through the different positions and it does seam to have stiffened things up and may be worth a try as the springs are cheap enough and the job takes less than 30 minutes.

In me shed · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2016, 19:14:20 »

I found mine a bit too bouncy in the end so made an extra bracket to tie it to the Airflow

laroze · « **Reply #19 on:** March 14, 2017, 11:12:45 »

Hi ,
here´s a new holder idea.