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SMOKEU
15th July 2012, 18:18
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I'm after a radar detector mounting bracket similar to the ones pictured above. If anyone has something similar that they want to sell then let me know as I'm not paying $150+ for a new one.
Quasievil
15th July 2012, 18:43
I'm after a radar detector mounting bracket similar to the ones pictured above. If anyone has something similar that they want to sell then let me know as I'm not paying $150+ for a new one.
I got one, will try to remember to put a pic up tomorrow for you
SMOKEU
15th July 2012, 18:46
I got one, will try to remember to put a pic up tomorrow for you
Thanks. The round bar I want to mount it to has a 15mm diameter, but I can put some inner tube or something like that around the bar if the bracket is too big. I'm willing to pay a reasonable price for a good one, just nowhere near $150 like the ones at Radar Direct.
Dschubba
16th July 2012, 13:13
Got one here, unused, tech mount, for $90
WN 2346321
Sean
Quasievil
16th July 2012, 13:25
Thanks. The round bar I want to mount it to has a 15mm diameter, but I can put some inner tube or something like that around the bar if the bracket is too big. I'm willing to pay a reasonable price for a good one, just nowhere near $150 like the ones at Radar Direct.
15mm ? thats 1.5cm bro !
Mine is about 22cm Internal, it mounted to the top of the suspension on my Ducati 999
its a TechMount brand
SMOKEU
16th July 2012, 13:44
15mm ? thats 1.5cm bro !
Mine is about 22cm Internal, it mounted to the top of the suspension on my Ducati 999
its a TechMount brand
Yup, the diameter of the bar I'm going to mount it to is 15mm.
tigertim20
16th July 2012, 18:20
Yup, the diameter of the bar I'm going to mount it to is 15mm.
youll be wanting to mount it to the cage-like top fairing support right?
Mate, you can make them for two fifths of fuckall, a trip to bunnings with a $20 note should see you with the bits you need, with enough change for some maccas on the way home. a couple hours fiddling, and youre done.
make one yourself!
SMOKEU
16th July 2012, 18:32
youll be wanting to mount it to the cage-like top fairing support right?
Mate, you can make them for two fifths of fuckall, a trip to bunnings with a $20 note should see you with the bits you need, with enough change for some maccas on the way home. a couple hours fiddling, and youre done.
make one yourself!
That's right. I've been to Bunnings, I've been to Blacks Fasteners and a few other places, and no one has anything even remotely similar to what I'm after. I've even taken some neatly drawn pictures of what I want, and I get looked at like I'm some crazy person followed by a firm "we don't sell that sort of thing".
I want a 2 piece ring clamp, sort of like rifle scope rings, only smaller so I can easily remove the mount if I want to. I would be very happy if you could tell me what I need, and I do have access to a welder and scrap bits of steel.
hayd3n
16th July 2012, 18:38
That's right. I've been to Bunnings, I've been to Blacks Fasteners and a few other places, and no one has anything even remotely similar to what I'm after. I've even taken some neatly drawn pictures of what I want, and I get looked at like I'm some crazy person followed by a firm "we don't sell that sort of thing".
I want a 2 piece ring clamp, sort of like rifle scope rings, only smaller so I can easily remove the mount if I want to. I would be very happy if you could tell me what I need, and I do have access to a welder and scrap bits of steel.
a hose clamp or pipe clamp and weld a bracket to it simple
far out you could make one out of mechano
tigertim20
16th July 2012, 19:35
pretty much what Hayd3n said.
I have found that going to places like bunnings and telling them you are building something for a bike immediately makes them think they cant help you.
Go for a wander through the shop, you will find what you need, a couple of small hoseclamps and a small section of 3mm steel would do, add a touch of black spray paint and voila!
a million different ways to do it!
$90 would be 2 and a half tanks of gas for the akaroa GP, dont waste it!!!
Damantis
17th July 2012, 21:14
And even I can make one. Just put pencil to paper and before you know it, you'll have a plan.
Those professional tech-mounts DO look the part tho. Just bloody expensive for what you're really buying.
FJRider
17th July 2012, 21:22
I want a 2 piece ring clamp, sort of like rifle scope rings, only smaller so I can easily remove the mount if I want to. I would be very happy if you could tell me what I need, and I do have access to a welder and scrap bits of steel.
I've seen some home made ... using a handlebar threaded mirror mount as the base.
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