Katie is hardwired...

[pampa]

Nice stuff, isn't there any room to put the socket on the instrument panel (drilling a hole) just for tidyness and may also e easier to hide the cables.

BTW, I am still to learn how to jump, I practising wheeling (with very little success) tho.

Cheers,
Pampa

[Waihou Thumper]

Nice stuff, isn't there any room to put the socket on the instrument panel (drilling a hole) just for tidyness and may also e easier to hide the cables.
Cheers,
Pampa

Two reasons I went for this option was...
1. drilling a hole was a bit keen, I didn't need to..
I may still when I get the guts to make a hole in the dash..I would be easy...
2. The cabling isn't bad. I can hide it but the thing is, if it is on the dash the charger is higher than the mount, therfore it can hit the bars when you turn.
You have to bear in mind the thing you are plugging in remember...
As in the case of the Ipod charger or similar it is 3 inches high and would hit the bars on left turn or right!
I pondered down by my leg for the plug too, although this wasn't good, I would hit it all the time with my leg and endanger the mount, might knock it off....

[Waihou Thumper]

Um you have a Cx which doesnt have the altimeter, barometer and electronic compass (the CSx has these). The Cx also has the better battery life of the two.

+1 for the free maps and Gary Turners topos. Now you just need to load up a whole heap of the routes from my web site or alternatively the map.

Cheers R

I have these functions on my watch.....Didn't need them...

[Waihou Thumper]

Idea for you. Get a peice of plate alloy, make the appropriate size hole in it to mount the plug and also make a hold the side of one of the handle bar clamp bolts and shape it as necessary. Take out one bar clamp bolt and put the plate in like a washer on top of the clamp. I've had my heated grips switch and my GPS mounted like this for a while now (switch on RHS bolt and GPS on LHS bolt). Best if you can put it in front of the bars though cause then you are more likely to keep your nads in a off and there tends to be more room.




Cheers R

That sounds great. I need to see. Reading this, I am a bit bam-boozled....
At then end of the day I don't want to lose it. At the same time I want to take it off without it being stolen, so it needs to be easily removeable.

[warewolf]

The best place was next to the clutch cable. It is out of the way, moves with the bars and is in easy reach.

Umm, personally I would be a little cautious about that set-up. It's tied to the front brake/speedo cables, which move A LOT as your front wheel moves through the 275mm of travel. Those cables also rub on the dash panel and the wire cable guard below it. Your cable ties may foul the dash if they go too low - top out the forks to remove the static sag to test this. You might be lucky, and the cabling will hold those two clear of the rub points

Ryan's suggestion is good. Or better still, buy the KTM roadbook holder which mounts to the dash's rubber anti-vibration mounts. What year is your bike? You've got the later style instruments, but not the power socket between them (where your little clock thingy is). It clears the bars etc with steering making no difference as it is in the centre of the bars. If you have to, put the socket there and move the clock to the side, where its neglible height won't foul the bars. The '05 has it's own power circuits for the power plug and the 2x road book devices, unused ex-factory, but it's all ready to plug in to in the connection frame under the dash.

[Waihou Thumper]

What year is your bike? You've got the later style instruments, but not the power socket between them (where your little clock thingy is).

I have a 2002 December.....The clock is actually just a battery one, no power there. It is stuck on with Velcro

[Waihou Thumper]

Umm, personally I would be a little cautious about that set-up. It's tied to the front brake/speedo cables, which move A LOT as your front wheel moves through the 275mm of travel. Those cables also rub on the dash panel and the wire cable guard below

Yes, they do move a lot, I have them sheathed in the conduit, might help there. I did try this out and they do not rub, but up and down over time may work loose. I will re-visit this.

[CookMySock]

The other place to put a small gps is velcroed and strapped on your sleeve. Yeah getting the wiring to it will be awkward, but maybe it just needs to charge for a little while and then unplug. Or else mount it to the bars on a stainless bracket that can be bent and bent back in case of an oops.

Gee you lot are having fun adventure riding - the next bike might have to a big single.

What do you use the GPS for? Or is it another little thing that just adds to the fun? (gotta have them!)

Cheers,
Steve

[cooneyr]

That sounds great. I need to see. Reading this, I am a bit bam-boozled....
At then end of the day I don't want to lose it. At the same time I want to take it off without it being stolen, so it needs to be easily removeable.

Hope these pics help. You can probably see from this I'm not into buying after market stuff that I can make myself even if it does look a little bodgy. The GPS mount has worked really well by the way. Never had a shut down and it has only come apart once during a rough 60kph off.

Seems I was a little confused about which bolt was used for which though.

Cheers R

[Waihou Thumper]

Gee you lot are having fun adventure riding - the next bike might have to a big single.

What do you use the GPS for? Or is it another little thing that just adds to the fun? (gotta have them!)

Cheers,
Steve

Hi Steve. The main thing is that the day before a ride or some time prior, I can sit and plan a route on the map at home. I use the computer, plan the route and see the distance etc. Then, next day look forward to going that way by using the GPS. I can explore new roads, tracks and use the GPS to guide me in all directions.
I can also use it to make a track. I can just ride and then plot the results at home for the next time, should I want to repeat the same ride.
I wasn't going to go down that track (pun intended) but at the end of the day it is better than a map, plus I don't have to stop and read it, I can see as I go....

[cooneyr]

....What do you use the GPS for? Or is it another little thing that just adds to the fun? (gotta have them!)....

My web site (see sig) is a good starting point. Plenty of route information you can load onto a GPS on there. I will do a major update some day soon I promise!

Cheers R

[Waihou Thumper]

Hope these pics help. You can probably see from this I'm not into buying after market stuff that I can make myself even if it does look a little bodgy. The GPS mount has worked really well by the way. Never had a shut down and it has only come apart once during a rough 60kph off.

Seems I was a little confused about which bolt was used for which though.

Cheers R

Looks good, clever aren't ya....
I can see that the 12V adaptor mounted in this fashion would work.

[NordieBoy]

Hope these pics help.

OMG! You should be ashamed of yourself!

Looks like something I would do.

[NordieBoy]

Gee you lot are having fun adventure riding - the next bike might have to a big single.

What do you use the GPS for? Or is it another little thing that just adds to the fun? (gotta have them!)

Main thing for me is I have no sense of direction and can't remember a track untill I've been over it a few times.
The GPS can also tell me if this interesting looking track joins up with any others.

If you're half an hour into a maze of forestry tracks it can be a godsend

[XF650]

Recently saw a guy in the Nevis with WR450 that had GPS unit mounted into a foam pad that was attached to bars cross brace. It was a horizontal type GPS. Wish now I had taken a pic.