stabtherasher
Registered user
Is it just me or does anybody else out there hate the 660 mounting cradle????
All those bloody cables.
When I had a 550 things were much simpler.
I used a short Powerlet cable to connect to my on second on-board socket at the side of my tank on my 1200 GSA and when I wanted to remove the thing all I had to do was release the ram mount, unplug from the socket and voila everything was safe and secure in my posesssion away from the bike.
Why was Garmin so concerned with all of those bloody cables and with hard wiring the thing into the main harness. Now I have a permanent mount that I live in fear of being damaged or stolen, lots of cable ties and lots of additional redundant cable.
The mount provided for car use comes closest to my 550 solution but cannot be mounted on a bike.
Does anybody know anybody who can come up with a decent removable mounting system for the 660 along the lines described?
I see that Touratech have come up with what may look like a partial solution but only by cannibalising the cables (see their UK webshop article number 01-065-114-0). I wonder could that be connected to a bmw type plug that would go into my on board power socket?
Or is just me????
All those bloody cables.
When I had a 550 things were much simpler.
I used a short Powerlet cable to connect to my on second on-board socket at the side of my tank on my 1200 GSA and when I wanted to remove the thing all I had to do was release the ram mount, unplug from the socket and voila everything was safe and secure in my posesssion away from the bike.
Why was Garmin so concerned with all of those bloody cables and with hard wiring the thing into the main harness. Now I have a permanent mount that I live in fear of being damaged or stolen, lots of cable ties and lots of additional redundant cable.
The mount provided for car use comes closest to my 550 solution but cannot be mounted on a bike.
Does anybody know anybody who can come up with a decent removable mounting system for the 660 along the lines described?
I see that Touratech have come up with what may look like a partial solution but only by cannibalising the cables (see their UK webshop article number 01-065-114-0). I wonder could that be connected to a bmw type plug that would go into my on board power socket?
Or is just me????