Last Saturday I helped David (aka Rabbitson) install a newly acquired never-get-lost-again Quest on his 1100.
As there is no bike cradle available yet, we used the car cradle.
A RAM ball with diamond base was screwed to the back of it. Then it was mounted on top of some tossers speedo mount and there you go:
The fit in the car cradle is quite snug, but for added peace of mind, we put a rubber band around the assembly, between the display and the buttons (doesn't show on the pics).
To connect it all, we did this:
* open up the speaker box
FOR POWER
* remove the cigar lighter plug
* solder two wires to the wires that went into the plug = new power cable
* connect the power wires, using a 1 amp inline fuse
FOR AUDIO
* strip the wires going into the speaker
* solder two wires to those = new audio cable
* solder an audio plug to the new audio cable
When all this was done (and some aux lights installed in between) we tested the audio connection and I found the nice lady speaking in my left ear only. We didn't have enough time to find out what the problem was, but I'm sure it can be fixed simply.
David got on his GS at midnight, with a two hour ride to Amsterdam ahead. So he had plenty of opportunity to test his new lights & gps. And guess what: he didn't get lost!
Cheers,
Michel
As there is no bike cradle available yet, we used the car cradle.
A RAM ball with diamond base was screwed to the back of it. Then it was mounted on top of some tossers speedo mount and there you go:
The fit in the car cradle is quite snug, but for added peace of mind, we put a rubber band around the assembly, between the display and the buttons (doesn't show on the pics).
To connect it all, we did this:
* open up the speaker box
FOR POWER
* remove the cigar lighter plug
* solder two wires to the wires that went into the plug = new power cable
* connect the power wires, using a 1 amp inline fuse
FOR AUDIO
* strip the wires going into the speaker
* solder two wires to those = new audio cable
* solder an audio plug to the new audio cable
When all this was done (and some aux lights installed in between) we tested the audio connection and I found the nice lady speaking in my left ear only. We didn't have enough time to find out what the problem was, but I'm sure it can be fixed simply.
David got on his GS at midnight, with a two hour ride to Amsterdam ahead. So he had plenty of opportunity to test his new lights & gps. And guess what: he didn't get lost!
Cheers,
Michel