Any recommendation apart from ContiTrailAttack 2 for the bike anyone?
Come on guys who owns an Africa Twin ???
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You should be able to get them from Tyreleader, they aren't UK based but I've bought all of my tyres from them over the last few years.
The Loan bike I had for 2 weeks had TKC70s fitted they were better than the OE but the Contis are better
Behind the clocks there is a plug that has a blanking plug on it, in it is 4 wires Blue Silver, Blue, Red/Yellow and a Green one
The Red/Yellow is a 12v switched Positive from the Ignition
The Green is Earth
Wire the Nav to this and hey presto sorted
Just rang up and theres stockof Contis come in so booked in for next week
Is there a default type plug to fit this alternatly I`ll just use posi taps ?
There's a few suppliers on ebay for Honda type plugs, also a few of the Honda harness's popping up that fit it (for install of power outlet / grips etc.)
Andi, if you want to buy different plugs etc look on eastern beaver , he's in Japan but great to deal with and a lot of his gear is better than Oem, also rugged roads have the plugs you need .
John
John
Davy F
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The plug you're looking for is a Sumitomo 4 way HM 090 female connector.
Ebay is where I got mine.
Ebay is where I got mine.
LBL
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socket
if you have the 12v socket installed is the connector already in use ?
if you have the 12v socket installed is the connector already in use ?
Davy F
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Hi. Whats the best ukgser equivalent forum for africa twin?
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Davy F
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There isn't one, not like here anywhere. Advrider are up their pc arses and the other two AT specific forums are a lot quieter.
The plug you're looking for is a Sumitomo 4 way HM 090 female connector.
Ebay is where I got mine.
1) Am I right in thinking this is to connect to the switched live under the seat? And that I could then simply connect my positive and negative from my fusebox into this?
2) how did you guys wire in the garmin and are you mounting Garmin on the screen cross brace?
There is a switched live under the pillion seat which is much easier to get to than the one behind the dash, you can get the connector from rugged roads, it's this one.
http://ruggedroads.co.uk/epages/00cbb604-5d1c-407e-8207-580e14387ec5.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/00cbb604-5d1c-407e-8207-580e14387ec5/Products/SU6P090
http://ruggedroads.co.uk/epages/00cbb604-5d1c-407e-8207-580e14387ec5.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/00cbb604-5d1c-407e-8207-580e14387ec5/Products/SU6P090
Is that the "optional" alarm connector?
yes, seen that, but still need clarity on Q1...
Answer to Q1, no it's not for the switched live under the seat because the under the seat is a 6 pole connector & yes I think it is the alarm connector. (the 4 pole is for the plug behind the dash)
Works perfectly on mine although I only have a sat nav & USB charger powered up from here, if you want serious power then best use a battery feed and switch it with a relay from the alarm connector.
Tallmarkb59
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Me too now, see new post.
I look at this sometimes:
http://www.africatwinforum.com/
But as Davy says, it's not in the same league as UKGSer.
Advrider has a lot more members, but it can sometimes be difficult to find exactly what you are looking for and there is a lot of North American input, which isn't always relevant to our bikes.
http://advrider.com/index.php
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