Easy -er GPS wiring ?

[fred22]

Hello
I'm looking for a quick and easy way to power up a TomTom rider on an r1150gs 2002.
I have come across this which looks just the ticket https://ebay.us/m/xpPAUE. But where on the bike do I find the appropriate "Factory loom GPS 3 pin connector"?

 

[oblertone]

Take off the screen, take off the wavy cover plate exposing the rear of the bulbs. Use a piggyback connector on the live side of the pilot light, earth as necessary. There you have a switched live for your gps

 

[fred22]

Many thanks. I'm in there now and see nothing, do you mean this brown wire indicated?

 

[NeilDD]

Fred,
Brown is the Earth wire.
You need to tap into both wires to get your 12V

 

[jefformston]

Take off the screen, take off the wavy cover plate exposing the rear of the bulbs. Use a piggyback connector on the live side of the pilot light, earth as necessary. There you have a switched live for your gps

? Just use the feed to the pilot bulb, using the piggyback connectors. Powered a Garmin 2610 that way for 15 years on 2001 R1150GS. No need to remove anything only takes a few minutes to fit or remove. Currently have a usb socket powered the same way.

 

[fred22]

I must be missing something, a lot actually. I don't see an easy way to get power from the indicated wires. There's no room to get my fingers in for a start.
What about the aux socket near my feet? How easy (note this word) is it to get a feed off the back of that?

Easy: room to manoeuvre. Obvious what to do. Easy to get the thing you want. Easy to take off and replace any bits.

 

[oblertone]

It is undoubtedly easier to get to, but from memory it is permanent live not switched.

 

[jefformston]

I must be missing something, a lot actually. I don't see an easy way to get power from the indicated wires. There's no room to get my fingers in for a start.
What about the aux socket near my feet? How easy (note this word) is it to get a feed off the back of that?

Easy: room to manoeuvre. Obvious what to do. Easy to get the thing you want. Easy to take off and replace any bits.

Fit the piggy back connectors to the ends of your TomTom wires. Pull the connector from the rear of the parking light bulb, push the piggyback connectors onto the bulb ‘spades’, refit the original connectors to the ‘spades’ on the piggyback connectors. Route the cable for the TomTom either before or after fitting. Job done.

I’ve got large hands and can easily do it in a few minutes, if you can’t get your hands in they must be like spades & you are going to struggle when you need to change a headlight bulb. Working from the rear of the headlight cluster, not the front of the bike.

 

[Two wheels good]

I wired my Garmin directly to the battery - with a dedicated fuse. No concern about a lighting circuit being overloaded.
I wanted it powered with the ignition off.

 

[fred22]

I feel like we're talking about 2 different bikes.
I put a photo above, there's like a narrow letterbox sized gap, as per photo . Whether my hands are like a dolls or whether they're like a navvies, that's a tight aperture through which to operate. I'll pass.
Apparently the cover at the left foot where the aux socket is, that has one bolt to remove the cover, then I can get into the back of the aux socket.
My other idea is a usb male to bare wire pigtail off Amazon, join to my TomTom wire and use a pocket sized powerbank to power the TomTom. That way I can use the same wiring on another bike.

 

[NeilDD]

Fred
Your pic with the arrow is pointing towards the High Beam bulb connector.
If you have a look, the side/parking light is a push in bulb holder, which goes into a round hole min the reflector

 

[jefformston]

I feel like we're talking about 2 different bikes.
I put a photo above, there's like a narrow letterbox sized gap, as per photo . Whether my hands are like a dolls or whether they're like a navvies, that's a tight aperture through which to operate. I'll pass.
Apparently the cover at the left foot where the aux socket is, that has one bolt to remove the cover, then I can get into the back of the aux socket.
My other idea is a usb male to bare wire pigtail off Amazon, join to my TomTom wire and use a pocket sized powerbank to power the TomTom. That way I can use the same wiring on another bike.

That’s why I mentioned, to fit from the other side, between the handle bar and light fitting. As in changing a headlight bulb.

You could take the light fitting out of the housing from the front of the bike, but that’s just creating additional work.

Cable marked (4) in the picture