Fitting Zumo 550 to my Basic LC

[Paul S]

Here is, for anyone who is interested, my solution for fitting my old Zumo 550 to the new toilet GS

Having bought the basic model without all the bits pre-installed that you get with the TE model, I first sourced BMW's own sat nav bar which cost about £35.



Then ordered these bits off fleebay for about £28.



Attached the Garmin mount to the new bracket:



And fitted everything to the BMW bar:





Appears to be good and solid and does not obscure the clocks





Will try it out for a while and if I like it will get round to plumbing in the power

 

[Wapping]

You have mounted an unpowered (own battery) 550 to a motorcycle.

Awesome.

 

[Paul S]

You have mounted an unpowered (own battery) 550 to a motorcycle.

Awesome.

Dear Mr Wapping - the clue was in the first line of my post "Here is, for anyone who is interested"

Now move along cos you certainly are not interested

 

[Wapping]

I was interested.

Interested enough to look at the pictures and read the commentary.

You'll come in for requests to post links as to where you bought the mount, fleabay being a little too vague for many. Hopefully, you'll not get pestered with too many requests as to where you purchased BMW's own mounting bar, though I wouldn't bet on it. 10-1 says someone will say it's a rip-off and that they have made one from a knitting needle and oak.

PS You are lagging a bit behind one bod, who has posted pic's of his all powered up.

 

[Paul S]

I was interested.

Interested enough to look at the pictures and read the commentary.

You'll come in for requests to post links as to where you bought the mount, fleabay being a little too vague for many. Hopefully, you'll not get pestered with too many requests as to where you purchased BMW's own mounting bar, though I wouldn't bet on it. 10-1 says someone will say it's a rip-off and that they have made one from a knitting needle and oak.

PS You are lagging a bit behind one bod, who has posted pic's of his all powered up.

Ah - such wisdom as always from Mr Wapping - how we mere mortals can only be grateful that he takes the time to comment on our trivial posts

 

[dave hendy]

I was interested.

Interested enough to look at the pictures and read the commentary.

You'll come in for requests to post links as to where you bought the mount, fleabay being a little too vague for many. Hopefully, you'll not get pestered with too many requests as to where you purchased BMW's own mounting bar, though I wouldn't bet on it. 10-1 says someone will say it's a rip-off and that they have made one from a knitting needle and oak.

PS You are lagging a bit behind one bod, who has posted pic's of his all powered up.

Like this??

 

[Wapping]

Like this??

Wasn't the one I was thinking of. But, awesome, just the same.

Be sure to let Pail S know how you achieved the direct powering, as he has yet to move to stage II

 

[Paul S]

Wasn't the one I was thinking of. But, awesome, just the same.

Be sure to let Pail S know how you achieved the direct powering, as he has yet to move to stage II

 

[Wapping]

This'll wake you up...

My apologies that the fellow only fitted and powered a TomTom (poor fool) but it should be enough to set your creative juices flowing. He's set the bar high, mind.

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?355650-Finally-sorted-SatNAv

 

[Nick V]

This is exactly the thread (or at least one of them) I was looking for.
I have a Zumo 500 I need to mount to my LC, and have been considering similar solutions.

When the Zumo was fitted to my outgoing camhead GSA, I took power by splicing into the front two-pin Hella plug connector. Might do the same thing on the new bike.

 

[Nick V]

I actually got round to doing this a week ago. Forgot to upload the pics.

The mounting plate is a rectangular piece of 5mm clear perspex (from a much larger sheet I already had), cut using a jigsaw and edges straightened and rounded off using a bench grinder.

After removing the factory Nav 5 mount, unplugging it from the harness and splicing the Zumo 500 wiring into the cockpit Hella plug, I mounted the new plate using two 6mm U-bolts designed to clamp pipe of 14mm diameter. The GPS mounting bar is actually 12mm, but is protected from scuffing by two small pieces of car innertube would around it to total 14mm.

The Zumo bracket is mounted to the plate by 4mm countersunk screws running through soft rubber bobbins (to help with vibration damping). Note the spacing between the U-bolt holes and the Zumo bracket holes - I was aiming to get th Zumo high enough that with the screen in the 'Low' setting, the Zumo would clear the screen by about 5mm (there is plenty of clearance to install and remove the Zumo with the screen raised). The last photo shows the view from the rider's seat in typical riding position with the Zumo installed on the bike's centre line: the tach isn't obscured at all.

 

[Paul S]

Looks neat !

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[Nick V]

Thanks!

I consider this mounting plate more of a prototype... I'm considering building another version that could hold small stuff like extra controls, readouts, mobile phones etc. on either side of the Zumo.

 

[Blackal]

To be honest - you should just bite the bullet, and get a Garmin powered mount............

Even if it is the Car one, and sucker it onto the inside of the screen - it will be miles better than an unpowered mount.

Why spend £13K on the bike, and then save £40 on the correct mount (on what is - a really good SatNav).

Just my outlook................

Al