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[TCinVA]

I got the Techmount installed this week. I'm taking the Velcro off and using Garmin's double sided sticky pad. I'm worried that the Velcro will not hold at speed.

hard10,
I'm using a Touratech mount on my current Ultra with a Garmin 2610.  Had a bad experience sailing along the Trans-Canada Highway a couple of years ago, bouncing over "road snakes", when my double sided, high strength tape decided to let go.  The GPS flew about the length of the power cable straight up  .  Funny part - I reached out with my left hand and caught the GPS  .  Ended up bungy-cording the GPS to the mount until I got home from vacation.  Ordered the Touratech next day.  Wouldn't use anything else.  They are expensive - but are well made and I haven't "launched" a GPS since  [smiley=huepfenjump3.gif].
TC

[Bungy]

The mount for the 30997 did not have AMPS holes in it. I'm going to look & see if they are intrerchangable.

That's wierd, that's the identical mount I got from Cycle Gadgets & it had several holes drilled in it. I just had to match them up to the cradle.

[hard10]

I found the plate that came with the 30999 and it had the holes in it. Swapped them out and mount it to the Garmin base with screws. Chrome of course!    [smiley=orange.gif] [smiley=orange.gif] [smiley=orange.gif]

[hard10]

Hope this helps.

Just noticed my F250 & MB in the back ground.

[bigdog257]

I ordered a Tech mount from these guys and of course ordered the wrong one. I sent it back, they claim to have not recieved it. I tracked it with the post office and they show it being delivered. Now I can't get these guys to answer or return my calls  . Anybody have any suggestions?

Bigdog

[cuthbertss]

OK gang

little help for a novice here on the GPS on the bike thing...

Ordered a 2820 from Overstock.com ..  ordered the mount that porthole recommended....  before those come in anything else i need to make all this technology actually work on the SEEG?

Thanks in advance!

Scot

[Midnight Rider]

I ordered a Tech mount from these guys and of course ordered the wrong one. I sent it back, they claim to have not recieved it. I tracked it with the post office and they show it being delivered. Now I can't get these guys to answer or return my calls  . Anybody have any suggestions?

Bigdog

Hope you got your problem resolved...I just called them yesterday and had no problem getting someone to talk to with some questions I had. 

[Midnight Rider]

OK gang

little help for a novice here on the GPS on the bike thing...

Ordered a 2820 from Overstock.com ..  ordered the mount that porthole recommended....  before those come in anything else i need to make all this technology actually work on the SEEG?

Thanks in advance!

Scot

Scot...what all have you ordered?  The Techmount in chrome with the Chrome AMP pattern plate?  If you've got that coming, you'll need the Garmin Cradle to mount the unit to the AMP plate on the Techmount.  The 2820 comes with a speaker built into the cigarette plug, but you must be careful when using this...if you turn the forks to the left to lock them, this speaker plug will hit the left front of your tank.  If you want to hard wire the power supply, you will need another power cord with pigtails, or you can use this same cord and go to Radio Shack or a Marine Dealer and get another cigarette lighter plug with a 1AMP fuse, either in-line or blade type, and make it up custom length.  If you use the cig lighter for power, i would mount the unit on the left bar.  If you want the unit to talk to you through the stereo, you will also need a 3.5mm stereo patch cord to go from the output side of the 2820 and into the Aux In on the face of your radio.  I can get you all these part numbers, places to purchase, if you need them.  The 3.5mm stereo patch cord is available at any Music store (guitars, amps, etc), but the ones with a 90 degree connection are hard to find...I ordered mine.  This cord also allows you to play the MP3 songs you have stored on the GPS through the bike's radio, and Jill (the GPS beutch) will override when she needs to tell you where to turn.

[Midnight Rider]

Following are parts I used to mount/wire up my 2820 on the left handlebar of my bike.  If someone has found better sources/parts, feel free to chime in.

Techmount chrome mount for the 2820 or Zumo:

From: http://www.techmounts.com/products/index.php?page_function=detail&product_id=61

Mount: 30997MC
Chrome Plate (AMP pattern): 60991C


Following are things needed for only the 2820

Power supply cord for 2820 from: http://www.cycoactive.com/gps/powint.htm

Part number: GC12V26


From Garmin or other Garmin accessory supply house: http://shop.garmin.com/accessories_for_product.jsp?sku=010-00517-05

Motorcycle mounting cradle, part number 010-10495-01


The following can be used on both the Zumo and the 2820, or any other 3.5mm output you want to feed into the front of your radio.

From SoundProfessionals, 3.5mm Gold Plated Stereo patch cord:  http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-SPSC-7

Part number: SP-SPSC-7   (you choose the length..this is a 90degree on both ends, with gold plated contact points...24" will get you from the left handlebar, through the bar openings in the lower inner fairing (use a coat hanger to fish the cable through there...easy as pie and no need to remove fairing).  If you want, you can get it in a 3 meter length.  This will take the MP3 stereo signal and voice commands from the GPS and input them into your Aux In on the front of the radio.  Might as well get two...they're cheap.  90 degree ones are hard to find, so I got an extra just in case.  The 90 degree bend looks cleaner on both ends when hooked up, and gets things headed in the right direction.

Then purchase a standard cigarette lighter power adapter, available from Radio Shack, marine supply stores, etc.  The marine version will tend to have a waterproof entry for the cord, if you think it's necessary...the one I got from Radio Shack worked fine...just a dollop of black silicone to seal where the cord enters the adapter plug.  It also has a green led to let me know it's powered up and the fuse isn't blown.  I've not had a problem with vibration, etc.  I have this power supply cut to length, so there are no wires bundled up on the handlebars or the back of the unit.

I initially ran the 3.5mm patch cord through the bar holes, fished through with a coathanger...a couple of chrome wire ties hold things in place and excess wire is just pushed into the inner fairing.  I now have the 3.5mm run from the unit, through the clutch cable hole in the fairing, then to an additional AUX IN on the back of the radio, so the wire would no longer be visible going into the input on the front of the radio.  Installation of this additional aux in is covered elsewhere on the forum for both 04/05 radios and 06/07. 


Sorry, but I can't seem to find all of this in one location, so I had to order from seperate suppliers.  No issues with any of the above vendors, at least when I ordered.

[cuthbertss]

Terry

Thanks man...
i appreciate the detailed data...
i missed the garmin mount..one of the package deals i looked had had it included..which in my mind processed as they all did..
nope..good catch!

ordered and enroute..

i have a handful on the 3.5 cords that i use with intercom/ cell phone/motorola/ ipod chite...  i like the 90 degree bend thing though.. i'll work that tomorrow

help me out on the power cord thing..
the power cord has a SPEAKER in it?
do i want that?

so..do you recommend using the lighter plug or hard wiring it?

the mount i ordered is the one from techbiker.com with the AMPS bracket that Porthole has.. seems worthy

Thanks for your help!
Scot

[hard10]

Terry

Thanks man...
i appreciate the detailed data...
i missed the garmin mount..one of the package deals i looked had had it included..which in my mind processed as they all did..
nope..good catch!

ordered and enroute..

i have a handful on the 3.5 cords that i use with intercom/ cell phone/motorola/ ipod chite...  i like the 90 degree bend thing though.. i'll work that tomorrow

help me out on the power cord thing..
the power cord has a SPEAKER in it?
do i want that?

so..do you recommend using the lighter plug or hard wiring it?

the mount i ordered is the one from techbiker.com with the AMPS bracket that Porthole has.. seems worthy

Thanks for your help!
Scot

If you're going to hard wire, you don't need the speaker cigarette lighter. The 3.5 mm plug carries the sound to the stereo. Power comes from the standard Garmin power plug either hard wired or cig. plug. At least that is how my 478 is.

[Midnight Rider]

Terry

Thanks man...
i appreciate the detailed data...
i missed the garmin mount..one of the package deals i looked had had it included..which in my mind processed as they all did..
nope..good catch!

ordered and enroute..

i have a handful on the 3.5 cords that i use with intercom/ cell phone/motorola/ ipod chite...  i like the 90 degree bend thing though.. i'll work that tomorrow

help me out on the power cord thing..
the power cord has a SPEAKER in it?
do i want that?

so..do you recommend using the lighter plug or hard wiring it?

the mount i ordered is the one from techbiker.com with the AMPS bracket that Porthole has.. seems worthy

Thanks for your help!
Scot

Scot...The speaker in the lighter is convenient for use in the car, with the unit mounted onto one of the included mounts that come with the 2820...the bean bag type thing works well in most cars...it's in the box.  On the bike, it's too large.  I did not want to cut it up because of use in the car.

I personally like being able to remove the power cord via the lighter arrangement.  Another good option if you don't mind pulling the fairing off is to hard wire one of the SAE type plugs like you use for the battery tender to the back of the cig lighter plug, and the other to the power cord mentioned previously.  You could then route the pigtail just out of one of the fairing holes, either the clutch hole or the handlebar so the pigtail would sit just outside the hole.  If you do this, make the exposed metal part of the SAE plug Negative so the metal part won't be hot when it's not plugged in to the power cord for the unit.  It's got a little cover cap, but I would still make the exposed metal part negative so there would be no chance of it getting up against something metal and blowing a fuse.  Do you picture in your mind what I'm talking about here...it's early....   ?  While you've got the fairing off, run the 3.5mm cord through the clutch line hole, across under the radio, then out the right handlebar hole.  It's a shorter distance from the mount on the left side to the clutch hole and makes a neater install.  If you hard wire the Garmin power cord in, when the unit is not on the bike, be sure to use the little cover for the unit end of the cord...it has exposed contacts and will short out if it touches metal.

I think I know the cradle you're talking about...it's rubber isolated...nice unit, but if I may be blunt, it's butt assed ugly

One advantage (the one you're getting may have this as well) to the Garmin cradle mentioned in my post above is that the unit end of the power cord cannot slip out accidently, as it has a recessed place for it to sit when hooked up to the unit...in other words, you slide the power supply onto the unit, then snap it into the cradle, and use the little locking tool (a torx screwdriver) to lock everything down so it cannot be removed without someone having a torx screwdriver in their pocket.  Like everything, there's more than one way to skin this cat...my way is just one that worked for me.

[cuthbertss]

OK gang:

I got all my doodads here except for the audio cable..but i have one that will do,,,

gotta get the cig lighter plug from radio shack and then that will be done

questions:
1) the black techmount rubber grommets...  seem to be awful long for a # 6 screw...  is there some magic to getting the screws to bite?  ( yea it sounds stupid but i spent about 40 minutes tryin to figger it out.

2) where is the best location to mount the tech mount handlebar mount? left side...but any hints as to where?>
this leads me to

3) i seem to be having a hell of a time getting the handlebar clamp to , well, clamp on the handlebar...
getting the allen screws to line up is a behaaatch..  any helpful hints on this ? im trying to do it without an extra set of hands... which would probably make life a lot easier...

pictures/ hints?
mounting GPS for morons ? anyone anyone?

thanks

[geezerglide]

cuthberts,

Here is pics of my Ram/Garmin Mount set up.

geezerglide

[geezerglide]

Pic 2

geezerglide