Satnav with easy to remove mount

Craig321

Craig321

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I'm after a decent satnav for my bike, but wouldn't want to keep the mount permanently attached to the bike.

So I need one that can be USB powered while on the bike (I already have a USB port wired in) and have a nice simple clamp.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
The TomTom rider mount is on a RAM mount ball, so easy to remove, just a quick turn of the knob, all you're left with is a ball somewhere on your bars. The battery cable has a quick release so you can remove the mount from the cable wired into your bike - or they have a USB port so I'm sure you could power it that way (the battery cable needs 12v) - although I doubt it'd be waterproof this way.

Alternatively, any car sat nav as these are all powered by ciggy lighter USB - and a RAM mount of some sort (you'd have to cobble something together I would have though as most with have a suction/dash mount). But they're you're losing the waterproof/ability to use with gloves/bluetooth voice instructions/winding & hilly roads etc.

I'd go with a proper bike tomtom, I reckon once you've done the work wiring it in (which isn't hard, worst bit is having to lift the tank to run the wires to the battery) it's the best (if not the cheapest) as it'll take literally 60 seconds to remove the mount and tuck the cable away.
 
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My brother has the TomTom Rider which is nice, but I don't even want the RAM mount ball left over, I would like to be able to take it off completely, but it doesn't seem that easy to remove and fit.

My ultimate addons case for my phone is good and easy to remove the entire mount, but the screen is a bit too small, it's old and can't use it with gloves :(

I guess I just need some sort of RAM ball mount but with thumb screws or something.
 
No probs :D Most of the ram mounts are pretty discrete, you'd have to be looking at a bike fairly hard to see a black 1" ball in among the handlebar switches and stuff, but something like that is just as good.

And car satnavs are just not great on motorbikes IMO. Google maps is better now there's proper offline maps with decent size areas and offline directions (wooo! :D) but you still can't plan routes in advance like you can with Tyre and a tomtom/other bike satnavs.

Can't you just nick your brother's Tomtom? :p
 
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I have the Speed Triple R, which is on there :D That looks pretty awesome.

I am wondering how it'd go on my bike though as it's just a bolt thing on top.

Didn't realise there were so many RAM mount options! Found another here that replaces a screw in your handlebar clamp bit with a RAM ball.
 
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Craig321 said:
I have the Speed Triple R, which is on there :D That looks pretty awesome.

I am wondering how it'd go on my bike though as it's just a bolt thing on top.

Didn't realise there were so many RAM mount options! Found another here that replaces a screw in your handlebar clamp bit with a RAM ball.
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Give him a call, he'll tell you how. Mine just goes straight in to the nut hole.

As said he's a top bloke, took seconds to put mine on and can still see all my clocks with the sat nav on the bike.
 
Doesn't it have a long rod that threads through the yoke stem with another nut underneath? Can't see any other way how it would attach
 
Craig321 said:
Didn't realise there were so many RAM mount options! Found another here that replaces a screw in your handlebar clamp bit with a RAM ball.
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I use the one that replaces a part of my clutch lever with the ball attachment.

It looks like it was meant to be there.
 
 
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The stock one that comes with the TomTom would look **** left on my bike. :p
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I understand this. However, the stock fitting is extremely secure and facilitates a very simple removal and replacement of the device. Plus, when the device isn't on your bike, surely you're not going to be on it either and therefore shouldn't worry about how it looks?
 
Craig's very particular about his bike, and it's his choice to be that way.

It looks like the TomTom clamp method might be the most suitable.
 
The_Abyss said:
I understand this. However, the stock fitting is extremely secure and facilitates a very simple removal and replacement of the device. Plus, when the device isn't on your bike, surely you're not going to be on it either and therefore shouldn't worry about how it looks?
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I ride most of the time without satnav and it'd also annoy me when glancing at my bike or cleaning/working on it! I would then have nightmares about how I have this big nasty RAM TomTom clamp on my handlebars.

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Craig's very particular about his bike, and it's his choice to be that way.

It looks like the TomTom clamp method might be the most suitable.
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You can tell?! :D

Yup, think I'll have to go that route, unless I come across something that fits in nicely (like your one or similar).
 
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