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Andrew Moss
Oxford,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19
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Sprint ST (99-01)
19 Apr 2008 17:59 |
I've inherited a TomTom Rider V1 recently from my brother who has upgraded to a Zumo. I didn't think there was a lot of room to mount the unit but I came across recommendations for Telefrizer mounts (www.telferizer.co.uk) on various websites so thought I would give that a try.
I went over to his workshop today as I live close by and he fitted one of his custom mounts to the centre nut on the top yolk. The GPS then mounts to this via a 3" RAM arm.
It seems a good solution as the GPS is in the centre of the cockpit and clearly in view even with a tankbag fitted and seems very secure. It does obscure the rev counter a bit but this could be cured with a shorter RAM arm.
I've no affiliation with this guy, but thought this may be helpful to someone else on here. Some poor quality photos (from phone - sorry) are below:
The mount on its own
Inline Image
TomTom attached
Inline Image
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 Boycie
Brrrrrrrritain,
United Kingdom
Posts: 8,494
Premier Member
Speed Triple (05->)
19 Apr 2008 18:40 |
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clogger
Gloucester,
United Kingdom
Posts: 194
Premier Member
Sprint ST (02-04)
19 Apr 2008 19:32 |
looks the same as my garmin setup - and no probs with restricted dials with the shorter bar
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 1,737
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
20 Apr 2008 04:46 |
Make SURE to use a,
Strap...........
STRONG elastic band....yes, the V1 is KNOWN to work loose on the mounting bracket, leading to,
Worn contact pins
Losing it down the road
I have a strap from a bloke in the UK, that pretty much holds it secure to the mount.............
otherwise, I am v happy with it, fairly good w/proofing, fairly good in use, can give you rather weird mapping routes though!!! .......< As do they all, I suspect!!!
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 1,737
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
20 Apr 2008 04:48 |
EDIT:
Upon really looking at your pic, I see you have it pretty much immobilised with the extra metal mount................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Andrew Moss
Oxford,
United Kingdom
Posts: 19
Premier Member
Sprint ST (99-01)
20 Apr 2008 10:05 |
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Upon really looking at your pic, I see you have it pretty much immobilised with the extra metal mount |
The extra metal mount is made by Wunderlich and was about £30. It holds the GPS really tightly (stopping pin boring) and also means it can't be stolen so easily if left on the bike for a while e.g. at a petrol station...
The unit already suffered from pin-boring and wasn't charging correctly. I took it apart yesterday and put some solder on the contacts to fill in the holes and bulk them out a bit and it works fine now!
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Frank Jones
NY,
USA
Posts: 1,737
Premier Member
Sprint RS (02-05)
20 Apr 2008 14:57 |
Looks very secure.........I just have a large/custom made rubber strap thingy, which SEEMS to do the job...............
I heard rumours that if you actually lose/damage your Ver 1, due to mount breaks etc etc TomTom are replacing with the Ver 2 Rider/////!!!
Might be worth "losing" it..............................!!!
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