GTS

Anyone use the mounting solutions from Ram Mounts? I would like to mount my Sprint EVO to my bike so I can use the nav etc. on it while I ride. They look kind of spendy but they have a real nice sealed unit. Only thing that sucks about it being sealed is there is no way to plug a charge cable in it while I ride.

Anyway if anyone is using them what do you think? Or for those that do have some sort of mount on your bike what are you using and how do you like it?

superhawk22

I haven't used them but have sold a bunch of their products and have never had any complaints.

smokinjoe73

I have for years and they rock. Best mounts made. Just DONT talk on your cel while you ride. It can only lead to lots of pain.

Wolverine

I too use that exact mount & highly recommend it.

CrankenFine

This thread made me curious so I googled them. Interested now myself but the holder they indicate for my iPhone 4 looks like it's for a bare device. Mine is inside an Otterbox for protection from drops. (not that I ever drop my phone more than a couple times a week...)

I wonder if there's a "universal adaptor" for holding phones already in a case?

Stixx

Cradle Holder - Universal Finger Grip for Cell Phone - RAM Mount

This looks like the mount that you would need for one with an otter box.

GTS

Great to hear some good feedback! I know of one guy who has a bluetooth headset in his helmet and he was talking on the phone while riding and it buffered so well the person he was talking to couldn't even tell he was on his bike. I think he was riding a hardley with a windscreen so that may have been why. Not so sure it'd work as well on a VTR where you have more direct wind on your helmet.

I'm kind of torn between getting the sealed one and getting an open one like the universal one linked to. I like that it's more secure in the sealed one where the universal one is more open and the possibility of the phone falling out over a large bump or coming down off a wheelie (not that I'd ever do such a thing) would dislodge it. However I can't have a charger plugged in on the sealed unit but I could on the open one. Hmmmm......

smokinjoe73

That harley guy was/is a punk squid. Dont be one.

Either ride or talk but not both. Your life literally depends on you concentration...you cant afford to divide it.

GTS

I didn't plan on talking on it just being able to use the nav and maybe the head phones for some music. Was just saying that he was telling me how clear his setup was.

smokinjoe73

Was he telling you from a hospital bed? lol

GTS

LOL! No. But he was on a liesurely group ride, not grinding it in the corners either.

Wolverine

Because all harley's can do is a leisurely pace!

I'll snap a few pics tonight. I use my nav w/ mp3 player frequently. I wired in a powerlet power outlet and zip tied it to the mirror post. Pics will explain....

GTS

EXACTLY!!! LOL! That'd be great! Thanks so much!

aja

I'm sure you could cut a slot into the sealed box for a charger. Maybe where it opens and put some rubber around where the cord goes in to seal it once its closed.

GTS

Yeah I was thinking something like that. It'd be on the bottom so hopefully water wouldn't go up in it. But I guess you never know! The wind is generally going every which direction so it's hard saying.

smokinjoe73

Plus there is this surface tension thing its got going on.

FYI, group rides raise you chance of crashing exponetialy so like I said, PUNK SQUID

skokievtr

RAM too for Nuvi 765T, which is a swell unit with Bluetooth. I trimmed shorter and installed a length of 28mm bicycle inner tube over the stem mount rubber, and have a tether attached between the cradle to the brake MC.

Wolverine

Damn stokie, that's the busiest vtr I've ever seen.

Here's a few pics of my set-up.






And my outlet.

skokievtr

It's "Skokie" as in the USA's largest village.

Did U spote my switched cigarette power outlet south of where yours is?

Since many of the above and below pics were taken, more has been added; i.e., a micro switch for the heated grips. I do also run a volt meter (U can see it above on the "flat" of the left side of the fairing). A mosfet VR-R is a must along with an entire new main wiring harness with minimum 14 up to 10 gauge wire, and every circuit is relay controlled and of course re-fused.

U should only know what you don't see...

Would it help explain if I told you I helped develop the now retired Space Shuttles, Tomahawk CM SLCM/GLCM & ALCM, HEOB, DC10, 757/767 and programs when I asked what I was working on the response was "Do you have a need to know"?

A few more pics for you to figure out where's Waldo...and there's more

BTW, it's b-day was 03-97 and now has +70k miles (not km). It would have more but I had a small flock of motorbikes until a few years ago to ride and tend to.

GTS

Uh, is there a VTR under all that stuff? LOL!

I like your guy's mounts in the tripple tree nut. I didn't see that one on their site for the VTR. They mainly just showed the one that goes on the brake/clutch mounts. Which one is that?

CrankenFine

Personally I think he needs to add a few more gadgets around the dashboard area.

skokievtr

Go to: gpscity.com, look up "RAM-B-176U" (Sku RAMB176) which comes with the usually required "diamond plate". Stem base with just 1" ball is RAM-B-342 7 1.75" short arm B socket is "RAM-B-201A"


Keeps me focused on long trips but no where near a GW! But none of it is "gadgets" but flight enhancement devices (Fly Low Custom is my company)