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TRI-RAM WITH QUICK RELEASE ON A CONCOURS

Published June 22, 2010 by DAVID LAWRENCE

Basic setup as it looks approaching the bike.	More detail on the mounts.	Roughly the view when looking down at the instruments.
What gets left behind when everything is unmounted.

I had four items I needed hard-mounted on my Kawasaki Concours as opposed to just stuffed in a tank bag: a Garmin Zumo GPS, its XM radio antenna, an EZPass toll transponder, and a Valentine1 radar detector. They were all attractive theft targets, so I also wanted a quick way to stow-and-go, without having to worry about fiddling with the position of the mount arms each time.

The Zumo already came with a RAM-B-309-7U for mounting to the clutch/brake reservoir, and a RAM-B-201U-A short arm to make the connection to the GPS bracket. I also had the Kawasaki OEM GPS mounting bracket which was thrown in by the dealer when I got the bike. It bridges across where the handlebars bolt to the triple clamp and contains hole patterns for both Zumo and nuvi bases.

Originally I just mounted the Zumo using its kit but really hated how it took a very active look down to see its info. Next I put it up on a RAM-B-201U-C long arm which got it much closer to where I could just glance at it but still not quite as heads up as desired. The final solution was to then put a RAM-B-230U 1" double ball connector and a RAM-B-201U medium arm to finally have it up high enough. It isn't the sexiest thing way up there, but function over form was most important to me here. The one concession to vanity was that I wrapped the 1" aluminum bar in the middle of the double ball connector in black electrical tape.

In the middle of the bike I put a RAP-326MU ezy-mount raised male plate, which connects to the RAP-B-326FU ezy-mount female clip with ball. Attached to the ball is a RAM-B-201U-A short arm and on the other end of that a RAM-B-347U rectangular plate with ball, drilled with the AMPS pattern. This is bolted to the RAM-344U radio antenna plate. The Zumo XM antenna attaches magnetically to the plate. NOTE: I wrongly assumed the hole pattern on the plate would match the one on the XM antenna but it does not; however, the magnet is strong enough for this to not be a concern and you could still run a screw through one of the holes if desired. The sloping front of the antenna plate was the perfect orientation for attaching the EZPass with 3M Dual Lock, the Velcro-like removable fastener that's stronger than Velcro. Excess antenna cable is kept neat by wrapping it around the plate above the EZPass. This arrangement satisfies me but I do wish it were better in two ways. For one it does make access to the key clumsy, particularly with riding gloves. The other issue is that I wish it were more rigid. It is not flimsy or insecure, but it does wobble a little bit with every bump in the road. Normally this is out of my field of view so it isn't too big a deal.

On the right another RAM-B-309-7U was attached to the brake reservoir and a RAM-B-201U-A short arm leads to RAP-B-326MU ezy-mount male plate. This connects to a RAP-326FU ezy-mount female clip (without ball) which is bolted to the bottom of a Legal Speeding waterproof radar box. The box is a little big and ugly but once again, function over form. It is adjusted so that the box does not contact the windscreen in any of its adjustable range when the handlebars are fully turned. I haven't completely settled on this location; it has the down side that the rear-facing antenna is pointed right at my armpit. I have another RAM-B-201U-C long arm and am still experimenting with whether I prefer to have the detector mounted in clear air out over the throttle. Having a good view of the radar display isn't terribly important as it signals me via helmet speakers.

The most close-up photo shows basically what the view is like when I'm riding and look down at the instruments. It isn't exactly right because the camera just isn't capturing exactly what my field of view is like. When I am heads-up riding in my normal posture the speedo and tach are basically at the limit of my peripheral vision; I don't see the antenna mount and only the back half of the radar box. If my straight-ahead field of vision is imagined divided into thirds both up/down and side-to-side, the GPS is nicely positioned in the bottom left ninth.

Except for a couple of small issues as mentioned above I'm pretty happy with this setup. When I park and need to secure my gear it is a simple matter to push the quick release on the GPS bracket, unplug the XM antenna and detach the ezy-mount, and then unplug the detector and pop its ezy-mount too. Just stash it all in the luggage and I don't have to worry about it.

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