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| TEMPTED BY TEMPTER |
1983 Suzuki Tempter GR650 |
RAM-B-174-GA12U with Garmin 60CSx on the Tempter |
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I wasn't really sure what category to place this story in... Motorcycle or Geocaching. However, since it involves a modification to the bike, I figured that category would work best, even though it was geocaching that prompted me to make the modification in the first place!
Last year I got the middle-age itch... it was time to recapture some of my youth. What better way to do it than start riding a bike again? Since I hadn't ridden in many, many years, I thought I should start out with a smaller bike, so, after a little hunting, I was able to find a 1983 Suzuki Tempter GR650 with less than 9,000 original km on the clock at a great price. The bike had been in storage for a while and needed a little tlc, such as replacing some signal lights, changing the windscreen brackets and de-rusting the fuel tank.
Once I got her going, I immediately started riding all over the Manitoba countryside. This is what got me back into geocaching. It was a new way to get to caches that were more than a walk away and it was fun! The problem was that I had trouble navigating. I would have to get a basic heading to a cache location, pocket my Garmin 60CSx GPSr and ride. The maze of minor highways soon had me flummoxed and I found myself stopping more and more often to re-acquire my bearings. It was really bad due to the major flooding Manitoba experienced in the spring of 2011 with all of the road closures and bridge wash-outs.
For this year, 2012, I was determined to make my geocaching life a lot easier. After a search online, I found that RAM mounts would probably fill the bill for me quite nicely. GPSCity had the parts at great prices and were located in Canada, so that made it a no-brainer for me.
I placed my order for the RAM-B-174-GA12U package, which was everything I needed to mount the 60CSx to a bike. The order was made on a weekend, shipped on the Monday and arrived Tuesday. All I can say is, "Wow - that was fast!"
I had already watched the installation videos, so within 30 minutes of opening the package I was ready to ride. The only issue I had was that I tried to mount to the brake bracket using the spacers (as shown in the video), but in my case, the spacers weren't needed as they made the screws too short.
I took a quick ride and the mount works great! There is zero vibration and I was able to position the unit so it is easy to view but doesn't block my view of the road or my instruments. I grabbed a quick cache and came home.
I'm looking forward to lots of bike-caching this summer! I think I will also eventually put a RAM base and arm in my car so I can transfer the cradle/diamond plate & ball combo to and from both vehicles at will. (I should have got the Navigation package on the car, but...!)
Thank you RAM and GPSCity for a great product, excellent installation instructions and blazing fast shipping!
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POSTED BY: Jeff Reid on April 3, 2012
CATEGORY: Motorcycle
VIEWS: 7624 |
| PLACES: Brandon |
| TAGS: ram mount, motorcycle mount |
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| 2008 YAMAHA FZ1 W/GPS AND RADAR DETECTOR |
2008 Yamaha FZ1 | | | | | |
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This is the RAM mount setup on my new 2008 Yamaha FZ1. I was racking my brain trying to figure out where to mount everything due to the lack of fairing but RAM Mounts came to the rescue. I used 2x 1in. Steel U-Bolts on either side of the handlebar mount, a long arm and the cradle for my GPSMap 60Cx. The radar mount consists of a short arm and an Extension Cradle Plate with Ball. It works perfectly ! Thanks again GPSCity.com. |
POSTED BY: Allie Daneman on January 27, 2010
CATEGORY: RAM Mounts
VIEWS: 32767 |
| PLACES: Seattle Suburb |
| TAGS: ram mount, motorcycle mount |
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