Sat nav mounting

Another vote for tank bags.
I find a full top box feels like you have a 'tail wagging the dog' when you are traveling at lower/city speeds.

Like Clem, I have always had magnetic ones that are easy to remove or replace, but now have to adapt to the new CF tank.

Dale
 
I use a Wolfman clip on bag on both my bikes.  The straps which attach permanently to the bike are easy to tuck out of the way on the odd occasion I'm not using a bag.
 
Oh come on Dale, man up! A couple of kilos in yer top box and you're wobbling all over the shop?! What are you like with a  12 stone pillion? :D :D
 
The pillion is more or less in front of the rear axle, the pizza delivery system ain't. 
 
It don't take a lot of thinking about,put a 25kg bag of cement on the tank between the axles or behind the rear axle and I know which bike I would rather ride.plus the amount of wind protection you get from a tank bag is amazing.I have always used the baglux systems for years.
Neale
 
Yeah, keep it between the axles...

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nick7 said:
......now where did I put that25kg bag of cement I need to transport on my 2 wheeled pleasuremobile?? :LOL:
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Must admit I've never carried a bag of cement on a bike.

The 25kg sack of cat litter is a load that quite often ends up plonked on the pillion seat. I did once put it on the rack just out of curiosity and it was mind boggling just how much difference moving the weight just that little bit further back made - inadvertent wheelies everywhere  :D

Think the most ridiculous thing I've carried on a bike was a microwave oven. Or maybe the time we moved a 350LC frame across Glasgow on a 250 superdream with my pillion passenger carrying it. Had to remember not to lane split over the Kingston Bridge
 
At least it's not one of those stupid Aussie/NZ tall tail racks- like carrying a second pillion.  Wrong, wrong, wrong.
 
Still think the Luton bodied BMWs with the ADV stickers are the worst offenders on the narrow B roads.javascript:void(0);

Where the hell is ADV anyway.
 
Where the hell is ADV anyway.
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Ahem.  Above the tail light.

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If you'd ever seen the stupid shape of the inside of a GS pannier you'd know why so many people go for those metal boxes.
 
Just for a change I thought I'd post something relevant to the thread topic.

My GPS mount is very simple. I made up a spherical plastic knob on the lathe to fit the socket in the back of the GPS bracket, drilled and tapped it to take a M6 bolt to secure it to the centre nut on the steering stem. There was already a hole in the steering nut that the PO had drilled for some reason, so this conveniently plugs the hole.

My GPS is only a cheapo Tomtom One, not a proper weatherproof motorcycle GPS. If it rains I can either put a plastic bag over it and secure it with a rubber band, or if I have the tank bag on I'll just slip the GPS into the clear plastic map pocket on the bag.

Cam
 

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Cam, neat and pretty much what the Telefizer solution is using an adapted ram mount ball end . Had read that the non bike satnavs were not anti glare  and harder still to see through plastic on a tank bag cover, but if it works you have saved a few quid to be sure!
 
I have found that non bike sat navs don't like the voltage fluctuations from bike alternators and switch off the screen. I just switch mine on when going into a town on it's own battery and it uses very little of the power like that...I don't leave it switched on all day...

Joe
 
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