Adding stuff to Handlebar or otherwise in cockpit

gunsmoker

gunsmoker

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Cumming, Georgia USA
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2007 ST-1300
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Here's a pic of somebody else's ST-1300 (because I don't have a pic of this same view of mine, and I don't feel like
going out to the garage to snap a photo).

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QUESTION: If you wanted to install some accessories that needed switches, where would you mount the switch?
On my other bike, I have 3 feet of space of nice round 1" chromed steel handlebar to mount stuff onto.
This ST thing-- not so much.

RELATED QUESTION: Suppose you wanted to install some additional gauges or instruments. Engine head temperature (not liquid coolant temp),
Current gear indicator, etc. Where would you mount those?
Would you fabricate some kind of plate or panel to mount those?
Or just use the handy-dandy black plastic hinged lids for the left and right glove boxes?
(But, I thing using them for that purpose would pretty much ruin them as general storage boxes, thanks to the wiring and the switch back sides in there.)
 
Here's mine. Many use the bolts the hold the reservoirs to attach things like the CB (soon to be removed) and the heated grips controller. I have a voltage indicator glued to the right dash and a switch for some extra lights in the left dash. I'm sure you'll get a lot of pics. Some folks put controllers in the gray plastic, not the glove box lids.

Bill
 

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These switches have served me well in 5 IBRs. https://wingstuff.com/products/20158-black-led-accessory-switch You don't have to cut or glue anything. Come in left and right. I use them to run aux lignts, aux fuel pump, radar, etc.

If you are mounting GPS units which tend to be heavy use a dash plate. Hanging those on the bars or reservoirs adds too much weight there and they will be shakier. I have my phone on a ram arm coming off the center peice between the bars. I can recommend the QuadLock for the phone holder.
 
Someone bent a flat aluminum bar with three RAM balls on it to match the arc of the top of the dash. It used the two screw holes atop the dash to secure it. This was an aftermarket item that is no longer available. More recently, folks have used a computer to print the same thing, but I think the original looked better. There are other threads here that describe this item. The RAM mounts hold a GPS or phone, freeing up real estate elsewhere.

People have also put switches on the flat areas below the dash storage compartments...and also inside the compartments.

Someone else machined a couple of posts and a horizontal bar. The posts were secured to the two bolts that hold the handlebars in place and the bar connected the top of the posts.

Lastly, someone else removed and disassembled the dashboard and installed his gear position indicator in the lower right quadrant of the speedometer. It was a professional looking job.

Additional gauges? This is not an airplane. Go ride....:rofl1:
 
If you get a helibars rider, you can get a Ram-mount compatible ball to attach items:

HeliBars Standard Handlebar Relocation Adapters - Parts Giant

Buy HeliBars Standard Handlebar Relocation Adapters starting at $99.00 plus free shipping at Parts Giant.
www.partsgiant.com www.partsgiant.com

I mounted my AA/CP phone screen to it:
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Also, on the right handle bar, you can see a couple of light switches attached to one of the bolts that fastens the brake reservoire.
 
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