nicest mount st1100 GPS so far?

[djowi]

Hai,

please see my new mount for my GPS.
The mount you see is not the real deal, whats holding the mount is a surprise.
It took me several days, a lot of sweering, frustration, but its all been worth it!

I have send my idea to BikePenR and they want to talk to me. So who knows where things go from there.
BikePenR is a dutch company who makes his own mounts, for every brand of bike. Its truly awesome!

I call my mount: Ohana (my wife is seriously ill.....the big C and she send me a picture from Lilo and Stitch, stating Ohana, so thats where the name comes from)

I do really hope you like it. I think its the first really serious mount I have seen. With all respect, all the iron running over the dash....no, not my way, but hey, who I am to judge.

The mount itself is so solid, certain places need to have good rubbers to avoid that the tommy will be damaged.

Hope you like it!

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[vinny]

Very nice looking job! Anchored with just two screws, I'm wondering if the unit has a tendency to dance up and down when you go over bumps?

 

[STurgisSTeele]

Looks pretty solid. Good looking rig, too.


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[st1100-99uk]

We all here having been playing around with the dash shelf/ mount for cameras and gps units, must say yours looks good, the only thing that i would be concerned about is drilling into the dash plastics,having already butchered one clock fascia surround panel,and the pain to get another second hand one in near perfect condition (ebay via ireland) , but hey yours still looks very good.its obvious honda didnt plan on anyone installing extras on the dash otherwise with their vast resources they would have incorporated one, and so the search goes on.....

 

[Yoda]

That looks very tidy. I have messed around with different brackets with a lot of failures. Also leading to a few unwanted holes in my plastics.
I was in the middle of making a shelf when I found an old bracket which bolts into either master cylinder. I tried it and it does the job,
I'm sure ill finish the shelf eventually, but this will do in the interim.

 

[ST Gui]

I know of Lilo and Stitch but not familiar with it. Is this ohana that same as 'family'?

Is that area of the 1100 fairing stronger than that of the 1300? There are RIBs mounts available for the 1300 but I think weight is an issue. There's some flexing of the dash and I don't know the weight to longevity ratio. On the plus side parts for the 1300 are still available.

 

[CYYJ]

Djowi:

Your installation is very elegant, and a nice way of putting the device up quite high into the rider's field of view.

I considered putting my GPS up there, but eventually chose to put it down below the speedometer / tachometer (below in the sense that it is below my sightline to those instruments). I did not want to put it off the longitudinal centerline of the moto because I was concerned that inputs (finger pressure) on the screen or buttons would result in unwanted steering inputs (especially since my eyes would be down on the GPS when I was making those inputs).

The photos below are over 10 years old and show my first GPS, which was a StreetPilot III. I've since used the same mounting system (except for the GPS backing plate) for a whole succession of various replacement units, such as Streetpilot 2610, 2650, 2800 series, Zumo 350, and currently a Zumo 660. I've never had to change the underlying Ram-Mount ball or arm when I updated the GPS device.

Michael

 

[Fearmor]

I mounted my Zumo 660 on top of the dash using 2 existing bolts that hold the plastic.I had it mounted near the clutch master cylinder but prefer on the dash

 

[okiehick82]

nice looking mount. I like the position. I briefly tried suction cup mount to top of tank but didn't like taking my eye off the road to look at it down there.

 

[Throttlejockey]

Nice work! They make black plastic covers to cover the screws also.

 

[ST1100Y]

Is that area of the 1100 fairing stronger than that of the 1300?

No, that far up no tubes of the sub-frame present, only plastics...
So while liking it for looking nice, the position that far up is absolutely ideal (I've done similar with my old Quest) and thinking that it'll surely works fine on smooth roads, I'd fear wiggling of the satnav on frost-beaten alpine roads...
I suggest the use of rubber well-nuts (like used for the windscreen) when installing such a bracket/holder to the fairing plastics; its been proven the most reliable method for "bolting" something onto plastic panels.

 

[schlep1967]

Looks nice but I still think I like the old metal dash shelf that mounts using the existing screws and holes. Plus it has extra space for mounting other items. Good luck with your product!