GPS Bracket

[pick]

I just bought a Garmin 2720 GPS. Anyone have one? What kind of bracket/connections will I need to mount it?

[sargeb13]

Take a look at http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/search.lasso?SearchTerm=2720 for top of the line, vibration free mounts. Top quality and top dollar, too!

RAM mount for a lot less money at http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/show.lasso?sku=GR26H&-session=touratech:4BBFFB29876B898D2786145CC9862043

is widely available through many outlets.

I'm not affiliated with touratech, but have done business with them in the past: great service and a really nifty catalog. Lots of stuff not found anywhere else.

Hope this helps.

Michael

[pick]

thanks! I'll think iI'll stick with the ram, hell, only spent 319.00 for the GPS.....................Do you hard wire it in?

[Ken8143]

I got my ram mount from cyclegagets.com and am very happy. I got the mount that has two screws fitting into the handle bar controls - don't get the 3" extension - get the shorter one. - Ken

[sargeb13]

You can hard wire it, for sure. You'll need a power cable and a cable to plug into the stereo/intercom as an "aux" device. To run, say, sat. radio and gps and intercom at the same time, without all "talking" at once, you need some kind of interface device. I have a kennedy unit that integrates radio, intercom, radar, and gps. J&M makes one, and I imagine other makes and models are out there.

Touratech has cables, listed on one of the pages I linked to earlier, as do many other sources. Cyclegadgets, mentioned above, is a great place to buy and will give you top notch advice about what you need to do what you want to do, if you call them.

Michael

[pick]

Kewl, thanks for the info, I guess I need to make a few calls...................:cool10:

[pick]

Major Cudo's!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to the info about Cyclegadgets.com!!!!!!!! I called them, very knowledgable, orrdered and were shipped in three days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bolted right on, love the Ramm mount!
Now I guess the only question is to where I will wire it up? If I can run the cable under the tank, I guess right to the battery terminals so its always hot?

thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Ken8143]

Major Cudo's!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to the info about Cyclegadgets.com!!!!!!!! I called them, very knowledgable, orrdered and were shipped in three days!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bolted right on, love the Ramm mount!
Now I guess the only question is to where I will wire it up? If I can run the cable under the tank, I guess right to the battery terminals so its always hot?

thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

what I did

[pick]

Any reason that I couldn't simply but a SAE hitch plug and plug it into the pigtail I have off of my battery for my battery tender?

[Ferrantelli]

Pick, does't your Venture have a power outlet on the left side of the fairing just under the handlebars?

I use a ram mount and plug the car adapter in my power outlet.

[pick]

Yes, it does, but that outlet is only hot when the key is on, was hoping to have the GPS hot so that I could manipulate the GPS without the bike running? I was thinking that if on a trip, and refueling, that would reset the GPS?

[Ferrantelli]

I not familiar with the model you have. I have a Garmin C340 and it can run on battery power for hours. When on the road I turn it on battery power make all of my input and once I turn the key it automatically switches to direct power and charge mode if the battery needs it. When I stop and shut off the bike, the GPS ask if I want to continue on battery by touching the screen otherwise it shuts itself off.

[pick]

Mine is the Garmin Streetpilot 2720, no battery, so it has to be hot or lose its trip data?