Touratech GPS V Mount

Notes at the End

 

Front - The bracket mounted to the shelf (notice the DC power cord)

GPS Not Installed

Side View

GPS Not Installed

View from the back – The “L” bracket is not included – I made that meself.

The DC power cord is held in place with a “U” clamp and is solid and aligned.

GPS Not Installed

Another side view.

GPS Not Installed

What it looks like from the front with the GPS installed.

The GPS is easy to remove – the clamp is spring loaded.

Side view with GPS Installed

Rear View with GPS Installed

Note the rudder “O” ring holding the antenna solid – nice touch.

This is the view from the riders perspective.  Easy to view.

Easy to reach as well.  But most of all, no vibration!

Notes:

 

Touratech-USA Website

 

There are a lot of different ways to mount a GPS out there – the best I have found is pricey ($100), but in this case, you get what you pay for.  I have used Touratech GPS mounts before and have nothing but good things to say about them.   

 

In the case of an ST1100, I went for the standard Touratech GPS III/V mount.  This mount can either be mounted horizontally or vertically and is designed to be used as a handlebar mount.  I created an aluminum “L” bracket, removed the handlebar mount clamps and bolted the Touratech GPS mount directly to “L” bracket and then to the Reis shelf.

 
The bracket is comprised with CNC Aluminum holders and aluminum base plates.   Four rubber vibration isolators reduce vibration effects to the GPS.  The GPS device simply clips onto the bracket using the existing pockets of the GPS bezel. The aerial U-holder is transparent to GPS incoming signal and holds the aerial in place (allows three different antenna orientations).

 

Bottom line, in this configuration, the unit is rock solid and there is no vibration to make the small screen of the GPS V unreadable.  The GPS is easy to remove and replace – (or) if you want to leave it one the bike, just add the provided setscrew and it is all but impossible to remove it without some serious tools.  Another nice feature is the electrical supply cord is firmly attached to the mount – when you add the GPS, it automatically plugs it in for you.

 

One bad point – the mount is very ugly when the unit is not in place – but in operation, with the GPS installed, it looks great.  Fantastic precision engineering.

 

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