old - Fazer Owners Club - old

Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: violetsdaddy on 03 May 2012, 09:28:31 am

Title: Ram Mount
Post by: violetsdaddy on 03 May 2012, 09:28:31 am

Hi All,
 
Quick question:
 
I've got a ram mount for my sat nav.
On my old bike it fitted into the hole through the head stalk, you removed a little plastic cover on the big bolt and squeezed it in there.
On the Fazer, there is a metal dome instead of a wee plastic cover, can I pop this off and do the same thing or do I need a handlebar mount??
 
(http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=ram+mount+head+stalk&hl=en&safe=strict&biw=1024&bih=606&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=bZb_WjZOrL0JPM:&imgrefurl=http://www.s1000rrforum.com/forum/s1000rr-appearance/1483-mv-ram-mount-s1000rr.html&docid=rCuSISdmgEuYJM&imgurl=http://www.s1000rrforum.com/forum/attachments/s1000rr-appearance/1303d1270258515-mv-ram-mount-s1000rr-ram-mount.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=PEOiT5OXLc6XOoG-ld0I&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=156&sig=118386686591928731695&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=170&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:97&tx=62&ty=65)
 
This is what I have now...

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: violetsdaddy on 03 May 2012, 09:31:32 am

Bum, don't think that worked...
 
try this:
 
http://www.ram-mount.co.uk/motorcycle-fork-stem-mount-with-1-ball-p-1019.html (http://www.ram-mount.co.uk/motorcycle-fork-stem-mount-with-1-ball-p-1019.html)

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: MEM62 on 03 May 2012, 10:49:46 am

I tried a lot of mounts / positions on my FZS1000 and in the end I got a ball mount that screws into one of the handlebar clamp bolts.  It is very tidy when the SatNav is not fitted to the bike and in a ideal position when it is.   

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: locksmith on 04 May 2012, 10:07:07 am

ooh that looks much neater than a handlebar clamp. Wonder if it fits a gen2 ?

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: violetsdaddy on 05 May 2012, 09:46:22 pm

So, does anyone have an answer for me before I blat it with something sharp and heavy???

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: Falcon 269 on 06 May 2012, 07:08:31 am

Quote from: violetsdaddy on 03 May 2012, 09:28:31 am

On the Fazer, there is a metal dome instead of a wee plastic cover, can I pop this off and do the same thing or do I need a handlebar mount??
 

If you mean the chromed dome nut retaining the upper yoke, you can't remove it.  Well, you could but you won't need a satnav to tell you where you're going.  I can do that for you ... straight into the nearest hedge. :lol

You need a bar mount system of some kind.

Now, put the blatting stick away. :)

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: violetsdaddy on 06 May 2012, 08:03:20 pm

Not the whole nut just the little dome part,  it looks like it has a seam that indicates a natural break

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: locksmith on 07 May 2012, 01:57:13 pm

If its a dome nut, could you carefully cut the dome part off?

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: violetsdaddy on 07 May 2012, 04:50:35 pm

Turns out there would be no point as the fazer yoke has a huge bolt that comes up from the bottom to the top hole hence the chromed nut.
Looks like I'll be getting some kind of handlebar fitting or the central ball that Fazer69 has posted pics of...

Title: Re: Ram Mount
Post by: karlo on 07 May 2012, 05:18:33 pm

http://www.ram-mount.co.uk/1-ball-base-with-1420-threaded-hole-p-1018.html (http://www.ram-mount.co.uk/1-ball-base-with-1420-threaded-hole-p-1018.html)

(http://www.ram-mount.co.uk/images/products/RAM-B-337.jpg)
Drill the dome nut maybe?