Ram Mount

[violetsdaddy]

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??
 

 
This is what I have now...

[violetsdaddy]

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

[MEM62]

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.   

[locksmith]

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

[violetsdaddy]

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

[Falcon 269]

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.

You need a bar mount system of some kind.

Now, put the blatting stick away.

[violetsdaddy]

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

[locksmith]

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

[violetsdaddy]

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...

[karlo]

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


Drill the dome nut maybe?