Twatnav

[tommyardin]

this my satnav...

Bit of a safety hazard having that thing stuck on your front screen, especially if your journey crosses from one page to another. Bet at motorway speeds the pages flip back and forth by themselves.
I left my last AA map plugged into my computer overnight and it never did update.

[tommyardin]

[quote author=limax2 link=topic=22930.msg264742#msg264742 date=1500582308]
I use a TomTom XL2 that I got for the car several years ago and put it in one of those waterproof holder things for mounting on a motorbike. (Off Ebay). Not as easy to use as a proper motorbike one but a lot cheaper and does what I need. A mate has a later car type TomTom and seems to have a few problems with it sometimes.
Mounted mine on a bracket above the clocks on my boxeye 600.
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Using the exact same unit & case as Limax but mounted between bar clamps.
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I use Tom Tom 820 Go-Live same case off evilBay, had a spare Go-Pro handle bar mount/clamp set the angle of it up marked joints with Tip X pen took it apart and super glued it together, works a treat, one thumb screw and it's completely removed from the bike,mounting and all.

[Kenbob]

Thanks for the replies fellas but how are you supplying power to your device, just been looking at various connectors but I'm not convinced that they're waterproof.
Was looking at wiring it from the battery as I don't want to fiddle with the loom.
Perhaps this should be a thread on its own

[Buzz]

I use: -

- Fuse tap (Ebay 221696218978) - used to piggyback onto the switched headlight circuit
- Female cigarette lighter adapter (Ebay 291991902491) - stored under seat, connected to live from fuse tap above
- Male Cigarette USB charger - (Ebay 262774719132) - Double port so the missus can charge her phone as well
- 2 m long USB cable (Ebay 252836570885) - Cable goes under petrol tank and is cable tied to the bars, the exposed end is tucked under the tank when not in use.

The whole lot cost about £7 and has worked rain and shine for the last 5 years or so.

[mtread]

Sounds good, but how do you get the cable into the waterproof cover?

[Frosties]

Sounds good, but how do you get the cable into the waterproof cover?

  :groan [size=78%] The standard Satnav charger lead with it's tiny winy connector goes through the itsy bitsy hole in the case. The other end goes into either a USB or cigarette socket.[/size]

[mtread]

Yes I know where the USB/Cigarette socket end goes.... and thank you for taking the trouble to explain there's an itsy bitsy hole in the (not quite fully waterproof then) Satnav cover.


I'll stick with my fully waterproof Rider methinks 

[Kenbob]

So, without wishing to sound dumb but never having had a bike specific twatnav, it sounds to me like there really is no way to keep the device watertight if it's plugged into a mains connector thats in the fairing, as I've seen on a couple of bikes.
Best bet is a cig lighter socket under the seat wired to the batt then. Probably.

[mtread]

Most bike specific Satnavs have two wires you splice into the loom. The Satnav sits in a purpose built cradle which is waterproof (perhaps not if submerged in a river!)

[Kenbob]

I don't go anywhere near looms.
If I can foc up putting a seat back on just imagine what I could do with a loom.

[Grayo]

I don't go anywhere near looms.
If I can foc up putting a seat back on just imagine what I could do with a loom.

I put a male Optimate plug on the end of mine and run the cable under the tank and seat so I can plug it in to the Optimate charging lead under the seat which is fused.

[mtread]

:agree

[Frosties]

[quote author=Kenbob link=topic=22930.msg264995#msg264995 date=1501081345]
I don't go anywhere near looms.
If I can foc up putting a seat back on just imagine what I could do with a loom.

I put a male Optimate plug on the end of mine and run the cable under the tank and seat so I can plug it in to the Optimate charging lead under the seat which is fused.
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All the best ideas are the simplest - love it  :thumbup :thumbup