..... for stupidity in the exploration of motorcycling. I have to admonish myself before it comes out into the open. I had mega probs working out where to fit the TomTom Rider v2 on the K100RS. The bars are quite narrow and have rather tight cable routing, not to mention the rubber cover housing the ignition and switches. Drilling the fairing was toyed with amongst other ideas, but I finally settled on one solution. 4 x Neodymium Iron Boron disc magnets with countersunk 6mm holes that would mount very nicely on the back of the tomtom's plastic cradle. Thus allowing a nice neat mount on the tank for the unit. It took a visit from the wonderful mr packer last night to point out the error in my plan........ 1st pint in Belgium to the one who spots the obvious.
Bit of araldite and some furkling, and you stick one of the maggies to te inside allowing the Tom-Tom to go on the outside. Jobs a goodun.
Heh. Ally tank. A friend nearly made a similar mistake when he bought a universal magnetic roof rack for his Land Rover Disco. Luckily, he discovered that the roof was actually steel.
Brownz (Mobile) says... I gather from other posts that the tank is alloy, but won't magnets that strong affect the unit's performance?
You would magnetise your fuel and give yourself 100mpg overnight? The field of the magnets would royally **** up electron movement in the chips of the TomTom? -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter."
No, it does have a little vibration through the bars at around 120, but apart from that it seems fine.
In Alloy tank .. In addition to the previously mentioned top box I also have a Baglux bag and tank cover and a genuine BMW Tank Bag (Multi Vario ISTR) for the K series somewhere here ... and the matching pannier liners too. They may be in the attic, there's a guy coming to insulate the loft shortly. I'll have to root them out while he's up there and fleabay them, for some reason they seem to get daft money on Ebay -- Steve Parry 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
In My F650 has a plastic tank but I got a RAM mount from ebay and a Garmin adaptor so I can use my BMW Navigator on it as well as on the K-GT. There are TT adapters available also -- Steve Parry 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
<Perk> I'm holding out for a Krauser top to appear on fleabay or S/H at motoworks/bins. But would be seriously interested in the tank cover / bag combo.
On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:30:33 -0000, "Steve Parry" snip> I ended up buying an Oxford Sport tankbag with conventional rather than magnet fittings for less than 15 year old genuine BMW K100 tankbags were going for on Ebay. They fetch over £50 nearly every time I see one on there and (imo) the Oxford one is better.
In BTW get one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Throttle-Cont...ryZ76120QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem More comfy on long motorway runs -- Steve Parry 07 K1200GT SE 95 BMW F650 87 Yamaha FS1 Sukida SK90PY 91 Kawasaki AR50 07 VW Passat SE Estate for comfort www.gwynfryn.co.uk
