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Old Apr 27, 2002 | 08:54 AM
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did anyone mount there gps on there 650 if yes where and which mount
 
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Old Apr 28, 2002 | 10:34 AM
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I have a Garmin GPSII which I mounted on the left handle bar. I made a small aluminum plate bent at right angle with a 1/4" hole on the bottom plate, this hole I use to bolt this bracket to the left handle bar where a threaded hole is for a mirror mount (you have to pull the small plastic plug out). On the adjacent side of the bracket, I drilled a small hole that I use to mount the GPS, the Garmin has on the back side a small threaded hole for this purpose. I hope this helps.......MJSTX
 
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Old Apr 28, 2002 | 09:33 PM
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On my brother's 650, we took a 5/8" diameter painted steel tube (came from a closetmaid system), bent it into a nice radius and bolted it to the bars through the Suzuki mirror mount holes by each brake lever. He clamps the GPS off to the left side. Then I made him a clamp-on pair of driving lights to stick on whenever he goes night riding. With the tube radius bent to mimic the curve of the front bar plastic and painted black, it looks like it was supposed to be there.

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Old Apr 28, 2002 | 11:24 PM
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good ideas. I was just going to slap a piece of velcro on the plastic shroud. I havn't noticed the mirror mounts, are they right on the brake lever?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 09:37 AM
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The 'zuki mirror mounts are two tapped holes in the base of the brake lever mounts. I'm pretty sure they are set up for 10mm metric bolts. They come with a plastic plug to cover them up.

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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 11:06 AM
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Heres how I mounted my GPS on my 650. Click the links for pics.

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[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Pic 5 shows what it would look like when your riding [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 08:22 PM
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Ram makes a mount that screws into the mirror mount, if i didnt already have the mount that i already have i would have bought the one that fits into the mirror.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 08:46 PM
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thanks I thought about mounting it on the rack your pics made up my mind thanks again Ride safe and often Pdawg650
 
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Old Apr 30, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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You made up your mind...so where did u decide you r going to mount your gps...? Just curious[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Old Apr 30, 2002 | 07:28 PM
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On the front rack. Check the pics posted by lackdog on this thread
 
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