so that didn’t work out well at all. word of caution, do not use the friction clamp mount, it dropped off my windshield while on the highway. thankfully it just came to rest on my handlebars and didn’t drop onto the road or into the suspension, but whoah, scary stuff.
for my second try, i picked up the oem large windscreen which comes with a support bar, i attached a bolt-on RAM mount to that and everything’s great now.
this is my first attempt to mount and power my cell for GPS on a 2013 BMW F800GS.
to start, there is an SAE plug tucked away under the right front fairing, this might be stock, might be dealer added, i haven’t been able to get an answer either way. i picked up an SAE to USB adapter from burns moto that outputs 5V DC @ 2.1A. the SAE seems to be directly connected to the battery as it charges the phone with the bike off, from what i’ve read, there is a cambus that would shut down power after turning off the bike, the powerlet outlet is on this bus. here’s a picture of the SAE plug:
on the mount front, i’ve got a so-so solution with a RAM clamp mount that i’ve got attached to the windscreen, with a 6″ bar it clears the handlebars in a full turn and gets the phone up decently high. i haven’t test ridden yet, so i don’t know about vibration and viewing angle, i’ll report back when i have. [UPDATE] test ride complete, quick city and highway ride, no vibration issues, the screen is readable in motion. [/UPDATE] here are some pictures of the installed mount:
