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One of the items I didn't like about the bike was the positioning of the BMW Navigator. As I see it, you have the look down just a bit too much, taking your eyes off the road. My previous bike, a 2016 GS had the GPS mounted above the clockwork and that I really liked.

I've now seen 4 different solutions from different manufacturers.

1) MV Motorrad Technik: click

2) Hornig: click

3) RS Motorcycle solutions click

4) The one I have was made in Australia and called the Vortex GPS mount bracket made by Hightide Technologies. Unfortunatley there are not available anymore.
If you come across a used version, here's a video about installing by "Grumpy Goat" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCy9R5VdaLg

Thats not too difficult as I made the payment using Paypall which gives me his emailaccount. I'll send him a message asking him to join the forum.

But please do realise, he has no more of these gps holders. They are completely sold out.

I made TonyT aware of the forum and told him that all info, that includes Hightide Technologies, was lost. Let's see if he joins.

I have the Honig on my bike but the brake reservoir fouls the GPS on full lock which makes it difficult to engage the steering lock It just about clears with the Sat Nav removed.
Anyone come up with a solution to this?

That is a bit of a problem as it's all very tight. And if you have handlebar risers, there isn't much you can do. If the steering is still in it's default position, you could try to move the handles down a bit, which will also give a bit of extra space.

Yes I have risers on the bars so it looks like I shall have to put up with it. I think that would be an MOT failure in a couple of years.

Zitat von Malcolm Jarvis im Beitrag #8

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Yes I have risers on the bars so it looks like I shall have to put up with it. I think that would be an MOT failure in a couple of years.

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Hi Malcom,
Yes an easy fix, just loosen and rotate your levels on both handlebars a little (I guess only the left is fouling the reservoir but you want them even) - it works perfectly and you really wont notice any change on the ergonomics. I did this with my Hornig set-up. I have the standard screen and no bar-risers fitted.
Good luck / Boxerboy

Has anyone fitted the MV Bracket. It looks tidy...

Here's a picture of my Mount some aluminium bar and a Ram ball Mount.

I got thecidea from a couple of other home made mounts on the old forum got a friend with some engineering tools to make it up for me.

Just had a week in North West Scotland performed great.

A pic without the sat nav mounted for a better view.

I installed the MV set with the RAM X-grip a couple of weeks ago and very pleased with it, the nav now sits nicely in sight above the instruments, so I can see the road ahead on the nav app (MyRouteApp navigation). Or alternatively I have the TomTom digital speedo and speed camera warning app running on my phone, when I know the way already.

Looks strange to have two navigation apps running, but I also get the TomTom Rider instructions on my Sena headset, which I'm used to. And sometimes the two disagree so then I can decide which one to follow, depending on my judgement. Also on the TomTom I have the gas station and traffic info, which I don't have on the navigation app.

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