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21 May 2006
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GPS on an XT
I have been thinking of getting a gps unit for my XT 6003AJ,
I would like to be able to connect the GPS to my bike but am not sure if the XT produces enough power to run a gps with out running the battery down.
Does any one run a GPS on there XT600
What is the best way to connect the GPS to bike electric system
Thanks
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22 May 2006
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Garmin Quest on XT600e
Hiya I have been running my Garmin Quest on the xt for about 2 months no, been fantastic, I bought a RAM mount and the related ´q-pac´do wire up direct to the battery. The quest has an nternal battery so even on the nastiest dirt roads it never loses power. I got it from the uk supplier gpsw.co.uk they do a bundle with the quest and ram mount and electricks for about 300 GBP i think...
hope it helps,
dave
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22 May 2006
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Gps
the garmin quest motorcycle cradle comes with a 1.5A fuse ready to wire straight onto the battery. i have the garmin cradle on a RAM mount, which due to its rubber balls absorbs a bit of vibration. not sure if its up to a real beating off-road though, perhaps dave knows?
i havent compared the garmin cradle with the RAM one for security, but the garmin one is pretty good.
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off road
yeah it can certainly take a battering, there have been times here in bolivia that i think my brain will fall out before my GPS does! after a alot of bouncing around the RAM cradle has worn off the top layer of plastic on the quest, so it has some battle scars as it were, but its only cosmetic, so no worries there....
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27 May 2006
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The RAM mount is indeed the best I have yet found for minimizing vibration and 'keeping things together' offroad. I have run a small eTREX unit on a KTM for over 15000 offroad miles and everything still runs fine. I tend to use either blutak or an elastic band to stop the unit vibrating in the actual mount.
Oh, and if you are going to use an eTREX unit you will HAVE to install a fixed power line, otherwise the batterys vibrate so much that they constantly turn the unit off!
All the best with it,
Dave
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I find a long cable connected to the light circuit and a tank bag works pretty well. Just don´t drop the bag off the bike....
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I mounted a Garmin GPSmap 60CSx on my Yamaha XT600E 2001 using the " Handlebar bracket Garmin GPS 60
lockable" from touratech. I had no problem at all! The battery didn't drain. Even more, at night I charged the battaries from my digital camera and video camera, and in the evening I used the power from the bike for my Libretto notebook. I never had a flat battery.
Tested the GPS in Island, no problems at all.
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for those of you having trouble with your garmin gps turning off while under battery, read on. i have found that if you take a small and i do mean small piece of paper and fold it so it lays across the batteries. this adds pressure on the cover and keeps the batteries from vibrating and loosing contact with the terminals. i have used this on my xt in severe offroad in moab, ut and on a cr250 that revs and has been through some very rough terrain.
think small as it doesnt take much.
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