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Smart Phone holder?
Mike_Berkshire:
I have a quad lock on my bike (Triumph Tiger 850 Sport) and my son has one on his T100. They are great and don’t take up much space. I think you can get various mounting options. I just use for satnav. If there is room on the bars it’s a good option.
Craizeehair:
Quad lock with the vibration damper for me.
TrickyMicky:
Call me old fashioned, but, I have never owned a sat-nav, I go out riding to get away from constant phone calls, messages etc. I keep a map inside my jacket, route instructions inside my boot, and enjoy the journey reading road signs. Obviously, yes, I carry a mobile phone, as public call boxes have been done away with, our hand has been forced. The only gadget I have attached to my bikes is a handlebar clock. Topic for the weekend debate?? Mike.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
No SatNav for me either Micky (on my bike) - tbh I don't want any distractions.
Since I retired from my last driving job I don't even use my hands free phone system in my car for the same reason.
I've also pretty much stopped using the cars sound system - too easy to cop a speeding ticket listening to The Killers or Hard-Fi.
My only gadget on the 400 is a small bar mounted Voltmeter.
Mikep328:
Thanks Mike and Crazee - I looked at videos and that Quadlock looks like a really excellent item, unlike most which are just cheap rubber/plastic. I've used three different holders and constantly wonder if the next pothole/whatever will jettison my phone!! The Quadlock appears essentially immune to jolts/vibration/etc.
Tricky - I sort of agree with you and have no interest in making calls/listening to music, etc while out riding. If my wife is not out riding as well, I don't mount the Sena transceiver on the helmet. But I do value the sat nav and find it very helpful, especially when heading to somewhere I've never been. I probably don't use the Nav like most people do. I enter the location and then just "head in that direction" taking mostly little roads that seem to go that way, not the route shown on the nav. Of course, the nav keeps updating and insisting I follow "the route" but I can't hear it talking and I continue to wander on as I feel like it. Of course, this often results in being on single track roads, sometimes with complete canopy cover that turns midday into evening! A couple of days ago a "short ride" to a pub was 20 minutes on an A road per the nav but using my method took over an hour through some really fun/interesting countryside!
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