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GPS installation

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by dmassey, Mar 24, 2010.

  1. dmassey

    dmassey Active Member

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    Getting ready to install my GPS so I'm wondering how to get behind the dash on the ultra. Looks like you take out the three screws holding the windshield on and the two screws just above the lower wind deflectors (one on each side). It was mentioned in a previous discussion that the wires for the cigarette lighter were real handy so I'm planning to splice into there and run the harness through the same grommet that the clutch cable goes through. Sound workable?:cool:
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I would pull the switch off and remove the small housing cover off and wire it to the Aux. switch. You can also access it from behind the fairing. Very easy to remove the front of the fairing. Windshield screws and then the screws along the side. There is also a screw under the fairing on each side. Me I would still wire it to the aux switch hot side as its already fused. Plus that way you can also shut it off at the dash switch. If you wire it to the lighter wires make sure its fused. Good luck and have fun.:)
    FLHTbiker, Mar 24, 2010
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  4. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i would install it in the saddlebag or tourpac..next to the cell phone...pull off the hiway to look at it.......jmo!!
    chucktx, Mar 24, 2010
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I agree 100% but didn't say so as didn't want to make any waves. No GPS ever on my bike. NO CB or raidio on the Springer either.

    We have a rather large HOG chapter 490 plus and we have three Road Captain Teams. I'm the lead for one team and these guys who use their dame GPS systems keep heading us down gravel roads, I tell em throw the dang thing in the ditch.:D
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    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i dont have anything against using one....just dont want the distraction while riding.....it is tough enough keeping out of harms way without having to deal with a gps or cell phone......if ya lost or need to call someone........get off the road and have at it....least your not hit or lyin on the hiway cause your attention was to some puter instead of riding...
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Well Chuck you are right I just hate all these guys fiddling with their GPS systems while on rides (distracting). I like to ride and just enjoy the ride without distractions. I saw one rider the other day with a cell phone stuck up his helmet talking away as he was riding. Don't know how he could even hear a dang thing but at least it was hands free.:rolleyes:
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    Crap, not the GPS argument again. Its not a distraction to me. I don't pay much attention to it. Nothing more then a glance just like the gas gage, speed odometer etc. I find it much better then dealing with maps. I have found more back roads and places then I would of other wise not to mention if I find a place I like I can bookmark it and come back to it. To each their own. I prefer no radios, no windshield and the cell phone is packed away and the cigar is at easy reach.
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    That's why I like this forum. Ask a question and get many answers - and there's truth to every one of them. Just got to sort through and figure which direction you want to go yourself.
    dmassey, Mar 25, 2010
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    Plus if you mount it out where you can see it you also are inviting some sleaze ball to rip ya off. And maybe tear up your ride at the same time. Better off in the saddlebag. JMO
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    As far as fiddling with them , once I leave the house I don't mess with it until I've stopped somewhere for a break or someting and to keep from getting it ripped off, you can remove the Road Tech from it's mount which you better do cause if somebody rips it off and does damage to you ride, your insurance company may buck the claim due to the GPS serving as "bait".So far itr's much less distracting than a road map - and a lot more specific. Sort of like most other things in life - just depends on how we use them.
    dmassey, Mar 25, 2010
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