Crowded Cockpit (radar detector & phone mount on Ram stem & tank)

[funnyman3000]

I had originally planned to have my phone on the Ram stem mount and radar detector on a windshield suction, but it covers more of the console than I'd like. New plan is to use this Amazon Ram mount to hold the detector and find a way to secure my phone to the indent on tank. Has anyone mounted their phone here without using a bulky tank bag?

 

[Kiwi Rider]

Ditch the phone, then there will be room.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

On my 06 I use a stem stand for my V1 and I prefer to keep my phone in my pocket.

 

[BlueBacon]

On his old ninja, my dad made a simple L-bracket out of a flat piece of scrap metal and mounted it through the bolts on the tank-side of the clutch reservoir bracket.

 

[funnyman3000]

The phone was a must because I use it for navigation and Waze reports. I ended up just using two-part epoxy to attach a Ram size B ball mount to the tank. I can also dual-purpose it for a camera stick mount. If I ever decide to remove it I'll just break it off, scrape off the glue, and cover up any scuffs with a sticker.

 

[BigBSBusa]

They also make reservoir mounts. RAM® Motorcycle Brake/Clutch Reservoir Ball Base

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Could be worse

 

[Zerks]

I have a friend that has made lots of cool stuff like carbon fiber dash boards to mount all the electronic devises on. He won the top Farkle Award one time when over three hundred ST 1100 owners gathered in Montana one year. That Gold Wing pictured looks like a rats nest.

 

[funnyman3000]

They also make reservoir mounts. RAM® Motorcycle Brake/Clutch Reservoir Ball Base

I saw this along with a few other "handlebar" mounts, but they hit the windscreen at full lock.

 

[BigBSBusa]

I saw this along with a few other "handlebar" mounts, but they hit the windscreen at full lock.

Okay. Have it mounted on my Gen2 and doesn't hit. I will be putting a similar setup on the Gen3, so may have to rethink.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

I saw this along with a few other "handlebar" mounts, but they hit the windscreen at full lock.

When does anyone go full lock?

 

[Zerks]

When does anyone go full lock?

When you are maneuvering in tight quarters like getting in or out of the garage. It even happens occasionally the I get stuck in dead slow traffic sometimes when lane splitting and I have to stop and change lanes to get moving again.