I am taking a trip from upstate NY to Mississippi and back and the end of next week. I am sorting everything out be the one thing I am still working on is how rig up a power source for my GPS unit. I figure I could to to radio shack and buy a cigarette lighter and just hard wire it to the battery... But there has to be a "cleaner" way to go about it right? I checked HD's website to see what they had and found noting... What do you guys have in mind?

 

Somewhere on this site (try the $50 sticky) is a writeup on a member who installed a covered lighter plug into the rubber grommet thing on the front frame tube near the ignition.

 

Have a battery tender? What I did was take the extra cord that comes with the tender - the one with the alligator clips - and cut off the connector end. Then I ordered a second cable from Garmin - the one used to hardwire the gps into a vehicle. (I used the one that came with it on my Electra Glide). Patched the two together and moved the battery tender cable that's permanently attached to the battery over so it terminates on the left side of the bike, right behind the quick disconnect on the fuel tank. (Cause I want the gps on the left side of the bars).

I picked up an adjustable mount designed for bicycle handlebars on eBay or overstock.com. When I use the Garmin on the FLHTC I have the permanent mount. When I want it on the Dyna I use the bike mount and zip tie the cable I fabbed up under the left side of the fuel tank and plug it into the battery tender.

Only issue is to remember to unplug when you stop or you might drain your battery. Not a problem refueling and if I stop to eat or overnight I'm not leaving the GPS on the bike to get stolen anyway.

 

Check out powerlet.com

Have a great ride!

 

I do indeed have one. Ill have to take a look at it and see if I want to splice and dice it.

 

Garmin has a kit for motorcycles. I was thinking about how to mount one at one time but I didn't go through with it. Check garmins site.

 

Do Dyna's have a spare aux cable off the OE wiring harness?

 

Under the seat are two aux connectors, one has always on 12V and one has switched 12V. The always on one has the connector shell but no mating pin, but these can be purchase from HD for like $1.00. I may be able to look up the part numbers if you want to go that way. That is how I got power to by GPS about a year ago.

You may also be able to splice in or fabricate a mating pin.

 

I just ordered a adapter to use with my battery tender from powerlet.com. perfect! Thanks for the help guys.

 

Have you decided on the mount you want to use?