Gswanson's GPS steering stem mount

[HispanicSlammer]

I was in Oklahoma with the new vfr1200 wondering what I was going to do with my gps, the tank bolts are different and I could not mount the ram ball there. Gary looks at it, pulls out a half inch pipe and sticks it in the steering column and its snug and he goes to work cutting welding and drilling me a custom gps mount, even painted it. We used tape to get it tight in the hole and he welded a nub on the side to make it stick up an 1 1/2 from the stem.

Gswanson - Fabricator GPS vfr1200 stem mount cut - welded - drilled - deburred - painted

I got it home and the tape had held for the most part but the gps would swing out side to side a bit so I went over to a local bike shop and asked if they had an old steering column - man said steering columns are too thick but he had a bolt and wedge for mounting a triatholon bar that was smaller diameter and he pulls out the perfect size wedge and bolt! Perfect $7 and I was home modifing Garys mount. Drilled a hole in the top and a 1/2 hole in the ram ball to fit over the hex bolt and it worked. Tightened up the bolt till the wedge stuck in nicely, I cut some slits in the pipe to let it expand. wow it works great!

Gswansons Steering stem gps mount Gary welded a 1/2 metal tube to some flat stock then drilled holes shaped and painted the unit welded a nub on the side to make it sit up.

GPS Mount I modified it by cutting a slit in the side and I bought a bolt and wedge from a bicycle shop for a triathalon handlebar drilled a hole in the top of the mount for the hex bolt

Ram mount ball I had to drill out a half inch hole to make room for the hex bolt head to bolt the ram to the gps mount

Slide the mount down the head tube pull up on the hex bolt and thread the wedge til it gets tight