Have RAM mount will Travel

I now have a complete set for my GPS traveling needs. Thanks goes out to my mother for the birthday money that allowed me to buy the goods (used via craigslist). Today I received the motorcycle handlebar mount, for my FZ1, and the windshield suction cup mount, for my civic. It took a bit of…

Symtec-Inc Grip Heaters

For Christmas, my step-father got for me a set of Symtec-inc grip heaters. This was entirely coincidental. I was going to purchase some grip heaters for myself at some point but he beat me to it. The installation was fairly straight forward and I covered it all in earlier posts: Part I, Part II, and…

motorcycle accesories – part III

Finally, my installation of two very basic yet important motorcycle accessories has come to completion. As you may remember from Part I and Part II, I have been working on installing a USB charger and grip heaters to my 2006 Yamaha FZ1. This latest delay was caused by difficulties in acquiring an air compressor in…

motorcycle accessories – part II

Well, it’s taken me longer than I would have liked, and it’s still going on while I wait for my air compressor. However I wanted to provide an update. In part I I was able to wire in a switched +12v line and a -bat line and route it to the front of the bike.…

motorcycle accessories – part I

For Christmas I had asked for the supplies and tools to put an accessory cigarette lighter on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1. I have been using my iPhone with the MotionX GPS app to track where I ride. It’s fun but it eats up the battery. In addition, our Garmin Nuvi 350 is getting on in…