Installation of Garmin Zumo 660 GPS for Spyder RTS

[Lew L]

660LM

Hi Maggi,

My wife found a 660LM at a great price. The LM comes with a 3/4 ball mount and I used a dash rack that I made , like the one that JT sells. One last ram mount clast ( about $12 ) ait's ready for wireing.
Ran the wire through the body work down to the frunk ( battery tender hookup***** remember to get the polarity correct) and it works like a treat. I like the high dash placement much,much more that at the low handle bars center( to LOW for me) Sena bluetooths to theGarmin and all is well.

Kaos

 

[Star Cruiser]

2012 and 2016 RT-S Models?

I am trading in my 2012 RT-S for a 2016 RT-S

Does anyone know if the GPS harnesses are the same? I would like to keep my Garmin 660 and install it onto the new Spyder. Just not sure if all the plug ins will be the same for both the 2 and 3 cyl.

 

[billybovine]

I am trading in my 2012 RT-S for a 2016 RT-S

Does anyone know if the GPS harnesses are the same? I would like to keep my Garmin 660 and install it onto the new Spyder. Just not sure if all the plug ins will be the same for both the 2 and 3 cyl.

Yes. You can remove the harness from your 2012 RT and install it into your 2016 RT. There is a BRP sub harness on your your 2012 RT that was added for the Garmin harness to plug into. It is not needed on your 2016. The connectors are located around the right rear corner of the fuel tank.

 

[Star Cruiser]

Yes. You can remove the harness from your 2012 RT and install it into your 2016 RT. There is a BRP sub harness on your your 2012 RT that was added for the Garmin harness to plug into. It is not needed on your 2016. The connectors are located around the right rear corner of the fuel tank.

:2thumbs:
That is awesome!
Thanks so much. I will probably have the dealer do it. How much labour time would you estimate to remove and reinstall onto the 2016?

 

[billybovine]

:2thumbs:
That is awesome!
Thanks so much. I will probably have the dealer do it. How much labour time would you estimate to remove and reinstall onto the 2016?

Not sure but I would guess an hour.

 

[Star Cruiser]

Not sure but I would guess an hour.

Thanks Billy. That is a rough enough estimate for me to decide it will be less expensive than purchasing a new harnes for the 2016.

You guys are an amazing source of information

 

[reildeal]

GPS not charging

Sorry to hijack the thread, but have not been able to find anything in the forum on the subject. I just purchased a 2013 RT-Ltd with the factory GPS. I have put the head unit into the cradle, GPS is low on battery, but the bike doesn't charge it. Looked at all of the fuses up front don't see any that would be the one for the GPS circuit. I would go back to dealer but they are useless. (Mike's Famous Harley Davidson in New London, CT). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Spyder 42]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but have not been able to find anything in the forum on the subject. I just purchased a 2013 RT-Ltd with the factory GPS. I have put the head unit into the cradle, GPS is low on battery, but the bike doesn't charge it. Looked at all of the fuses up front don't see any that would be the one for the GPS circuit. I would go back to dealer but they are useless. (Mike's Famous Harley Davidson in New London, CT). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Taking a stab at this one... if the wiring on the '13 is like the wiring on the '14 then the GPS is on the heated grip circuit. Are those working? Do you have a multimeter that you could use to test the circuit at the gps connection? Could it be dirty contacts at the cradle? My last bet would be, if the other answers are positive (Polly heaters work, power at the cradle and clean contacts) that the battery might be too dead to recharge. Did you get the full kit when you bought the RT or only the gps? IIRC, there is a charger available for the gps, it might be powered from a wall-wart (like my zumo55) or it might be off a USB connection (would have to refer to Garmin to be sure).

Just looked at page 37 of the owners manual, there are 12VDC auto chargers, USB and 120 VAC chargers available for the Zumo 660.

HTH

Pat

 

[mcalva]

Hi!.
I recentlly changed the Garmin Zumo 660 for the 590 I had from VTX. Basically cause the maps of the EEUU are not usefull here in Europe. :roflblack:



I don't know anything about delivering to USA but if you are interested on it, please sent me a P.M.

 

[reildeal]

Thank you for the input, I actually took the head unit into the house and charged with AC adapter. I will troubleshoot the cradle for power issues (if there is one) May have just been so low on power that was not showing the charge. But for others information, i did locate a image of the PINOUT of the cradle to troubleshoot similar issues.

Taking a stab at this one... if the wiring on the '13 is like the wiring on the '14 then the GPS is on the heated grip circuit. Are those working? Do you have a multimeter that you could use to test the circuit at the gps connection? Could it be dirty contacts at the cradle? My last bet would be, if the other answers are positive (Polly heaters work, power at the cradle and clean contacts) that the battery might be too dead to recharge. Did you get the full kit when you bought the RT or only the gps? IIRC, there is a charger available for the gps, it might be powered from a wall-wart (like my zumo55) or it might be off a USB connection (would have to refer to Garmin to be sure).

Just looked at page 37 of the owners manual, there are 12VDC auto chargers, USB and 120 VAC chargers available for the Zumo 660.

HTH

Pat

 

[billybovine]

On a 2013 RT limited the GPS is factory installed. So it is powered by the radio. Not with the grips as mentioned above. Does the radio work? If yes. Then is the Garmin mount harness plugged into the radio? The connectors are located at about the the right rear of the fuel tank. There is also a inline fuse in the garmin harness in about the same location. Check the fuse.

 

[Highwayman2013]

The battery in the 660 is can be removed as well. Clean the contacts and reinstall or replace with a new one.