Redneck Engineering at Work!

[acpd22]

Here is the mount for my 7" GPS. It used to be the mount for a security camera. Boss told me to throw it away when we upgraded the cameras a few years ago. Something told me it would come in handy some day. When I put my windshield on the other day it hit me, "Here is a good place to mount it. Was looking at drilling a hole in one of the handlebar bolts and running a tap in there for some threads.



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[Bfromla]

:thumbup: But please ore info.... I looked at your info & can see a F3 & Madstad shield,
but details help even rednecks

 

[bmccaffrey]

Awesome job:clap::clap:

 

[acpd22]

OK, here goes.

This was an old Panasonic camera mount which actually had a camera on it when I got it. It was one of those old black & white cameras about the size of two packs of smokes.I removed the camera, it had a mount similar to the one on a tripod. I took my existing GPS mount and drilled a couple of holes in it to mate up with the holes in the camera mount. Couldn't find screws that were short enough so I ran then through and ground off the ends with my grinder. The mount had a single hole where it connected to an extending arm. This hole was threaded so I seen where I could bolt it onto the Madstad windshield mount so I put a 1/4 nylon washer on each side so I would not damage the windshield mount. I may have to modify it a little because I think it will drift down even when tightened really tight, but we will see after I get it back together once my other parts arrive.

 

[Haze]

Camera Mount

Very nice job mounting the camera.:clap:

Is there any interference with the Madstad frame?

 

[acpd22]

A little interference

Very nice job mounting the camera.:clap:

Is there any interference with the Madstad frame?

Where I mounted it prevents me from tilting the windshield back but that is OK with me. Its is a mount for my GPS. Used to be for a camera. My camera mount has yet to find a home after I removed it for the windshield.

 

[Chupaca]

No,no, no....

Doesn'the look red-neck at all...:lecturef_smilie: Looks quite nice...:clap:

 

[drhunt204]

I too save items for possible future use!

Great job! Looks good too!

 

[roofus7044]

That's a really good idea for a place to mount your gps. I wouldn't call that redneck at all.

 

[Bob Denman]

Now you've got two of these...