I have ordered the iconic Sat Nav bracket and ready to buy the Garmin XT, presumably I need a holder, does that come with the Garmin. Are there any deals on XTs ? thanks
Dunno about deals, but the XT does come with a holder that you can attach to a bike bracket or to the included ball mount/bar holder.
You get the mounting plate (with connectors and power cable) in the box with the Garmin XT. When you order the Iconic sat nav mounting bracket you can normally choose which fitment is needed (eg Quadloack, Garmin, Tom Tom). If you didn't select the Garmin fitment (to ship with the bracket) you will need one of these to attach the Garmin charging mount to: https://iconicparts.uk/shop/ols/products/multistrada-v4-v4s-device-mount/v/DUC-208-GPS BRACKET ONLY. This is not the full mount
I bought the XT from Amazon out of pure laziness. All the sellers prices were the same. The iconic bracket arrived this morning so I’ve fitted it tonight. My brother in law is coming round tomorrow after work to solder the connections and I will reassemble it ready for a run on Saturday. Now off to look at photos for cable routing ideas.
I was thinking the bigger challenge is how to get from the XT to the back of the TFT and make it look tidy or invisible
I zip tied to the other wires/cables on the handle bar ,tricky bit is having enough slack to raise and lower the screen My cable sits on left hand side ,slightly across the TFT but not obscuring any info I was going to have another go but as it works I left it alone lol
Carefully remove, slice open the small white pre-fitted NAV cable behind the DIN socket cover, solder the Zumo cable to the removed white plug and plug back in to original socket. Cable tie the Zumo cable to the back of the Iconic mounting bracket. The cable automatically tucks itself down the back of the dash TFT when I lower the screen and there is enough slack when raised. Also cable-tied the excess cable and tucked it behind upper fairing where the DIN plug is. I also recommend the Touratech lockable Zumo XT mount... saves having to pocket the Zumo each time you get off for and leave it for a few mins.
that looks very neat, certainly compared with older Touratech lockable mounts, I think I will be off to Rugged Roads to get one, thanks.
It is very neat..not too badly priced…. I got mine from Touratech.co.uk but took a while to be shipped from Germany… worth it though
Not if you order from the Touratech UK site… is less than £135 anyway even in European site I think so no taxes
Today was the first ride with the Xt on the Iconic bracket, it wobbles a bit, hopefully the Touratech lockable won't make that worse. There was also a lot of reflection from my below Helite air vest, so will be playing with angles later.
just ordered from Rugged Roads £124.16 incl P & P, the website said in stock, but who knows where its coming from.
There is a small amount of wobble but given the type of assembly the Iconic one is there's not much can be done about that. It doesn't bother me tbh. I also bought an anti-reflective screen protector from ebay which also helps.
Could someone with one of these Touratech lockable XT mounts, kindly explain which way the key turns to unlock and what to press to release the Garmin. I thought you turned the key and pressed the long rubber button in the middle on top. But I can’t release the Nav.
