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We wanted to do
a review of a gadget that is for more than just a Sport ATV
Application. A GPS is a must have for today's campers,
hunters, and off-roaders. It does not do you a lot of
good if it is in your pocket. We looked at GPS manufacturers
websites to see if they had a mounting solution and this is
what we came up with. The Handlebar clamp for the Garmin
GPS12. We also purchased one for a Garmin eTrex GPS and Garmin
GPS Vas well. We
ordered and received our mounts from Garmin. Let's mount them
and run a test. Mounting on the GPS 12 is pretty straight
forward. There is a rubber strip that wraps around the
handlebars and the mount is screwed together over the rubber
strip. We did however find that on The Polaris Sportsman 500
the only good place to mount the bracket was on the left side
and we did have to shave a few millimeters off the mount to
get it between the handlebar and the Brake Reservoir. The
mount could stand to be a little thinner in this area to
compensate for mounting on all quads. The
Mounting tab that attaches to the GPS is held to the unit with
double-sided adhesive tape. We made sure to thoroughly clean
the back of our GPS Unit with alcohol and a clean towel before
attaching the double-sided tape. After attaching the bracket
we snapped our unit into the Handlebar mount. We do recommend
that you tether your GPS to the handlebar with some twine just
incase it pops out on the trail. This will keep you from
running your expensive GPS over and ruining it.
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Garmin GPS 12
Mounted |
Another View |
Close-up Of
Mount Installed |
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Photo's
Courtesy of KJones99 |
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