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Honda ST1300 Section => "How To..." Instructions and Pics for Regular Maintenance Jobs specific to the ST1300... => Topic started by: CallMeSteve on January 18, 2018, 04:33:15 PM

Title: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: CallMeSteve on January 18, 2018, 04:33:15 PM
i’ll start by saying that I’m no mechanical genius and there is no rocket-science here. Once you have all the bits in your hand it’s quite obvious but I thought this little article might be instructive for anyone wondering about using a quadlock on an ST1300.

For Christmas I received a quadlock case for my iPhone. It’s a good case, solid but minimalist, with the quadlock mount built into the back of it. 

First additional purchase was the car mount for the Falcon, all works well. Click-on, click-off.

The obvious next project was to mount it to the steed. Quadlock does make motorcycle mounts but they are designed to attach to either a tubular handlebar or a mirror stalk. Of course real touring bikes don’t have either of these, and I figured that a RAM mount attached to the clutch reservoir was what I wanted to use. And so began a little project to convert the bar-mount quadlock to RAM mount.

Here is the original product prior to the warranty being voided:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-bWWN5zP/0/fb315cda/X3/2018011816180668-IMG_0046-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-WVRQ3cN/0/5c37c98b/X3/2018011816180668-IMG_0047-X3.jpg)

Rip off the rubber coating to reveal the innards. It’s held together with an M5 bolt and nut.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-sQZNFPG/0/712db41b/X3/2018011906404836-IMG_0048-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-bbPmRX2/0/c83278ba/X3/2018011906404836-IMG_0049-X3.jpg)

First, cut off the tubular part of the mount using a hacksaw, chainsaw, bread knife or your preferred weapon of mass destruction:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-CZPH7rR/0/17af0348/X3/2018011906404836-IMG_0050-X3.jpg)

RAM makes a ball with an attached M6 thread so I grabbed some M6 x 30mm from Bunnings, drilled out the quadlock slightly to take the M6 bolt and re-assembled as shown:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-XMN4f5k/0/bc81803b/X3/2018011816180668-IMG_0053-X3.jpg)

On goes the RAM ball with an extra M6 nut and a good dose of Locktite. 
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-wVTbXQP/0/c1baa52d/X3/2018011816191178-IMG_0057-X3.jpg)

I initially put some Araldite resin around the nut to hold it in place, but I found later that because the quadlock is a twist action the bolt wanted to unscrew from the nut so I ended up filling the inside with Araldite covering the nut and part of the bolt. So much for dismantling it later - that’s not gonna happen! In hindsight a better solution would have been to epoxy the nut in place and just use locktite on the bolt thread to stop it unwinding.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-7z8763M/0/2ff7109a/X3/2018011816180668-IMG_0066-X3.jpg)

I wanted to mount it from the reservoir so the phone was up high enough to sit easily in my peripheral vision. The RAM plate comes with 20mm, 30mm and 35mm bolts so of course I needed 25mm :-). Side cutters to the rescue. Man those bolts are tough.

Finally, all done. Here is the end result:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-fv7pk25/0/ad7e300f/X3/2018011816195479-IMG_0070-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-DhJ3zdG/0/84938ed4/X3/2018011816195479-IMG_0071-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-zFGjmNv/0/6202b680/X3/2018011816195479-IMG_0072-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-nh7fGqc/0/d2fd6e91/X3/2018011816195479-IMG_0236-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Posting/i-VQkLbCQ/0/dc5ef0f1/X3/2018011816195479-IMG_0238-X3.jpg)
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: CallMeSteve on June 06, 2018, 03:24:19 PM
Just a quick update to this little mod.  I have since discovered thanks to you blokes the Migsel dash mount.  I reckon this is close to optimal.
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: richo on June 06, 2018, 06:33:47 PM
 ++. Nice set up
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: Shiney on June 08, 2018, 07:04:06 PM
Nice work mate, it looks great :clap :thumbsup
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: ST2UP on June 09, 2018, 07:57:20 PM
Good job mate  :Like:

I like my migsel too  :Like:



cheers
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: CallMeSteve on August 02, 2018, 06:56:25 AM
Looks like my clever little mod just became obsolete. I do so hate a copy-cat

https://www.quadlockcase.com.au/collections/shop-moto/products/1-ball-adaptor-motorcycle (https://www.quadlockcase.com.au/collections/shop-moto/products/1-ball-adaptor-motorcycle)
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: WallyD on February 01, 2021, 09:12:59 PM
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Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: Brock on February 01, 2021, 09:18:40 PM
Nicely done.
Title: Re: Attaching a Quadlock bike mount to the ST1300
Post by: Biggles on February 02, 2021, 07:49:08 PM
"Man those bolts are tough!" says Steve. 

For future cutting of any size bolt, put a nut on it beyond the cut point (using the nut as a guide for the cut location is a bonus) then cut it off with a hacksaw.
Now move the nut away from the end and file around the end at 45o or use a fine grind stone if you have one.  Now the nut is guaranteed to re-engage with the thread and you saved yourself some grief.
FWIW, I used the same concept to mount my SPOT.  I'm sure there's a manufactured SPOT holder with a RAM ball for SPOT Mk3, but I have Mk2.