BMW 1200 GS LC -> Relocating Cradle

Frans Theelen

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Jun 29, 2021, 9:14:50 AM6/29/21

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Hi,

Here looking to create a set-up with a Wunderlinq controller and a Carpe Iter tablet on a BMW 1200 GS LC Adv.

Does anybody have experience with this set-up and specifically relocating the BMW Navigation cradle (incl. the Wunderlinq controller) to a different location to allow mounting the Carpe Iter tablet to the "navigation" bar?

Thanks in advance.

Frans

Peter Sloane

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:24:01 PM6/30/21

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Hi Frans,

I did see over on the ADVRIDER website someone who had mounted the unit somewhere low left in the beak of the bike.

Check that out.

Peter

TH G

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Jul 1, 2021, 5:46:48 AM7/1/21

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Hi,

I have installed it like this.

https://hobbyfahrer.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210630_132428-scaled.jpg

Geoff Murray

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Jul 6, 2021, 6:49:07 PM7/6/21

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In front of the TFT.

Quadlock mount

Kim Matchett

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Jul 11, 2021, 12:11:20 AM7/11/21

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Hi,

Have you mounted yours without having the BMW Nav Prep unit?

Peter

Geoff Murray

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Jul 11, 2021, 12:34:06 AM7/11/21

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Yes, I removed the nav prep mount, just keeping the

actual nav prep connector to connect the Wunderlinq unit to. It’s a nice discrete setup. The nav prep connector and Wunderlinq are held in place by adhesive backed velcro.

Geoff

Kim Matchett

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Jul 11, 2021, 3:59:31 AM7/11/21

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Thanks Geoff might look to do the same. Mines winging its way to NZ along with a Kyocera phone currently.

Geoff Murray

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Jul 11, 2021, 4:16:09 AM7/11/21

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Enjoy. It’s a useful setup which would be even better if it was integrated with the Connect app or Google Maps.

Geoff

On 11 Jul 2021, at 18:00, Kim Matchett <kimmat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Geoff might look to do the same. Mines winging its way to NZ along with a Kyocera phone currently.

Martin Higgins

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Jul 11, 2021, 2:57:05 PM7/11/21

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I run a Galaxy tab, to get everything to fit, i did the following

I loosened the fixings on the rear of the stock gps mount and pushed it about 20-30mm to the left

I added an ultimate addons ram ball to fit a 12mm bar to the right of the now shifted stock gps mount

With my tablet mounted it sits just in front of the stock mount. Just enough room fit the wunderlinq box into the mount, and hide it behind the tablet

Geoff Murray

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Jul 11, 2021, 4:56:00 PM7/11/21

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Something to bear in mind is that the vibration from the BMW engine is apparently killing the cameras in many of the new smart phones which is why I used a Quadlock mount with an anti vibration base…

Geoff

TH G

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Jul 11, 2021, 5:11:13 PM7/11/21

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However, this seems to affect a strikingly large number of iPhones. I use, for example, a Samsung S20+ with SP Connect holder and without damping module because it sticks out too much for me.

Geoff Murray

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Jul 11, 2021, 6:02:54 PM7/11/21

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Which is fine until your phone dies....iPhones do seem to suffer a lot but I doubt that other brands are impervious to failure. It's an expensive experiment.

Dan Townsley

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Jul 11, 2021, 10:08:12 PM7/11/21

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The complaints I've seen on ADVrider of iPhone's with Camera Stabilization failing were interesting in that all of them had the iPhone mounted to the handlebars and not up on the windscreen crossbar. Camera Stabilization hardware is very susceptible to high-frequency vibrations like you will find at the handlebars. To the contrary, that hardware was designed to dampen low-frequency vibrations - the kind you'd see up on the crossbar. I've been mounting my iPhones on the crossbar for quite some time now (iPhone X, 11Pro Max and 12Pro Max) for a combined 49K miles with no failures of Camera's. I do have Apple Care +....just in case. 😎

Rafał Sz.

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Oct 13, 2021, 6:26:34 AM10/13/21

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Did you dissect the original nav craddle somehow to get the bare nav connector? I tried to do this and it seems that the original nav craddle is just one element, so I could only relocate it together with Wunderlinq installed in it. What do you mean by "actual nav prep connector"?

Geoff Murray

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Oct 13, 2021, 7:27:53 AM10/13/21

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This is the nav mount without the connector attached.

Rafał Sz.

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Oct 13, 2021, 7:50:59 AM10/13/21

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Thanks. I need to take another look at mine cradle. I can't remember seeing these screws...

Geoff Murray

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Nov 13, 2021, 6:37:28 AM11/13/21

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It seems now that Quadlock have produced a square mount that mounts directly to the WunderLINQ unit so there is now no need to remove/disassemble the nav prep unit. It is described on the Black Box Embedded phone mount page.

Peter Bellemans

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Jan 8, 2023, 2:27:48 AM1/8/23

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Hi Frans,

Did you manage to create a solution for the Wunderlinq controller (allready have that) in combination with the Carpe Iter tablet? (Higly interested in)

Cannot imagine how or where to mount the CI controller, the combination of BMW controller > Wunderlinq > CI tablet sounds like the ultimate solution for the BMW GSA

Thnx,

Peter

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