Mounting Things to the Handlebar!

[SegwayLongIsland]

Stan had asked how to mount a Garmin GPS-V to the handlebars. You can also mount a lot of different things with a little imagination.

Since there are 2 screws on the bottom of the handlebars already for the mounting bracket of the old style black bag, this was a great place to start. I needed a piece of metal to make a bracket. I found an 8" shelf bracket already painted white for $1.99 in a hardware store.

http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket1.jpg

Then I cut the tabs off the back end, bent the bracket around a metal pipe, and cut it to the right length.

http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket3.jpg

Then I drilled a hole in it for the Segway screw. (1/4 inch).

http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket4.jpg

and attached it to the underside of the Segway handlebar.

http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket5.jpg
http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket6.jpg

I finished by attaching the GPS base with double-sided tape that comes with the base.
http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket7.jpg

It works great, and it doesn't even get in the way of the old black bag. (I eliminated the bracket from the old black bag so I can put it on & off easily whenever.)
http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket8.jpg
http://members.cox.net/jillmac/bracket9.jpg

I'm sure you can mount tons of stuff using these one or both of these screws!

Wayne

[Stan671]

Great idea, Wayne. I will see if I can come up with something similar to fit the Garmin GPS V mount I have. I don't have the same one that you have in the pix.

Stan Dobrowski

[pt]

holy smokes!

you might want to make those images a little smaller though :-]

cool stuff.

cheers,
pt

http://www.bookofseg.com

[SegwayLongIsland]

Hi Phil. How do you make the photos smaller??!!

I don't like them that size either!!

Wayne

[pt]

wayne-

just use an image editing application and resize them before you upload them to your site.

here's a note that was posted before:
http://www.segwaychat.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1927

cheers,
pt

http://www.bookofseg.com

[StudioH]

I need a bigger monitor.

[2totango]

You can do just about anything to an image with IrfanView image viewer.

[cstull]

The simplest way to make smaller images is to change the setting on your camera. You are probably set at 640x480 or larger right now. Just change it to a smaller number, maybe about 160x120 would be good.

Craig

[pam]

quote:Originally posted by Segway Long Island

Stan had asked how to mount a Garmin GPS-V to the handlebars. You can also mount a lot of different things with a little imagination.

.......

I'm sure you can mount tons of stuff using these one or both of these screws!

Wayne

I was thinking today that this would be a perfect thing to use to mount a little tray. I like to segway through the drive through unit at Mr.Dave's (a local spot), but I'm always concerned that if I get - say a pound of barbeque, by the time I put the container in my front bag home, it'll have dripped out. Or even take out Chinese food - they all have those approx 8x8 containers now, not the little boxes with a handle. I could mount a plastic tray (the size of a McDonald's tray) and either bungee the styrofoam container to it, or something.... - hmm, or mount a wicker basket, or a wire basket...

How do you roll it around a tube, Wayne? Do you have a special machine to do that?
Pam

[GadgetmanKen]

Pam, those little shelf hanger brackets are not that thick and can be easily bent around an object. Place one end of the metal bracket into a vise, place a round object the same diameter of your handle bars next to it and slowly apply pressure to it. It should bend without a whole lot of pressure. Or place a pipe the same diameter in a vise and clamp the hanger bracket to the pipe and bend it around. Either way it should be easy.

Just a quick fix...as humorous as it may sound, ever try a plastic grocery bag? It has two handles built-in and would easily fit over the handlebars. Thats one of those universal inventions much like duck tape, you can use it for most anything :)

"Wouldn't it be cool, if?...is like Folgers in my cup"

[SegwayLongIsland]

GadgetmanKen is exactly right! I just put the bracket in a vice, put a piece of 1" pipe next to it and pushed the other end around it. Took one good steady push and a few extra little ones until it was the shape I needed. Very Easy!! (Afterwards I noticed I could have used the edge of my granite kitchen counter! It is 1" thick with a 1/2 round bullnose edge!)

wayne

[mzokc]

quote:Originally posted by GadgetmanKen

...ever try a plastic grocery bag? It has two handles built-in and would easily fit over the handlebars...When shopping at Wal-Mart, the plastic bag worked perfectly during the glide to the car!

Mark