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Dual USB-A/C Handlebar Mounted Charger Report Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:20 pm
Two Wheels Better
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While perusing eBay one fine day I discovered this kewl little device. Since the advent of must-have electronic distractions like your phone or GPS, Bluetooth headsets, & etc., that you must take along on your individual road to freedom, I've found that keeping them sufficiently charged up has been a bit of a bother. Often I try a few quick minutes of charge when stopped for lunch or at the servo getting "gas" or at ride's end. Sure, there are 12V BMW accessory port connectors, often with too-heavy cables that you can't trust to stay put as you roll down the road.
With a metal, hinged bar mount that uses a 3mm allen head screw and a soft rubber damper band for 22mm 'bars, or without the band for larger, 25.4mm 'bars, are dual USB-A & C connections with "water resistant" covers that click into a slot when not in use, and a fused, 59"/150cm SAE-type lead direct to battery.
It fits really well and sorta looks like it was made for the bike. I loosened the two T25 Torx screws that support the mirror and front master cylinder and slid it over just a few mm's to create some space between the combi switch assembly and the mirror stem around the 22mm handlebar, in this case on my K1200R.
I bought two so I can fit one to either Big Block or my K1300GT. HERE on eBay is a link to where I found them. I'm sure they can be had for less, maybe on AliExpress or other site, but I paid US$17.50 plus 10% tax for each of them. It even comes with a 3mm allen tool. I used a coupla zip-ties (black, not red
) to tuck the excess wire away.
I'm not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer or the seller.
With a metal, hinged bar mount that uses a 3mm allen head screw and a soft rubber damper band for 22mm 'bars, or without the band for larger, 25.4mm 'bars, are dual USB-A & C connections with "water resistant" covers that click into a slot when not in use, and a fused, 59"/150cm SAE-type lead direct to battery.
It fits really well and sorta looks like it was made for the bike. I loosened the two T25 Torx screws that support the mirror and front master cylinder and slid it over just a few mm's to create some space between the combi switch assembly and the mirror stem around the 22mm handlebar, in this case on my K1200R.
I bought two so I can fit one to either Big Block or my K1300GT. HERE on eBay is a link to where I found them. I'm sure they can be had for less, maybe on AliExpress or other site, but I paid US$17.50 plus 10% tax for each of them. It even comes with a 3mm allen tool. I used a coupla zip-ties (black, not red
) to tuck the excess wire away.I'm not affiliated in any way with the manufacturer or the seller.
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The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever, and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. -Turkish proverb
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT
Didn't know that.
