motorbike auxilary socket

[dick65 0]

thinking of getting one for the bike,maries(missus)thinking of getting a binatone sat nav for the car,would it plug into the bike socket or does it need an adapter to work.
anyone know about these things? cheers.

[Chadatious 0]

Yep. I drilled hole into bit of plastic upfront, screwed it, put it on battery, and bobs ya uncle. If I go on and meets next year will charge phone, but its there for my garmin

[fr499y 0]

i have one on the zed, but its just tied to the bars ( neatly if i may add ) if you can run it in a car on the 12V, you can run it on the bike! lol

[dick65 0]

cheers lads just thought id check

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

i have one under my bandit seat , will post up when sober dont think it will so easy on the b-king

[Chadatious 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

i have one under my bandit seat , will post up when sober dont think it will so easy on the b-king

Hide it in ya fuel tank, quick thou before you sober up

[dick65 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

i have one under my bandit seat , will post up when sober dont think it will so easy on the b-king

cheers dave i was thinking either underseat or up front

[fr499y 0]

the reason i put mine by the bars is i tend to use my phone as a satnav a fair bit when going to meetings, rides out and shiz, makes it easier than undoing the seat, pulling cable out, putting seat back :P only added bonus to under the seat is its out the way and 100% waterproof

[Chadatious 0]

@dick65 wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

i have one under my bandit seat , will post up when sober dont think it will so easy on the b-king

cheers dave i was thinking either underseat or up front

Plastics round clocks.

[dick65 0]

ill post a pic tommorow to show you where i thought it might go

[Chadatious 0]

Okay dokay

[Macie_UK 0]

The standard 'fag lighter' socket and the 12v DIN sockets are different sizes though. To be honest I wouldn't bother with a DIN, just fit a waterproof socket and be done with it (unless you are sticking it under the seat).

I generally will have a 12v outlet under the seat on a permanent fused live, for charging phone when I'm away from the bike without having to leave the keys in the ignition and then have a waterproof one (switched) up front for sat nav duties.

I bought half a dozen of these: http://goo.gl/ee7q7 and they do the job well enough.

[dick65 0]

cheers macie

[RichardH 0]

got mine off ebay, about£8 already to go, just attatch to battery terminals, has an inline fuse.

[dick65 0]

think it must be the same one i was looking at rich,looks good

[RichardH 0]

it took about 30 secs to fit and works a treat

[dick65 0]

sounds good do they drain the battery much when you use it?

[Chadatious 0]

depends what you use.

[dick65 0]

mainly the wifes sat nav and phone charging on hols

[Tony nitrous 0]

I made up an adapter, a male ciggy socket plug
on 2 leads that attaches to my battery charger.

I charge the battery through the same plug.
Handy on bikes like the Katana / ET or bikes where
the battery is hard to get too.

[madsod 0]

i put a usb one under my seat as most . thing are usb now any way ,

[XS1100 0]

I bought the AA road map Of the Uk and the battery as never gone flat!.

Try and get a TOM TOM realy very good. saved my bacon in France.
"You have reached your destination"
shut the f;k up !!!!!!!
Then your brain stops working and she takes you up the M6 even though you have done the jounery a billion times you never go that way,Scary things.

[fr499y 0]

lol!! been thinking about getting one fitted to the kle, as its one of them bikes you dont care too much if it goes walkies, but will do anything you want it to!! this one looks pretty good on the basis it has a handlebar mount!! clicky but i normally go with a guy called towzatronics on ebay.. not the cheapest but seem to be better made.

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

i have one under my bandit seat , will post up when sober dont think it will so easy on the b-king

Here we go

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@madsod wrote:

i put a usb one under my seat as most . thing are usb now any way ,

I like the idea of the usb socket , but cant find a link to one on ebay

[fr499y 0]

dave, you can get these for android phones ( or any that uses the smaller USB plug )

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@fr499y wrote:

dave, you can get these for android phones ( or any that uses the smaller USB plug )

can't I just get a usb socket that goes straight to the battery

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

there wont be any room for that box thing under the seat of the king

[fr499y 0]

lol not as big as it looks tbf

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

and there isn't as much room as there looks

[stantheman 0]

check your phone dave i sent you a foto of one ive got if you want it it will just clip to the battery and unclip when not in use you can have it for free mate oh ive found some smaller clips as well

[fr499y 0]

Daaamnn!! more room under the seat on my zed, shame the same cant be said for the kle... the seat doesnt unclip for storage

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@stantheman wrote:

check your phone dave i sent you a foto of one ive got if you want it it will just clip to the battery and unclip when not in use you can have it for free mate oh ive found some smaller clips as well

not got it yet Stan

[karlo 0]

Cable tied around the bar riser on the Fazer

[stantheman 0]

sent it again dave

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@stantheman wrote:

sent it again dave

just got it twice thanks for the offer Stan thats really nice of you But think I am going to try and get the usb type

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@karlo wrote:

Cable tied around the bar riser on the Fazer

[dick65 0]

thinking of putting it where the X is or...

or in the boot

[madsod 0]

this is the type i have just took the plug of the end put a inline fuse in make sure you get the poles the right way or it will FU*K it up best of both world , under the seat ,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Port-USB-12V-24V-DC-Car-Cigarette-SOCKET-Charger-/220875757110?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3

[dick65 0]

i reckon i can get a couple types under the seat

[Chadatious 0]

Like fairing idea, but do what suits you best

[RichardH 0]

i put mine under the seat as there wasn't an X anywhere on my bike

[madsod 0]

ITCHY wrote:

i put mine under the seat as there wasn't an X anywhere on my bike

[dick65 0]

@madsod wrote:

ITCHY wrote:

i put mine under the seat as there wasn't an X anywhere on my bike

nice one rich

[Chadatious 0]

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

Will this be ok , it says 5 volt , is that ok for the sat nav

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/iSimple-12-Volt-Battery-5-Volt-USB-Charger-IS43-/290625420561?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aa9ffd11

[jezza 0]

I think all usb ports run at 5 volts, I charge my phone in the car from one of these usb adapters.

I seem to think i plugged my sat nav usb into it and all it done was charged the battery (could not use it for navigation) , so I use the proper cigrette lighter adapter that come with the Garmin.

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@jezza wrote:

I think all usb ports run at 5 volts, I charge my phone in the car from one of these usb adapters.

I seem to think i plugged my sat nav usb into it and all it done was charged the battery (could not use it for navigation) , so I use the proper cigrette lighter adapter that come with the Garmin.

thanks m8

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

@jezza wrote:

I think all usb ports run at 5 volts, I charge my phone in the car from one of these usb adapters.

I seem to think i plugged my sat nav usb into it and all it done was charged the battery (could not use it for navigation) , so I use the proper cigrette lighter adapter that come with the Garmin.

thanks m8

been thinking about this but my sat nav has a built in battery that runs it so if it only charged the battery that would be ok . I think

[dick65 0]

have another read through the thread dave,theres a few links etc that should point you in the right direction