Expedition Modded Jeeps - Let's see 'em!!
JK Newbie
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Florida
Gobi tilts back but the front light bar stays in place . I just fished the wires from back to front and put a plug to disconnect when lifting the rack.would like to have the quick disconnects for rack but $150 seems way pricey for such a small part. I'll eventually cave and buy them unless I can find some on here.
JK Super Freak
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
Originally Posted by Phnman23
Gobi tilts back but the front light bar stays in place . I just fished the wires from back to front and put a plug to disconnect when lifting the rack.would like to have the quick disconnects for rack but $150 seems way pricey for such a small part. I'll eventually cave and buy them unless I can find some on here.
To cheat, I leave two of the top bolts out during summer to make tilting the rack easier. I just have to remember to throw them back in when I'm loading up something heavier than the mountain bike...
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Yukon, Canada
There is a free (non-Pro) version and a paid version of BCN. Not certain if you mean the paid version is out there for free. Regardless, I'm not even certain there's a whole lot of difference between the two (unlike Copilot GPS, where the non-paid version sucks a little because it doesn't have TTS, and now the paid version sucks because it DOESN'T include TTS--that was the only reason I paid for it in the first place and then they removed it!!!).
How much vibration is there on the unit with your setup? Am running a 2012, so the Cooltech mount is off the grab handle, but it should still work.
JK Jedi Master
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Midwest City, OK
Mark, I never thought of attaching a N7 to a Cooltech mount. Part of what always put me off, was the cost of a ram mount (mounted to the pass seat bolt). This makes things pretty affordable - although I probably wouldn't be playing music or running Torque off of it (I have a scanguage2 for those stats). Would be great to move my BCN off my Note onto something like this. Looks like cost all in would be around 350-400. Not bad considering.
How much vibration is there on the unit with your setup? Am running a 2012, so the Cooltech mount is off the grab handle, but it should still work.
How much vibration is there on the unit with your setup? Am running a 2012, so the Cooltech mount is off the grab handle, but it should still work.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: Bend, OR
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JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Yukon, Canada
First off, on the Colorado Campaign trip I rode with a friend in his 2012. We used my N7 on the new interior Cooltech mount and it worked fine. There is some movement of the Nexus 7 as you bounce along the trails. But, it was surprisingly less than I expected. Most of the time, when the N7 is busy bouncing around I'm busy watching the trail. LOL. Generally, the bouncing is not a problem. But, there have been times when someone asked me for some information as we were tooling along a dirt road at 20-30 MPH. Can't say for sure whether it was the N7 bouncing or my eyeballs, but I find it better to stop to answer those questions.
JK Jedi Master
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Midwest City, OK
Yes. I asked him to have a 1/4" hole in his bracket so we could mount the RAM-mount ball to it. Then we transferred my RAM-mount over, and used a regular USB/micro-USB cable and USB adapter plugged into the power outlet or cigarette lighter or whatever it is up there on the '12s to power the Nexus 7.
