Hey everybody Billy from Billys Bike Adventures thanks for tuning in today
and watching the video very much appreciated. Don't forget to click
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any updates. Regular viewers of my video on my channel you'll notice that I don't
have a KTM in my garage at the moment I would normally have a 1290 super adventure
R or a 690 enduro R I don't I have the the BMW R1200 GSA Rallye in my
garage at the moment and I'll be doing a video as to why that is and comparing
this bike to my other bikes that I've had in the past and telling you which I
think is the best. For now that what I'm going to do is I'm going to talk to you
about a piece of kit for this bike now when I bought this bike it came with the
BMW sat-nav preparation not the sat-nav itself just just the preparation and
having had experiences with different cradles for different devices with my
other bikes I wasn't sure that I was going to be satisfied with the sat-nav
for this particular bike. So what I found is I found a cradle that you allows you
to use your smartphone so most of us got one of these smartphones now and on a
recent trip to Europe I used my phone more than I actually use the sat-nav and
I found it it did a superb job in being to get me from A to B whilst I was in
Europe so what I've decided to do is to look for a cradle that I can use on this
bike I've found one and it uses the the existing preparation sat-nav preparation
and all I've got to do is spend £26 and I can use this at this phone
if that is of some interest to you keep watching and I might just be able to
save you five or six hundred pounds. So you've carried on watching so the cradle
must be some interest to you so let's have a look see what's in the box when
it turns up. So two items in the box first of all the charging cable USB on
one end and two different connectors at the other end, one is a micro USB the
other is your standard iPhone charging port so for me I've got iPhones so that
just sits on top of there and that end goes plugs into the cradle. So that's the
cable, it's actually a robust cable as well actually it's not going to fray or
or break anytime soon so that's going to last quite a while. The cradle itself, so
here we go this is what the cradle looks like and
you've got you once you put your phone in so you pull this spring mechanism
down to begin with and then once you slide your phone
you've got for holding points so push your phone all the way in across and let
go over the spring mechanism and it holds your phone in place there. On the
reverse side of it once this plugs into your BMW sat-nav preparation its these
connectors here these pins here that connect with the motorrad sat-nav
preparation and you're able to charge your phone on the go so you've got two
USB ports on the side as well so you've got some rubber seals for them when
you're not using them so that just simply plugs in on the side and then
that bit clips into your phone once you are all set up so really really nice
device superbly designed and fits lovely with the motorrad setup so let's
get this installed and I'll show you what it looks like. So let's go ahead now
and install the cradle on the BMW sat-nav preparation as you would do for
your sat-nav if you've not used one before on the BMW Motorrad prep so your
sat-nav would have a groove just as this does underneath and it lines up with
this bar here so once it's on top of the other and then you just simply push that
into the cradle until you hear a click as you did then then simply push your
bar at the back across as a locking mechanism, lock it into position and now
that is, you cannot remove that from the device. Now I'm gonna use my large iPhone
to show you just as how good this is in terms of taking a large phone as well so
spring-loaded mechanism pull that all the way down, iPhone in, make sure it
connects with the four holding points here and now that is your iPhone or
smartphone into place and it's not going to move or go anywhere. Now what I should
have done to start with is actually just put in the the charging cable so we've
got two charging ports on the side here so let's put the USB in first of all
because it's harder to do once the phone is installed. Now let's put the phone
back on.
Alright locked into the for locking points there or secure points, let's put
the charge port in. Now once we turn the BMW ignition on, there we go
comes on straight away starts to charge immediately so there you have it. Will
charge your phone on the run you, have a nice big screen and I guarantee that
this will do as good a job if not better than the sat, than any sat-nav that you
could get for the motorbikes. So there you have a £26 alternative
to the £500 - £600 cost of a BMW Motorrad sat-nav. So I hope that's been
of some use for you and that you do find enough interest in the cradle so order
one for yourself. The link is in the description below, order the link from
there. Mine is 67 plate BMW, so make sure your order the right one is there
are different types of cradles look exactly the same as I've shown you but
for the different models of the bike. The first one I ordered didn't actually
connect with the charge plate at the back so I had to order a separate one so
mine's a 67 plate so that's the one that's the link in the description for
if yours is different new or older make sure that you check the manufacturing
details to make sure you get the right one for your bike. Good luck with it hope
it all goes well if you do get one drop me a line and let me know what you think.
I think is actually a very very good piece of kit and I won't be ordering the
the sat-nav for the BMW I'm going to save myself £5000 - £600
spend that on on a new helmet or some other some other kit but for £26 you
can't go wrong with a cradle like that so good luck let me know how it goes and
I'll catch you again very soon.