How do you mount a GPS so it won't shake apart?

 I want to mount a GPS on my Honda Shadow VT500C.

I have a box on the luggage rack in which I kept
an analog multimeter.  When I had occasion to use it,
I discovered that the meter was busted all to hell
and flopping around inside.  When I got it home
and opened it up, the guts poured out like sand.

I envision the vibration doing the same thing to my
GPS.

It's a small bike with no console or other obvious
place to mount it.  Only thing I can think of is to
make a bracket for the handlebars...but that's gonna
couple it nicely to the vibration.

Suggestions on how to mount it so it won't shake apart?
Thanks, mike
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 mike wrote:

http://www.ram-mount.com/products/motorcycles.htm

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 Mark Olson wrote:

Thanks,
Interesting stuff.
Their vibration data talks about survivability of the mount.
I'm much more concerned about vibration transmitted to the device.

Their pictures are all of heavy cruisers.  My lightweight Shadow
transmits every bump in the road to the handlebars.

I'm hoping for input from someone who has experience with a GPS
on a lighter bike after 10K miles of pot holes and speed humps.

I was gonna just make a bracket to mount it to the gas tank.
Rubber mounted and high mass.  Sounds like the perfect place.
But then, I had a nightmare about a collision that left some
of my favorite anatomical features behind on the gps.  OUCH!!
Don't think I'll be mounting anything on the gas tank.
mike

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 mike wrote:


Search for a tank bag that will fit on your tank, and put the GPS in the
clear map pocket. Run the wires (12v, earphone) in through the little
space at the end of the zipper. There should be no vibration to worry
about. Plus, you get a place to carry your umbrella.


That's happened, and is why all modern bikes have flush-mounted gas
caps. <g>

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i own a double-articulation rubber mount with the cushioning for a
camcorder and digicam, haven't bothered with gps


exactly!


the ram mount doesn't work terribly well for photos/vids at speed -
hell, even my bicycle with front suspension was hard to watch

for a gps unit, i know the RAM system would keep the device alive, but
i have to second the idea of going tank-mounted ... you can stuff in
as much padding as your particular circumstance requires, and you
won't have to pull over if it starts to rain (just slow down for the
oil drain-off, as you probably do, unless you ride dirt)

i can't see you being able to read the map on the unit if you went
with a RAM system, though maybe you just wanted to hear it say "turn
left in 200 feet" instead -- that is, unless you tried something more
sophisticated than the $40 version


best of luck though, i'm probably going to try something similar

c