I got the idea from the link below. One complaint of the Zumo, is the power supply. You can't plug it into a cig lighter on the bike, and have to hard wire it. The wire harness has bunch of extra wires, that are long enough to reach your radio, or extended to helmet. I tywrapped them to the engine guard.
Other thing that sucks with Zumo, is you have to leave the cradle on the bike, and have to then buy a cradle for every bike or 4 wheeler. When I am done, I will just have the ball and u-bolt holding it to the handlebar, which is pretty cheap. Garmin cradles are $50. Only work on Zumos. When Zumo dies, you would have to buy all new cradles.
I ordered off Ebay 20 pairs of RC battery connectors, male and female, less the $10. I wanted a bunch of the same connectors, so I could put them on multiple vehicles. Put one a cig charger, could do a USB chager too. Plus future GPSs or electronics.
I did something different then the guy in the link. If you open up the cradle the Zumo sits in, that the power cable comes out of, there is two plugs. I unplugged the one for audio. The power one only has a red and black. I left the unplugged connector inside the cradle. I was worried about backfeeding power onto the cut wires. He heat shrinked each wire to prevent this, I am just going heat shrink the whole bundle.
The connectors I bought have 3" wire on them, so you don't have to screw around with getting them in the backside of the plug.
Cooled off in garage today, maybe I'll finish it up and take pic.
http://www.motorcycleinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.kpxvskahyouozlms&pageId=2338005
Other thing that sucks with Zumo, is you have to leave the cradle on the bike, and have to then buy a cradle for every bike or 4 wheeler. When I am done, I will just have the ball and u-bolt holding it to the handlebar, which is pretty cheap. Garmin cradles are $50. Only work on Zumos. When Zumo dies, you would have to buy all new cradles.
I ordered off Ebay 20 pairs of RC battery connectors, male and female, less the $10. I wanted a bunch of the same connectors, so I could put them on multiple vehicles. Put one a cig charger, could do a USB chager too. Plus future GPSs or electronics.
I did something different then the guy in the link. If you open up the cradle the Zumo sits in, that the power cable comes out of, there is two plugs. I unplugged the one for audio. The power one only has a red and black. I left the unplugged connector inside the cradle. I was worried about backfeeding power onto the cut wires. He heat shrinked each wire to prevent this, I am just going heat shrink the whole bundle.
The connectors I bought have 3" wire on them, so you don't have to screw around with getting them in the backside of the plug.
Cooled off in garage today, maybe I'll finish it up and take pic.
http://www.motorcycleinfo.co.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.kpxvskahyouozlms&pageId=2338005