Hi Carl,
No responses yet.
So I went ahead and purchased the HEX ezCAN, mostly because I did not want to tap into any wires and possibly void the current warranty on the bike and in order to not deter future potential buyers upon resale.
I will be connecting to the ezCAN the DMD T865 with the DMD2 remote, 2 DIN outlets with each 10 AMP (for cycle pump and heated gear, etc) as well as 1 regular , cigarette lighter style 12V outlet for radar detector. I will not be using all these things all the time, but since I have the tank removed and will be digging into the dashboard, I may as well get the wiring done and run that through wiring conduit on mostly the left side of the bike.
For mounting I purchased the extended 12 mm DMD mounting bracket and an AMPS mounting plate.
I read that the 12mm GPS mounting bar on the Tuareg can get quite loose at times. There are several fixes for that. However, while researching that topic, I came upon the dashboard stiffener offered by Moto Boxer , a company in France. I ordered that with the side plates in order to accommodate the electrical outlets I will be adding. You can have a look at that on their website. That stiffener should reinforce the 12 mm GPS mounting bar quite well. I will need that because I am planning to ride this bike through more technical terrain. I think that I may be removing the sun-visor over the Tuaregs TFT, but we’ll see as this comes together.
If you are interested, I will post pictures of the installation once completed. I bet I will be playing around with running the wires and adjusting mounting locations, etc.
What are your plans? Do you have specific concerns or any good ideas?
