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Android Auto to 2006 Concours

davidhhubbs6694

davidhhubbs6694

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Hello!

After finally enjoying my Concours for the past few months (2023 was a comedy of errors), I decided to add an Android Auto device for navigation from my phone. A 1/5th the price of a Garmin with an unknown amount of comparable performance.

However the directions have the wiring diagram with the positive straight into the ignition. I have no clue how that would work so I currently have it attached to the battery and manually turn the dash on and off.

However I would like the device to Auto on and Off with the ignition. I'm not huge on motorcycle electronics. Is the ignition relay where I'm supposed to attach the positive? Or is there somewhere else I can attach the positive so the device turns on and off with the bike.

Thank you and pardon the dust
 

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Bud said:
Hook up to the accessory leads underneath the LH fairing pocket.View attachment 39115
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Those accessory leads are always-on power, though! They come straight from the ACC fuse, which comes straight off the battery. They're actually one of the few circuits that still work when the main relay in the Junction Box craps out!

The best way to power accessories is through a relay triggered by the headlight relay in the JB, as it will only power your accessories until after you start the bike up (well, after you crank it, as that's when the headlight relay latches on), and it turns off when you turn off the ignition. Power the relay from the battery, and use appropriate fusing on that side, with the feed from the headlight wire only for the control side of the relay.

in reality, though, if all you have is a small bit of electronics, and you switch to an LED headlight bulb, you might free up enough wattage on that circuit to get by without the relay.

BTW, here's the setup for all the accessories on my bike. Most of it was done by the original owner, but I've since re-configured it a fair bit due to adding and changing some of the accessories. It's an aux fuse block fed from a 30amp fuse to the battery, switched by a relay described above. The trigger is tapped off the headlight wire at the JB connector (blue). The photo below shows it with the original scotchlock tap connector, but I've since improved that with a proper connection. Pozi-taps are better than scotchlocks if you want an easy method, though.

Oh, and don't get too confused by the "Headlight" label on my aux block. My headlight is powered through the aux block and another set of relays up front (it's an old Murph kit from back in the day). Now that I'm running an LED bulb, it's overkill, but still a nice upgrade. In fact, that frees up enough current on the stock headlight circuit that I could feed some decent accessories off that alone.

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You know, the easiest way to do what you want may be to use the factory accessory leads for power and ground, but switch it with a small relay controlled by the blue headlight wire where it goes up to the dimmer switch. If you follow that harness down the fork leg, you'll find it connects into the main harness by the steering head under the tank. That would be an easy place to tap in to get a switched signal for your relay. You'd just put the relay in the positive wire between your accessory and and the positive accessory lead. Your accessory and the relay control side can both be grounded into the accessory ground. Except for tapping into the headlight wire, you can do that all with bullet connectors that plug into the accessory leads.
 
SethInIllinois said:
You know, the easiest way to do what you want may be to use the factory accessory leads for power and ground, but switch it with a small relay controlled by the blue headlight wire where it goes up to the dimmer switch. If you follow that harness down the fork leg, you'll find it connects into the main harness by the steering head under the tank. That would be an easy place to tap in to get a switched signal for your relay. You'd just put the relay in the positive wire between your accessory and and the positive accessory lead. Your accessory and the relay control side can both be grounded into the accessory ground. Except for tapping into the headlight wire, you can do that all with bullet connectors that plug into the accessory leads.
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Not a bad idea.

I just have to figure out a better mount option now since my cheapo amazon gopro mounting kit didn't want to stay upright and broke a little. That's what I get for going with a $7 kit with 10 pieces šŸ˜† but I didn't want to waste money and break the brand name stuff just in case

The android auto screen kit came with clamp handlebar mounts, but the concours doesn't support standard handlebar mounts with those crowded clip on handlebars
 
davidhhubbs6694 said:
Not a bad idea.

I just have to figure out a better mount option now since my cheapo amazon gopro mounting kit didn't want to stay upright and broke a little. That's what I get for going with a $7 kit with 10 pieces šŸ˜† but I didn't want to waste money and break the brand name stuff just in case

The android auto screen kit came with clamp handlebar mounts, but the concours doesn't support standard handlebar mounts with those crowded clip on handlebars
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You might try some good foam mounting tape to attach a simple bracket bent from aluminum onto the top of the dash. That's probably the least invasive, and you can remove or change things around later and won't have holes left behind.
 
To anyone in the future, I used two round 1 inch ball sticky mounts. I bought a cheapo plastic one to cut and fit to the android auto device and another nicer one that fits to the dash. The 1 inch ball on the android auto device mount fits into the 1 inch slot on the sticky dash mount.
 
Another under used spot on the is where you can have traditional mirrors at the grips. I mounted a small platform to hold a radar detector off that mirror stem mount, and conveniently left my helmet over it when in Canada in the old days.
 
nschepenr3827 said:
Another under used spot on the is where you can have traditional mirrors at the grips. I mounted a small platform to hold a radar detector off that mirror stem mount, and conveniently left my helmet over it when in Canada in the old days.
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Where do you have room?

This is an old picture but the handlebars are the same
 

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Where do you have room?

This is an old picture but the handlebars are the same
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Look close at your picture and closer at the clutch master cylinder. Two screws hold the cap on it; look at the left screw. Now go about an inch left and down and you see a black plastic cap. Get a sharp but strong knife blade and gently pry that cap off the metal casting. Mine had screw threads fitting mirror stems.

After that, you have to do the creative part of a platform of sorts for your toys, mine was the Cincinnati Microwave Radar Detector.
 
cookcrafted6832 said:
What specific mount did you get? I just got a 2006 and it has a ball mount on it in the same place as yours but I'm wanting to go quad lock
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It's just an Amazon special. The iBolt 1in ball sticky mount that has bits you can cut to fit around the back of the Chinese android auto device (that has now died as of 2 months ago RIP 2024-2024) and the FANAUE SC-0380P 1in ball receiver to sticky side.
 
bpdutton said:
I bought a Brake Reservoir Mount, a Vibration Dampener and a case for my Galaxy S10
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I don't trust those vibration dampeners. I'm too scared to ruin the cameras on my S24 Ultra. Would be a pain in the rear to get them replaced. I'm taking the whole contraption off anyway since the stupid thing stopped working after baking in the sun. I only bought it for two trips that served it's purpose, but still $120 down the drain lol
 
davidhhubbs6694 said:
I don't trust those vibration dampeners. I'm too scared to ruin the cameras on my S24 Ultra. Would be a pain in the rear to get them replaced. I'm taking the whole contraption off anyway since the stupid thing stopped working after baking in the sun. I only bought it for two trips that served it's purpose, but still $120 down the drain lol
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Agree šŸ‘. Here's something for everyone to think about. If you happen to go down, do you really want your phone tumbling down the road with your bike or would you rather have it on you so that you might be able to call for help if no one sees it happen? That's an easy decision for me. I could see having a phone that I didn't care so much about being used like that but not my everyday phone.
 
Bud said:
Agree šŸ‘. Here's something for everyone to think about. If you happen to go down, do you really want your phone tumbling down the road with your bike or would you rather have it on you so that you might be able to call for help if no one sees it happen? That's an easy decision for me. I could see having a phone that I didn't care so much about being used like that but not my everyday phone.
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I have the same concerns with my phone.

You could use an old phone for nav, pulling data from your main phone via wifi.
 
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