hey i seem to be doing a fair bit of travelling and find myself in need of the nav on my phone. the battery doesnt last that long though. would it be possible to add a charger to my bike to charge my phone while riding??

the bike is a ybr 125

any suggestions welcome

Yes

One of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WATERPROOF-12V-ACCESSORY-CIGAR-SOCKET-MARINE-GRADE-/390147936774?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item5ad6a11206 Wired in with a fuse direct to your battery,

Merv

I have an iPhone charger wired out from

my headlamp. I bought a car cigarette lighter charger, and the mechanic took it apart, removed the metal "plug in " part and soldered wires out from the aperture instead. A one metre iPhone charging cable plugs into the other end. The charging unit actually fits into the back of the headlamp nicely and the cable is right there without having to do any long wire cabling up to the handlebar area. We tried wiring it up directly to the battery at first, but it's more complicated than it seems because my cigarette lighter charger unit needed to Be wired so that it only turned on when the ignition was switched on, so that it wouldn't drain the battery when parked.

thanks for the replies guys... would there be any micro usb cables about that i could hard wire into my bike... is this possible?

Dont know about micro USB hard wired, but the iPHONE car charger that plugs into a cigarette lighter socket, has a normal USB female on it, maybe run a cable from that, USB to micro USB. hope this helps

Ok but I've seen a micro usb cable that has its own resistor in its cable that will only pull 700mah which is enouigh to charge my phone...just need to wire it in somewhere I may try in the front light as stated earlier

Be careful that your USB cable is capable if being used to charge your phone. When I had mine fitted, They had a lot of problems choosing the right lead because itseems rhatdifferentodels of iPhone use different specs of leads for some reason, and I kept getting a message that 'this charger was not supported' ......very annoying!!

If you need a photo of where the wires go in the headlamp unit... Let me know.

Also, you don't say what phone you will be using. The Apple iPhone is a great piece of kit, but a good GPS routefinder it is not!!!!! In fact it's pretty rubbish for route finding, so don't expect anything great from it.

Sorry its a blackberry torch that runs from a normal usb micro and yeah a photo would help loads thanks

Mine is wired into this plug which is only live when the ignition is switched on: blue/black, blue/white, blue and brown . The earth is wired to my horn because they couldnt get a good connection from the headlamp retainer bolts for some reason.

Thanks for the pic and the help man. Ill post pics when I've sorted it out and explain how io did it

Thanks for the pic and the help man. Ill post pics when I've sorted it out and explain how io did it

ok sorted it...

i went to www.powerlinkproducts.co.uk

and bought the 5v micro usb hardwire kit

basically just hooked it up to my battery and plugged phone in... to my amazment it worked

pics will be posted shortly

I wired a 12V car charge point into my bike a few years ago and it set my alarm off while I was riding along when I plugged anything into it (it was a pont alarm).

I didn't realise till my mates flagged me down because all my indicators were flashing, most amusing

awesome. i hope that doesnt happen to me lol

im just looking for any solution now to a waterproof cap for a micro usb male cable end... woe is me