New phone mount accessory from BMW

[Grumpy Goat]

Dang, and I really thought I was onto something! haha, oh well.

Did your phone die on a BMW boxer or different type of bike? I rode for years on my R1100R with an iPhone mounted to the tank with a RAM mount and never had an issue. My first bike, a Suzuki SV650 however did kill two phone cameras on the same RAM mount.

The thing I don't like about Quadlock is that it requires a case or big attachment stuck onto my phone. I like to use a clear slim case on my phone if any at all... That's why I originally liked the RAM mounts. I'm hoping the BMW cradle doesn't kill my phone, we'll see.

The iPhone XR was mounted via "hard mounts" (mounts without any vibration dampening) to the RS and also to the S1000R when they failed. So a boxer and an inline 4. The vibration characteristics seen at the tank would be drastically different from the handlebars, as the latter has less mass and is likely less rigidly mounted. Also the ram mount may have been "softer". It all has to do with the natural frequency of the support as seen by the phone.

I too like a slim case with my phones, and have not ever bought a QuadLock case. QuadLock has a stick-on adhesive mount that you can attach to any case you like. That is what I use and it works perfectly.