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Atlanta Area | I wasn't really liking all the ways I have seen people mount a drink holder. I found out that Kruzer Kaddy has recently redesigned the clamp portion of their popular cup holder. Basically they made the clamping diameter huge and then included inserts to size it down to whatever size bar you have. Well, it's so big that it fits nicely around the Vision oval handlebar. I lined the inside of the clamp with some electrical tape to prevent the chrome from scratching and used a few 1/4 inch inside diameter grommets to dress up the gap left by the oval shaped bar. I put a small piece of foam (included in the kit) between the holder and the clutch perch to prevent scratching or rubbing. I think it turned out pretty well and I didn't have to drill a hole in the dash or use the Ram mount with a u-bolt which I don't care for the look of. Anyway, here's some pics. Lemme know what you think...
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Visionary
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Ruskin, Fl | I like that best of the other options I have seen so far. |
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San Antonio, TX | Where can someone get one and for how much? |
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Tourer
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Atlanta Area | Just about any scooter shop carries the Kruzer Kaddy. It's probably the most popular cup holder for the Harley crowd. You just have to make sure it has the new clamp. The old clamp is small and doesn't come with the inserts for the smaller bars.
I found mine at the local Harley dealer... $39.95
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Tourer
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Regina Saskatchewan Canada | I was checking the 2009 Victory accessaries brochure online and it has listed a cup holder for the Vision. |
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San Antonio, TX | I saw that one as well in the 2009 catalog but the one pictured above look a lot better then the Victory unit. By the time you but all of the parts for the Victory unit it will be over $70. |
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Regina Saskatchewan Canada | I agree the one above looks way better than the Victory one |
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| I went with this option
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I should probably add what and how it's mounted. Standard ram mount bolted to the bottom left flap of the left fuel cell & a cup holder I had from my other tours which mounted to the bar. You could use almost any cup holder with the ram to mount in this location.
There are two factory mount points on the left lower cell but I only used one and it was more than enough to make it secure. If not carrying anything and if you want the mount can be tucked in so it sits forward of the front cylinder out of sight.
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Iron Butt
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| Adam, Did you try putting it on the inside of the handlebars ? Also, is the mount big enough to put it on the back grab rails for the passenger ? Thanks, Tim P.S. I already used part of the handlebars for driving glass cases. I would need to mount it inside the handle bars.
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | That's a really nice cup holder! I no longer mount mine to the handlebars because of all the accidents I can't seem to avoid with fountain drinks. (Yeah, I know it would be easier to quit them but they're like crack). I went with the Ram Mount under the dash on both side like Gagirltrixie. I was very surprised how solid the underside of the dash was. |
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Atlanta Area | TimS - 2008-07-24 1:52 AM
Adam, Did you try putting it on the inside of the handlebars ? Also, is the mount big enough to put it on the back grab rails for the passenger ? Thanks, Tim P.S. I already used part of the handlebars for driving glass cases. I would need to mount it inside the handle bars.
It should work equally as well flipped around to the inside. I was just trying to hide the cup holder as much as possible. I did not try the passenger grab rail, but it just might work. The easiest thing to do is go to your local Harley dealer and pick one up to play with (make sure it's the new style clamp). If it doesn't work, take it back... |
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| Not sure if anyone saw it in the 2009 catalog, but RAM has a ball that screws in to the throttle housing now so you can use a ram mount. |
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| I just received my kruzer kaddy today. I bought it on Ebay last week. $36.00 No tax and free shipping! Woot! It's the new chrome model that will fit 1.25" bars. The mount is very well made and quite hefty. Thanks to an earlier post I was prepared with four flat 1/2" rubber washers from my local hardware store's plumbing dept. to take up the space between the clamp halves. The washers also had a slightly smaller inside diameter than the screws and held the screws in place. This made installation much easier for one person. This was my first accesory on my 2008 Midnight Cherry Tour Premimum. This is also my first post. Thanks to everyone here. I love this site.
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Atlanta Area | Bumping my old thread so people don't have to spend big bucks on the new Vic/Ram cup holder only to find out that the parts don't fit together... |
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San Antonio, TX | +1 on the kruzer kaddy! |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | Just ordered one thanks for the heads up |
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| Kruzer Kaddy has a new bracket for the cupholder that uses the master cyl housing.
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Princeton, MN | do you have the part number fo the new bracket that mounts to the Master cylinder? Does it come in chrome? |
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Tourer
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Atlanta Area | Take a good, hard look at both of ways of mounting the Kruzer Kaddy... Are you absolutely, positively sure that the bracket looks nicer than the chrome handlebar clamp? Just sayin'.... |
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Albuquerque, NM | New Kruzer Caddy on ebay....$35..free shipping. "New" as in brand new or "New" design?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=11041...
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Central New York | I just bought the "Gift Pak" and a second mount. The company was fast and great to do business with. Just thought I would throw them a plug.
www.touringdepot.com/kruzerkaddy.html
Pretty fair prices also. I was going to wait the 5 weeks for the Vision mount, but after seeing pics of the prototype I decided I like the looks and flexibility of the bar mount anyway.  |
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Cruiser
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mansfield, MA United States | I ahve had the Kruzer caddy for about a year now and I love it. I use it every morning on the way to work. It holds a large ice coffie no problem! |
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Iron Butt
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Northeast Ohio | I installed mine the same as 1atom12 over a year ago after seeing his post. I used some heater hose to protect the handlebars. |
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Puddle Jumper
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manitoba canada | i did away with the handlebar clamp and drilled and taped the bar leavingjust the small post on the bar .handlebars are solid alum. easy to drill and tap |
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Tourer
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Spirit Lake IA "Birthplace of Victory Motorcycles" | Mounted mine like 1atom12. Screws were .5 mm short to get threads started on second bolt (maybe my "bar" is a little thick  ). Took just a little bit of steel out of the top bracket with a grinder and she fits fine. Nice addition to the bike. Now my wife wants one on the back. |
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| The New Kruzer Kaddy Vision mounts are in stock. It is sold seperately from the other kits for around $20.
This way you can use the same cup on two bikes. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | not to bust the cup holder, but I put an inexpensive one on mine to see if I would use it. Nope, not worth spending any more nickels on one and I can wait to drink my coffee.
However, I found out a CamelBak is the ticket for long-distant riding. Keeps the fluid cool and a place to put extra drinks to refill at stops, what a life saver it was through Kansas.
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East TN | I have the new Kruzer Kaddy mount, works GREAT... and I use a thermos (bought at Walgreen's) which requires one hand to open and drinks and ice stay cold all day long even in 90 degree weather...Great set up!! |
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Albuquerque, NM | "Cold all day long"...sounds great here in NM! Just bought the Kruzer Kaddy 2. Which one of these
thermos bottles?
http://www.walgreens.com/search/results.jsp?Ntt=thermos
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East TN | Your Walgreen's link doesn't show it...But this is it right here: http://www.thermos.com/product_details.aspx?ProdID=282&CatCode=BEVG
I think Target sells them as well...and YES COLD ALL DAY...I have ice left in there after riding all day! |
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Albuquerque, NM | Thanks Joe! It sure looks big in the picture. 10" high...hmmm. It looks like it would keep drinks hot or cold very well.
Question: Kruzer Kaddy install - Did you put anything between the mounts and the handlebars?
Don't want to scratch the bars if I decide to remove it in the future.
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New Bohemia, VA | ...you failed to mention it was a vacuum insulated hydration bottle, makes all the difference in the world. It even looks "Visioney" and may work nicely in my leather cup holder. Dispise the sarcastic tone, that's just me, I'm going to look into this one for those short trips. T'anks... |
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Durango, Colorado | Cupholder, I thought those things were for trikes, hoverounds and goldwings. he he. Keep my beverages in a thermos in the trunk, I'm distracted enough by all the little buttons and switches as it is..... All I need is a Bloody Mary hanging seductively from the handlebars. |
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