Just a heads up to share some pics for those who care. I did (with helpful responses from folks here), get our Sportster 5 mounted in a fairly nice/clean way.

One pic is just the cockpit area and then a blow up of two angles on the Sportster 5. I have it mounted on a proclip without the swivel base mount. Its in such a great position already that I just drilled appropriate holes in the ProClip and picked up some screws that would accommodate the additional thickness. As you can see things went well. You really can't see anything of the cabling which runs behind the Sportster into the top of the downtube and along the interior.

The Antenna cable (linked in my earlier post) then continues under the side trim of the center console as you can (not) see in the top left of the other pic. The wire you do see in that is an 1/8th inch cable for iPods. The bottom right shows the tiny bit of antenna line showing at the base of the passenger seat, which is fairly easy to conceal even more completely. The top right and bottom left of the second pic show bits of how the power is hardwired using a DirectedElectronics Sirius vehicle kit (there are other ways to do that yes, but this seemed a fairly clean/easy way.

Third pic is just two views of our sweet little ride Anyway, thanks, guys! Loving our Mini (Pepper White, black roof)! Now to hardwire our Garmin using an Add-a-Circuit

 

Great job! Looks like a professional install.

 

hey ive got a question what is the right clip? Im on the proclip website and was just a tad confused
This one says the compartment to the right of the vent can be opened is this the one you guys used?
http://www.proclipusa.com/?sectionpa...&p_leftorright=

Then it says this is only a two part system that you need to buy the mounting plate but i cant find that part on their site...can anyone help?

 

Yep, that's the one I used. I ended up just drilling holes in the Pro-Clip and picking up some other screws at my local hardware store that were long enough to mount the Sportster directly to it.

 

What's the total length of cable needed? Also, is it Male on one end, female on the other?

 

Does anyone have a photo of the actual point where the extension cable connects to the box under the seat? I have a few "boxes" on the underside of my passenger seat and I want to ensure I'm opening the correct one. Thanks in advance