Interior/Exterior Cup Holder ???
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07-29-2006, 12:58 AM
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The 2 that I know of are the metal/plastic that sits high on the downtube near the radio and one (called cup-link) that clamps on the downtubes under the toggle switch panel and sits much lower.
I've had my MCS for 6 weeks now and mine came with the metal/plastic cup holder. It has a mounting plate that sits at the top of the downtube. You essentially take the top 2 screws out and then the cup holder plate is placed at the top of the downtube and then the 2 screws are re-installed. I do not like this cup holder. I had to remove it from my MINI.
I ordered the Cup-Link. It was originally designed and sold by a company called MINI-FINI. This one is much cooler since you can actually remove the cup holder part from the plastic downtube clamp. MINI-FINI is also working on other cup-link devices like ipod and cell phone holders. They will use the same downtube clamp that the cup holder uses.
Plus from what I have seen the cup-link is not as expensive as the metal/plastic one.
Here is a review of the cup-link from MotoringFile. http://www.motoringfile.com/2003/08/...up_link_system
Hope that helps.
I've had my MCS for 6 weeks now and mine came with the metal/plastic cup holder. It has a mounting plate that sits at the top of the downtube. You essentially take the top 2 screws out and then the cup holder plate is placed at the top of the downtube and then the 2 screws are re-installed. I do not like this cup holder. I had to remove it from my MINI.
I ordered the Cup-Link. It was originally designed and sold by a company called MINI-FINI. This one is much cooler since you can actually remove the cup holder part from the plastic downtube clamp. MINI-FINI is also working on other cup-link devices like ipod and cell phone holders. They will use the same downtube clamp that the cup holder uses.
Plus from what I have seen the cup-link is not as expensive as the metal/plastic one.
Here is a review of the cup-link from MotoringFile. http://www.motoringfile.com/2003/08/...up_link_system
Hope that helps.
#3
07-29-2006, 05:16 AM
another alternative
I like this one
http://www.mini-stuff.com/Merchant2/...egory_Code=NEW
It does not sit on the down tube - but is very sleek looking metal
on the down side it is expensive and doesn't hold a Big Gulp
http://www.mini-stuff.com/Merchant2/...egory_Code=NEW
It does not sit on the down tube - but is very sleek looking metal
on the down side it is expensive and doesn't hold a Big Gulp
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07-29-2006, 09:53 AM
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Cup holder...
I know that I am not going to be popular with this, so here I go.
Do you know why the cup holders in the MINI suck? Because it is a car built by Germans! On the autobahn there is no reaching for your morning coffee while traveling @ 130 MPH! It is just not done. I have a no drinks in the MINI rule, with only one exception, bottled water. It goes in the cup holder behind the arm rest.
Just my $.02
I know that I am not going to be popular with this, so here I go.
Do you know why the cup holders in the MINI suck? Because it is a car built by Germans! On the autobahn there is no reaching for your morning coffee while traveling @ 130 MPH! It is just not done. I have a no drinks in the MINI rule, with only one exception, bottled water. It goes in the cup holder behind the arm rest.
Just my $.02
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