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LAB-353-Motorcycle Cell Phone Holders | Quad Lock vs. Biker Gripper | Which is the Best?

November 29, 2023 By Matt Couchman 1 Comment

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In this episode, we discuss the Quad Lock motorcycle cell phone holder. We bought one to see what they are all about. It's been flooding our social media advertising and we're sure it's been flooding yours. What is it all about and how does it stack up against the Biker Gripper?

We here at Law Abiding Biker Media are always open to examining and reviewing rivals to the Biker Gripper cell phone motorcycle mount system. To date, we have not found any other mount system that comes close to the strength, looks, build, quality, and functionality of the Biker Gripper.

So, after Quad Lock was spending loads of advertising dollars to push their motorcycle cell phone mount in front of us in our social media feeds, we bought one to handle and test it. Does the Quad Lock stack up to the world's best motorcycle cell phone mount, the Biker Gripper?

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We did some research and found that the Quad Lock was actually a Kickstarter campaign back in 2011 backed by a couple of bicyclists out of Australia. The Quad Lock was originally designed for a bicycle environment, not a motorcycle environment. It was sold to bicyclists and at some point, the company wanted to expand its market and decided to try to market it to motorcyclists.

However, Quad Locks' motorcycle mount system has had serious vibration issues over the years, damaging smartphone cameras internally. And so, they've had to try to appease the angry motorcyclists with adaptations, by making a separate part called a vibration dampener that you can purchase for an additional $20.

Now, it seems clear that Quad Lock knew there was a problem with vibrations in their mount system for motorcycles. However, instead of including that part for motorcycle kits, they'll charge you for it. Unless of course, you want to damage your smartphone camera internally. It's also worth noting that all Quad Lock products are made in Chinese Factories.

To be fair, the Quad Lock system and cases seem to be of good quality

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In contrast, the Biker Gripper motorcycle cell phone mount is produced and sold by a company of actual motorcyclists (bikers) and it was designed from the ground up for a motorcycle environment. That's why it has no vibration issues and does not damage smartphone cameras internally. The reason the Biker Gripper does not have vibration issues is that the gripper arms on the head move independently to absorb shaking and vibration. And, the rubber pad in the base with our logo on it actually provides grip and isolation from high-frequency vibration. Our logo, however badass it is, is a functional component of the gripper head. Also, the ball head system on the Biker Gripper has some give, unlike the rigid mounting system of the Quad Lock. Again, the Biker Gripper was made for motorcycles from the ground up.

And, to our knowledge, the Biker Gripper is the only motorcycle mount system manufactured in the USA and not in China.

After spending time with the Quad Lock, I can tell you that it's a finicky system, but you do get a bit smoother with it after practicing. You see, it's a four-tab lock system on the mount and you have to blindly align those four tabs up with the tab cutouts on the case. Once you do that, you then turn it a 1/4 turn to lock the tabs in. Trust me when I say, you'll definitely miss the tab alignment at times, which is a bit frustrating.

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In contrast, the Biker Gripper cell phone motorcycle mount has no intricate locking system and is not finicky at all. Yup, easily pull one side or the other on the Biker Gripper head, push your smartphone in, and let the arm go. It comes out just as easy and in literally one second. It's so easy, you can even do it with bulky riding gloves on! It was designed for motorcyclists and that environment.

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July 14, 2019 By Ryan Urlacher Leave a Comment

We walk you around our Indian Chieftain Limited and show you some of the awesome products you should consider getting for your ride. Don’t get stranded on your Harley, Indian, or another metric motorcycle over a small repair. Have the emergency tools and tire repair kits you need in your saddlebag so you can get back on the road quickly. Why call an expensive tow truck when you can fix it yourself.

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Ciro 3D. You can choose chrome or black. There are a standard version and a “Big Ass” version for those bigger mugs and bottles. There are a perch mount and a universal round bar option for the Ciro 3D cup holders.

And of course, the Biker Gripper cell phone mount, the best in the world, will mount to your Indian or another metric motorcycle!

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The Best Motorcycle Cell Phone Holder-Biker Gripper

July 4, 2019 By Ryan Urlacher 2 Comments

Biker Gripper Control/Perch Mount Version-Chrome or Black-Harley or Metric

The Biker Gripper motorcycle cell phone holder is the #1 best quality on the market & it has zero competition for many reasons. It fits Harley, Indian, and metric motorcycles! And other power sports vehicles with round bars!

The Biker Gripper is the sexiest, sleekest, and strongest motorcycle cell phone holder ever made with 18 lbs grip strength and even fits the largest smartphone devices, even with a case. That’s why we carry it over all others cell phone holders right in the Law Abiding Biker™ Store & we can hardly keep them in stock at times. We just haven’t found anything even close to the Biker Gripper after many years now.

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Biker Gripper Universal Bar Mount Version-Chrome or Black-Harley or Metric

The Biker Gripper has been tested for many years now on long cross-country motorcycle trips by bikers around the world! Bikers worldwide just can’t say enough good things about the Biker Gripper and this cell phone motorcycle holder sells itself. It has been through multiple high side and low side motorcycle accidents and unbelievably, the smartphones stayed in the Biker Gripper head. Okay, even we were surprised at this as it really wasn’t designed for this standard!

The Biker Gripper has also been tested extensively by Police Motorcycle Officers & their entire units. There’s no rougher environment than to put the Biker Gripper motorcycle cell phone holder on police bikes for several years of rigorous testing. The Biker Gripper holds the phone even when police bikes go down on training courses and during their rough daily activities! Police Motorcycle Units all over the world now trust only in the Biker Gripper and it’s the only motorcycle cell phone holder they’ll use!

BEWARE! Junk Holder. Clunky with straps and cheap plastic.

Beware of all the junky cell phone motorcycle holders out there on Amazon, eBay, and other places (picture to the left). A quick search will show you why none of them can touch the Biker Gripper. They are clunky, poorly made, and look horrible. So many of them must have rubber straps that go over your phone to hold it in and who wants to deal with that. They are clearly made overseas in factories with substandard processes and materials unlike the Biker Gripper cell phone motorcycle holder, which is made right here in the USA!

Each Biker Gripper cell phone motorcycle holder is crafted in the USA through a patent CNC process using high-quality aircraft grade aluminum. The head of Biker Gripper is injection molded using Dupont Delrin Acetel resin thermoplastic and your electronic device is held securely in place with polyurethane fabric to prevent scratching and four stainless steel springs with 18 lbs of grip! The grip range of the Biker Gripper head is 1.9” to 4.2”.

Biker Gripper Control/Perch Mount & Universal Bar Mount Options-Harley & Metric (black or chrome)

The Biker Gripper also beats all other motorcycle cell phone holders because it has multiple mounting options to fit your specific needs. The Biker Gripper kit comes with the mount, head, and install hardware. You have a choice of a black or chrome mount on both models. The actual Biker Gripper head is black only. The biker gripper uses a 17mm ball to mount the head.

First, we have our perch/control mount option. You simply remove two stock bolts on your control cluster clamp, either right or left side, which is your choice. The Biker Gripper kit provides everything you need for the install to include the longer clamp replacement bolts, both standard and metric provided, along with the spacers needed. The kit even has hex head wrenches for a super easy install anyone can do. Further, you can mount it right side up or upside down, based on your personal preference.

Second, we have our universal round bar mount option. The gripper head is the same, but the mount is for any round bar from sizes 7/8” (22mm) up to 1 1⁄4” (32mm). This allows it to fit virtually any handlebar on motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATV's, UTV's and other powersport vehicles. It requires only 3⁄4” of handlebar space and can be mounted at any angle.

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So, forget those cheap junky motorcycle cell phone holders that can’t be trusted. Is it worth saving a few dollars by putting your very expensive smartphone in one of these? Plus, do you want something that cheap and clunky on your beautiful motorcycle that you take so much pride in?

Get a Biker Gripper cell phone motorcycle holder that’s made in the USA and has been tested and approved by actual bikers and Police Motorcycle Units worldwide! Just look at the 5-star reviews on the Law Abiding Biker Store if you aren’t yet sold.

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Best GoPro Motorcycle Bar Mount-Biker Gripper™ Handlebar Mount & GoPro Head

December 8, 2015 By Ryan Urlacher 6 Comments

We film professional tutorial & review videos for bikers around the world here at Law Abiding Biker™ Podcast & Media. For many projects we rely on GoPro action cameras mounted to our motorcycles. I know bikers/motorcyclists out there also like to mount GoPro cameras to their motorcycles to share trips with friends and family. For years I and other bikers have struggled with cheap junky GoPro motorcycle mounts all over the internet, Amazon, and eBay.

Yes, even the GoPro brand handlebar mount I am not a fan of. It is made of cheaper type plastic and has problems mounting to larger diameter bars. In time we have had several of these plastic GoPro brand mounts break at weak points and that is frustrating. Additionally, the GoPro brand bar mount system is clunky and it can often become a task getting it set up with the thumb screws.

Further, there is a rubber sleeve inside the bar mount in an attempt to keep it positioned on a bar. When you turn the mount to fix your GoPro to the position you want, it binds up and folds over. Because the plastic is weak it flexes, which can cause unwanted vibrations or camera movements. These are just a few of the struggles we have all had with the GoPro brand bar mount system.

So, out of frustration the journey began for me……….I knew that I needed to come up with or find the best solution for bikers to mount their beloved GoPro cameras to their motorcycles. Clearly all motorcycles have handlebars and many have more bars than that, such as engine guards, saddlebag guards, and luggage racks just to name a few. Many of these bars are different sizes and that certainly needed to be taken into account. Bikers can also be rough on things, so it has to be sturdy. It needed to be the strongest GoPro motorcycle mount in the world. Many were rigorously tested over much time and many failed.

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LAB-83-Biker Gripper Cell Phone, GPS, Radar Detector, & EFI Tuner Motorcycle Mounting Solution | Absolutely Nothing Better!

July 30, 2015 By Ryan Urlacher Leave a Comment

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PODCAST-The Biker Gripper is absolutely the best cell phone/smartphone, GPS, EFI Tuner, and radar detector mounting solution on the market. We here at Law Abiding Biker™ Podcast & Media tested it for a long period of time, over thousands of miles, on different bikes, Mounted it in different positions, and while holding different devices. Believe it when I say your device will not come out of the 18 lbs of grip strength the Biker Gripper provides.

Over several years the Biker Gripper went through a couple violent motorcycle crashes here at Law Abiding Biker™. First was my high side crash on my 2011 Harley Davidson Street Glide in Oregon. Yup, a complete high side after getting squirley in some gravel around a corner. My Harley was nearly totaled and laying on it's side. My iPhone did not move and was still secured and untouched in the Biker Gripper! That was my first thought that we should put our logo on this thing and sell it in our own store to bikers who want the best. I totally believe the good Lord was watching over me when I high sided and it was a lower speed. I was flung like Superman into some soft powder type dirt just past the shoulder of the road! I had no real injuries to speak of.

Next, Chewy was riding two up with his wife on the back of his 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide and slid low side. The bike slid away from them and violently smashed into a guard rail. The bike hit the guard rail so hard that it stood back up and traveled another 50′ or so along the guard rail before falling over again. It hit the guard rail so hard that one of his saddlebags exploded so to speak & the bike was just shy of being totaled with a bent frame. Chewy and his wife had road rash, but other than that they got out of it okay. Yup, you guessed it-in the Biker Gripper was his iPhone 6 Plus completely untouched! Now, I love the Biker Gripper, but I never imagined that it would stay in on such a violent crash, so it even surprised me.

We trust the Biker Gripper so much that we put our own Law Abiding Biker logo on it and our stamp of approval. It is truly biker tested and we carry it exclusively in the Law Abiding Biker Store. It is the sexiest, sleekest, and strongest cell phone motorcycle mount on the market. Don't settle for all the cheap ugly cell phone motorcycle mounts on the internet, eBay, and Amazon. If you want the best then the Biker Gripper Cell Phone, GPS, Radar Detector, and EFI Tuner motorcycle mount is for you!

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Biker Gripper-Cell Phone & GPS Motorcycle Mount

April 20, 2015 By Ryan Urlacher 5 Comments

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Video & Blog: So, we should all have a smart phone by now right? I installed several awesome GPS driving direction apps with voice turn by turn navigation on my smart phone & I have all my music on it. But, the question is what is the best way to mount your cell phone or smart phone to your motorcycle and have good visual and touch access to it? What is the safest cell phone motorcycle mount/holder, so it won’t fall out? What is the slimmest and best looking cell phone motorcycle mount. Of course, one of the issues to consider is the wide variety of cases out there and in different thicknesses.

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Available in Black or Chrome

Many have asked if I still run a cell phone motorcycle mount since I have the new Harley Boom!™ Box Infotainment System and the answer is yes. As you may know we have the #1 Rated Boom!™ Box Tutorial Videos and love the system, but it has it's limitations & I feel a cell phone mount is still definitely needed for further functionality. I also need the Biker Gripper to display my smartphone while riding, so I can view real time Vance & Hines Fuelpak 3 EFI tuner information via bluetooth.

We have tested both the Biker Gripper motorcycle cell phone mount system and other motorcycle cell phone mounts for some time. We have ridden many thousands of miles with each. The overall winner in our opinion for many reasons is the Biker Gripper, which is now available directly from the Law Abiding Biker Store Front for that reason. We highly recommend the Biker Gripper to anyone who asks us for the best motorcycle cell phone mount on the market.

We like and trust this motorcycle cell phone & GPS mount so much that we stamped the Law Abiding Biker™ logo on it and it has our full approval.

The Biker Gripper immediately feels much nicer than other mounts when adjusting your smartphone's position using the ball joint and it is very smooth. The Biker Gripper is smaller than other mounts all the way around to include the ball joint. I like this, because it keeps things looking nice and tight on your handlebars. The last thing you want is a big ugly bulky motorcycle cell phone mount.

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Biker Gripper: (Available in the Law Abiding Biker Store)

Available in Black or Chrome

In this article we will discuss just two of the most popular Biker Gripper mounting options and systems to consider. With a Biker Gripper you could mount any item such as Smartphones, Small Digital Cameras, GoPro (Action) Cameras, Radar Detectors, Garage Door Openers, GPS Units, Toll Transponders.

Each Biker Gripper mounting system is crafted in the USA through a patent CNC process using high quality aircraft grade aluminum making your mounting system more lightweight, much better looking, and most importantly more durable.

The body of the Biker Gripper is injection molded using Dupont Delrin Acetel resin thermoplastic and your electronic device is held securely in place with polyurethane fabric to prevent scratching and four stainless steel springs with an 18 pound grip.

The grip range of the Biker Gripper head is 1.9” to 4.2”.

1.) Biker Gripper Handlebar Universal Mount System (Fits Bars 7/8″ TO 1 1/4″)(Black or Chrome)

Biker Gripper Universal Handlebar Mount

This is likely the most versatile Biker Gripper with the universal handlebar mounts system. It comes as a complete kit in our store & includes:

Biker Gripper head unit for holding your electronic device
17mm ball (black or chrome) Handlebar Universal Mount System
3 reducers for mounting on 7/8″ to 1 1/4″ bars
Installation tools and instructions

This system fits current production handlebar sizes from 7/8” (22mm) up to 1 1⁄4” (32mm) into one mount system. This allows it to fit virtually every handlebar on motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATV's, UTV's and other powersport vehicles. Requires only 3⁄4” of handlebar space and can be mounted at any angle.

2.) Biker Gripper Control Mount System (For Harley & Metric Motorcycles)(Black or Chrome)

Biker Gripper Control Mount System

This is a great Biker Gripper mount option and attaches to your handlebar control clamps (clutch or brake side). It replaces the two factory pinch bolts with new stainless bolts and spacers on handlebar controls.

This comes as a complete kit in our store and includes:

Biker Gripper head unit for holding your electronic device
17mm ball (black or chrome) Control Mount with pivoting shaft
Two sets of mounting spacers (10mm and 15mm long)
Two 6mm x 45mm and two 1/4″x 2″ stainless mounting bolts
Installation tools and instructions

Control Mount Fitment: (Harley-Davidson and Metric)

This mount fits a wide range of metric and all Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The control mount attaches to handlebar control clamps (clutch or brake side). It replaces the two factory pinch bolts with new stainless bolts and spacers on handlebar controls.

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I hope this information helps you and saves you time from having to look all over the internet for a good motorcycle cell phone mount/holder, only to find a lot of junk and things that don’t work so well.

Ride safe. Keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up!