Motorcycle Handlebar Phone Mount: Find the Spot Before You Buy

A motorcycle handlebar phone mount needs a free section of bar to close around. Before you order ours, our listing says to “check the actual mounting interface, phone and case dimensions, and clearance from controls.” Then set it up in the order the listing gives, while parked.

We sell a motorcycle handlebar phone holder, so read this as a shop’s notes on its own listing plus what riders ask online.

What riders run into

Two riders on Reddit posted about where a phone mount goes on their motorcycle.

• One wrote: “I have a handlebar clamp and only just seen I don’t have a spot for it.”
• Another wrote that “holding the handlebar is comfortable with the mount, but I can’t imagine if I need better grip for certain situations.”

Both come down to where on the bar the mount sits. Check that before you order.

What our listing says

Our listing for the Silver Open-Rail Screw-Lock Phone Holder describes a “silver metal rectangular skeletal back with two horizontal crossbars and open lower frame.” It also lists “long side rails,” a “large knurled silver width screw” and a “black split handlebar ring.”

It says the phone or tablet shown for demonstration is not included.

People search for this as “motorcycle handlebar phone mount”, “handlebar phone mount motorcycle” or “motorcycle handlebar phone holder”. They all mean a holder that clamps onto the bars.

Find your spot

1. The mounting interface. Find a free section of handlebar where the ring can close.
2. Your phone and case. Measure your phone with its case on before you order.
3. Clearance from controls. Make sure the holder and phone leave your levers, switches and grips clear.

If the bar has no free spot at all, our fork stem phone mount guide covers another place to mount a phone.

Set it up while parked

Our listing says to “secure the pictured collar around a matching handlebar, seat the phone in the original cradle and secure its jaws before setting the viewing angle while parked.”

1. Park first. Do the whole setup with the bike parked.
2. Fit the collar. Secure the collar around the bar at the spot you picked.
3. Seat the phone. Place the phone in the cradle.
4. Secure the jaws. Close the jaws on the phone.
5. Set the angle. Set the viewing angle last.

Quick answers

Is a phone included?

No. Our listing says the phone or tablet shown for demonstration is not included.

Where to go next

Browse motorcycle handlebar phone mounts, or go straight to the Silver Open-Rail Screw-Lock Phone Holder.