I recently scored a nice Ducati tank bag. The problem was, it came with the MultiStrada mounting ring...
But we live for the challenge, right? An hour later (and only one scrapped piece, lol), my homemade ring proudly sits in place:
But that's not all, boys and girls! The bag came with the USB charger and bunch of slick cables as well, so I just kept going.
I decided to repurpose the 12MM plug that I've had laying around (leftover from the 2005 Multi 1000DS, I think).
The upper handlebar clamp seemed to be a "natural" location for it, so I milled small pocket, and drilled / tapped 5MM mounting hole.
A bit more cutting / machining / sanding converted a piece of aluminum flatbar into the plug mount.
I tapped into the Daytime Light wire, and voila! There's my 12VDC:
Now I can charge my phone on the bike if need be, not to mention riding around with my GPS on without worrying about the phone going flat.
And no, my cluster view is not obstructed at all