GPS Suggestions?

[markbvt]

i have researched it and also want to use it for hiking and geocaching

I am looking at the Garmin Oregon 300 and then buying the 1:24K map of the Northeast.

GPS Store need 290 need 4 gig micro sd and then the 24k map but I have seen it on torrent sites so I will try that 1st

Garmin maps are locked; I haven't heard of any hacks for them.

But I wouldn't bother with the Garmin topo maps anyway -- just buy the Garmin City Navigator maps for road routing, and install one of the many free topo maps from gpsfiledepot.com for everything else.

--mark

[CBR929RE]

I will just close my eyes and be guided by the force...



Yeah.... so many roads I always want to take, but being stubborn I won't turn around and go back the same way I came which=more and more lost So a GPS would be awesome to find alternate routes.

getting lost is half the fun though. its just when you wanna go home that it starts not being fun. then again I've never really been lost cause I always come up on some numbered route so I know I can get back. but I also graduated college with a geography minor, then I drove a truck picking up donations all over eastern MA for a year using good old paper maps and now I drive a tractor trailer. so it makes sense that I always know where I am, where I'm going and how to get back.

[Cheese]

Why use a GPS? Half the fun of riding a bike is getting lost and just riding.

Stop thinking so hard about riding and just RIDE.

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If you ride this way you will miss more good roads than hit them. If you want to ride on back roads, without running out of gas, stop at a decent restaurant for lunch near 12:00pm and be done with the loop with under 400 miles on the saddle, you're going to have to plan it.

Yes, using a computer to plan a route is a lil' geeky but winging a trip up to VT Rt. 17 and realizing at 7pm you're going to arrive after dark sux. So does riding out to T**** road, ripping it multiple times, running low on gas and not knowing which way to head for a service station. Now imagine these same scenarios except you have 10 other riders counting on you as a leader.

Wait Chuck, you posted this? All the threads you've created on here and you want me to believe you're spontaneous?

[Stromper]

you need a GPS to find the "T" road

[G21forme]

While we are talking gps devices How would you go about mounting one to say a 2000 r6 or an 03 636 both having scott's dampers?

[duganc1717]

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[scr1be]

i decided to just get GPS for my iphone and keep it in my pocket while listening to turn by turn directions via headphones. almost spent money on an actual motorcycle GPS just because it would be cooler. muust saave monnneyy

[intergalactic]

I am planning on using my eeePc and flipping the screen and using a WAAS GPS unit so I get a 10" screen GPS. We will see if I get it done, though. Should fit on top of my Rapid Transit Recon 19 bag.

[CBR929RE]

While we are talking gps devices How would you go about mounting one to say a 2000 r6 or an 03 636 both having scott's dampers?

http://www.ram-mount.com/Products/Mo...8/Default.aspx

[ssg]

I am planning on using my eeePc and flipping the screen and using a WAAS GPS unit so I get a 10" screen GPS. We will see if I get it done, though. Should fit on top of my Rapid Transit Recon 19 bag.

10" screen with no touchscreen = deathtrap.

[Danno]

What do you guys about this idea. I have a cheap ($80) Nuvi but the unit does not have a headset connection. I was thinking about opening the case and wiring a headset from the speaker connection. Then I could set my destination, keep the unit in my pocket, and have the headset going into one ear for directions. I know that it could be annoying to have "that bitch" in your ear telling you where to go but I think it's a better alternative to having to keep looking down at a 4" screen. Does that make any sense?

I think the odds are pretty high that your pocket will cutoff satellite reception and you won't hear much from "that bitch"

[Danno]

I first tried a cheap Garmin car GPS and it was ok, but everytime some raindrops hit I had to "bag it" or "bag it" in my case.

Picked up a Garmin 2720 refurbed on Amazon for $100, another $50 for the cable and RAM mount adaptor. It's not as bright as the newer Zumos, but I also don't worry about it getting stolen when I park.

I don't think it's as easy to find refurbed 27xx units now, but you might find a refurbed Zumo 450 or 550 at a decent price.

[intergalactic]

10" screen with no touchscreen = deathtrap.

Forgot to mention that bit.

[Cheese]

Hey Lauren! Looky what I found for you ...

Garmin Zumo Rebate

[Femmekat]

Sweet! Thanks Rob!
Although now that I sent my entire earnings via paypal to bail Kentucky shelter mutts I think it is going to be a loooong time before I can get something

[Jank]

Hey Lauren! Looky what I found for you ...

Garmin Zumo Rebate

REPOST!

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...mo-rebate.html

[wego72587]

My GPS of choice is the Garmin 755t. You can create custom routes via google mymaps and upload them to the GPS directly. Works exactly as I was hoping it would. Pick up something from ram-mount to mount it, some cables from powerlet to power it and you're ready to go. I just recently bought mine at Newegg for $170. I've done two fairly long rides on it so far and couldn't be happier with the functionality. Good luck on your hunt.

[Point37]

some good ideas here

http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=132533

[idratherberidin]

some good ideas here

http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=132533

What a genius! I am so doing that

[Point37]

check out the whole thing...some people have made custom brackets and even hard wired the power cable so they can charge their units while riding

What a genius! I am so doing that

[dankatz]

Check out Nuvi 500 at Costco...not quite motorcycle specific but is motorcycle friendly being waterproof. And, it won't break the bank

[Hurtin]

Check out Nuvi 500 at Costco...not quite motorcycle specific but is motorcycle friendly being waterproof. And, it won't break the bank

I recently rode from Florida to Mass and never used any paper maps.

I had an Nuvi 550 and an eepc. This is my experience with both, particularly for multi-day and complicated routing. I the only limitation I ran into was a 30 route maximum, I just had to delete a few before adding more. I think the waypoint limit per route is 255, though I never hit this number.

The combination of a netbook with Streets and Trips and a GPS, to do routing at night for the next day, was invaluable. Using the GPS to find the nearest lodging, fuel, restaurant was also very useful.

My previous GPS was a Street Pilot 3 this one is the Nuvi 550, which I got because it is waterproof and 400 some dollars less than the Zumo. I was nervous about the auto routing. The previous generation auto routing would, if you veered off course even a little, wipe out your carefully planned route and put you on the interstate right to the end. There was an option to turn that off, which I always did. This version doesn't have that option, but I found I didn't need it, the auto routing is much better, it reroutes, but only to the next via point. If you jump on a route mid stream, it figures it out fine.

I also thought I would miss having audio queues, since there is no audio jack. This I also find I can live without, a quick glance at the unit after a scheduled turn, made that feature unnecessary.

To power the unit you want to check out Powerlet.

And as others have mentioned a Ram Mount Cycle Gadgets