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Garmin maps are locked; I haven't heard of any hacks for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stromper
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Femmekat
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Originally Posted by 07BladeRider
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? :spit:
you need a GPS to find the "T" road
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?
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
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. :)
http://www.ram-mount.com/Products/Mo...8/Default.aspxQuote:
Originally Posted by G21forme
10" screen with no touchscreen = deathtrap.Quote:
Originally Posted by intergalactic
I think the odds are pretty high that your pocket will cutoff satellite reception and you won't hear much from "that bitch"Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff-6R
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.
Forgot to mention that bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by ssg
Hey Lauren! :wub: Looky what I found for you ...
Garmin Zumo Rebate
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 :(
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ćheese
REPOST!
http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...mo-rebate.html
:bananna:
:D
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.
some good ideas here
http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=132533
What a genius! I am so doing thatQuote:
Originally Posted by 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
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Originally Posted by idratherberidin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by dankatz
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