are you using a older GPS.

[Ridercam]

Are you using an older GPS. I have a Garmin V GPS. It is a mono screen and runs on 2 AA batteries which last nearly 24 hours of continual use. It may be true that I can not locate a star bucks with it or book a motel room (thats what a iphone is for) but it does keep me in relative good direction. I never mounted it on the bike but use it for marine and hiking. I can get and modify a trick mount that fits flush with the r100 rubber handlebar pad for under 25. furthermore, I kinda like the old school military issue look verses GPS HD color vision.

Am I missing something being a cheap bastard besides retracing and uploading my adventures to a file that very few care about?

[Garnet]

Am I missing something being a cheap bastard besides retracing and uploading my adventures to a file that very few care about?

What's a GPS

[00weel]

GPS

Geek Positioning System?

[Deleted User 61]

This is mine, Ridercam. For now, it is all I need.

My favorite trick is to set it to point to my destination, then set it on navigate (shows a big compass dial), and then I can follow the back roads willy-nilly, knowing I'm not getting turned around and going the wrong way.

I bought a very inexpensive 12v to 3v adapter so I don't have to worry about batteries. Which is good if you are traveling at night with the back-light on all the time.

I used to use it as a reliable speedometer, but since my crash, it has moved up in rank to being my ONLY speedometer.

I'm nuts for it. Not sure if I would permanently install one on a /2, though! (If I were so lucky to have the decision.)



More pics of the installation, here: http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/gpsr_on_motorcycle

[Ridercam]

Rob - I like the set up.

Going to the death valley airhead camp out next week with the plan to ride and hike with it. Like you, simple and inexpensive solutions work best. It's alot different than the regular BMW riders - just my style.

[Deleted User 61]

Rob - I like the set up.

Going to the death valley airhead camp out next week with the plan to ride and hike with it.* Like you, simple and inexpensive solutions work best. It's alot different than the regular BMW riders - just my style.

Thanks. I'm pretty proud of it. If I do upgrade, it would probably be a slightly fancier version of the one I have - color, more internal memory, and a slot for microSD cards, so you can download detail maps for along the way, and swap them out as needed.
And that one has a mini-USB port for a connection, instead of the special plug they use on mine. I feel the mini-USB would be a better connector.


Mine has 24Mb of memory, which is pretty good. The base map that is a permanent part of the memory is good as long as you are staying on major highways.

*Have you tried geocaching yet? There are three of us here that play. Not that much fun in motorcycle boots, though.

[Chuey]

I always have trouble folding mine back the way it came from the factory. Never mounted it on the handlebars. Never bought batteries. It won't say how fast I'm going unless I want a rough average. Cost about five bucks.

Chuey

[Zombie Master]

What's a GPS?

[Deleted User 61]

What's a GPS?

It's the electric guitar equivalent of a compass.