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cejsmith Regular Visitor
Joined: 20/10/2002 21:37:18 Posts: 145 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: Motorbikes and gps |
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I have a pocket copilot ipaq set up. Has any one tried to use it on a motorcycle. If they have,how did it stand up, how did they do it etc.
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Colin |
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tsunami6RR Occasional Visitor
Joined: Oct 26, 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Several reasons why I would not use my PDA with PPC&GPS on my motorcycle:
1. Not weather resistent or water-proof without add-ons.
2. Vibrations and shock of mc may damage the internals of PDA.
3. Battery life of coloured screen PDA running a GPS is dismal.
4. If you drop, the damage and data loss to the PDA can be signifcant.
Reasons why I use a Garmin eTrex Vista on my mc:
1. Weatherproof and water resistent.
2. With proper mounts (RAM mounts or tankbag), gps holds up quite well.
3. 12 to 16 hours battery life on two AA is much better than my PDA/GPS.
4. Droped and bounched the Vista numerous times while hiking, mountain biking and motorcycling. Unit still looks and runs like new. I would hate to do this to a PDA/GPS unit. Also, if I damage my Vista, the only loss would be the GPS and not my contacts, calendar, notes, etc.
I hope this helps...edward... |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Motorbikes and gps |
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cejsmith wrote: | I have a pocket copilot ipaq set up. Has any one tried to use it on a motorcycle. If they have,how did it stand up, how did they do it etc.
Thanks
Colin |
Most people I have seen using them keep them in tank bags which keeps the water and dirt out of them.
Maybe you could try keeping it inside your jacket and connect up a headphone and just listen to the voice instructions. I tried this with a mobile phone hands free kit once, but I found that the helmet got too noisy at over 50 MPH.
In common with tsunami6RR, I have a Garmin unit (GPS-V) which I use on my bike with a RAM mount. The Garmins are fully waterproof which is a very nice feature. |
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Courierman Regular Visitor
Joined: Jun 08, 2004 Posts: 88 Location: Chatham Kent
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:12 am Post subject: |
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i use my 3850 on my bike all the time got on a guse neck on the tank and all wired up to the bat too wired gps i had it in a tank bag in the winter but it got to hot in the summer im goin to get 3600 from www.otterbox.com for this winter |
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MikeB Frequent Visitor
Joined: 20/08/2002 11:51:57 Posts: 3859 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Brodit are about to release a weatherproof GPS mount solution speciffically for bikes, either motorised or muscle powered.
It is basically a modified Otterbox with a handlebar type mount. Hopefully I will be getting one for review in the next few weeks. _________________ Mike Barrett |
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