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Got converted to GPS after a trip to France a few years ago... was leading a group ride and had a choice of a nice, wide surfaced road or a narrow, cobbled lane... did the obvious and 10 mins later emerged from a winding road through forest on top of a hill where a brand new football stadium had been built... all the guys with GPS knew I'd missed the turn about 30 seconds after I guessed wrong!
So I've been using an old s/h Garmin GPSIII Plus for a couple of years now... it's mounted on the handlebar and has proved very useful, even with the limited (by current standards) functions available. It's usually loaded up with the UK maps to cover routes I use when instructing (handy when the trainees go the wrong way), but it gets a workout in areas I don't know so well from time to time. I did some training in Wales and Yorkshire earlier this year, and the it's turned radio directions to the trainee from: "Take the next turning eeerrrr I think it's half a mile on the right - oops we just missed it" into precise directions they can't miss! I've used it abroad quite a bit too, and this year it took me down a pre-planned route to the S of France in September along a bunch of pretty minor roads. Main problems is that the memory is tiny - you can get Kent, Surrey and Sussex on it and that's it, it doesn't route plan, the controls are fiddly, and it's started leaking thru the screen. It's powered off the bike as battery life is abysmal, and does service on 4 wheels too...
But I got seduced by the amazing little i3 last weekend. I've only had it in the car so far, and am mega-impressed but will have give it a go on the bike too. Tucked well back under the screen it should be dry enough, even in heavy rain. But I wouldn't rely 100% on the suction cup - it fell off the windscreen twice in around 400 miles. I'd make sure there is a lanyard attached somewhere!!
Joined: 14/09/2002 20:56:18 Posts: 5231 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:
survivalskills wrote:
Hi Folks....
Got converted to GPS after a trip to France a few years ago... was leading a group ride and had a choice of a nice, wide surfaced road or a narrow, cobbled lane... did the obvious and 10 mins later emerged from a winding road through forest on top of a hill where a brand new football stadium had been built... all the guys with GPS knew I'd missed the turn about 30 seconds after I guessed wrong.
Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Mmm...medway
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:
survivalskills wrote:
But I got seduced by the amazing little i3 last weekend. I've only had it in the car so far, and am mega-impressed but will have give it a go on the bike too. Tucked well back under the screen it should be dry enough, even in heavy rain. But I wouldn't rely 100% on the suction cup - it fell off the windscreen twice in around 400 miles. I'd make sure there is a lanyard attached somewhere!!
I've just made a fitting (with the ball joint) to attach my i3 to the left hand clip on on my SV650. It'll sit roughly in the same place as the brake fluid reservoir sits above the right clip on. Plastic freezer bag (decent thickness) and a rubber band will sort it out in the rain. Will be posting pics once I get it fitted to the bike this weekend. In theory the design should fit any bike with clip ons (which GPS mounts seem pretty poor for) and it's stainless steel so ought to last well. Been using it in a tankbag up until now but it's a pain with being in the wrong position and having to have the bag on the bike... plus the scroll wheel can get pushed, causing odd zooming in and out, etc.
I'm hoping the ball joint will be pretty vibration proof, it's at least as tight a fit as the plastic ball mounting with the sucker... we'll see.
It's a bit of a shame that I can't load the i3 with maps from autoroute to make up runs, but for the price it's brilliant!
I've just made a fitting (with the ball joint) to attach my i3 to the left hand clip on on my SV650
Sounds useful!!
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It's a bit of a shame that I can't load the i3 with maps from autoroute to make up runs, but for the price it's brilliant!
I've just updated Mapsource and the i3 is identified, and the "Favourites" can be downloaded as waypoints. I assume you can do the reverse, so can plan a run using those. Although I'm not trying it till I get a blank transflash card! I don't want to overwrite my maps!!
Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Mmm...medway
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:
Mounted it this weekend and it went well!
Stayed rigid the whole time (it's a 650cc V-twin, so plenty of vibration), easy to get at just the right angle and the plastic bag and rubber band worked in the rain, though it's down below the screen so that took some of it off.
Strange that at level 4 volume, I couldn't hear the directions but I could hear the "boing" for the speed cameras clearly, even on a noisy bike at 70mph in the wind and rain, with helmet on and earplugs in. Plus with it being in the plastic bag... that's some speaker!
The pictures below show the mount off of the handlebar and the i3 on the bike with it's plastic bag on. The buttons were easy to use through the bag.
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