haha TomTom is garbage, and I actually own a motorcycle-specific one. Garmin is 10x better, that's what I have in my car.
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Look At MY GPS BIke Set-Up While Riding At Night
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haha TomTom is garbage, and I actually own a motorcycle-specific one. Garmin is 10x better, that's what I have in my car.
gixxeranyone
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Do you like it? I did this with a $129 run-of-the-mill GPS unit, just took it from my car and popped it into my handlebars, it never flickers from vibrations or falls off or blinks and works flawlessly. No need to go buy a "special" bike GPS for $600, that's retarded.
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You know what else I think is retarded. That big massive gps hanging on my bike.
I love how you think your a genius and everyone else is retarded. Get a grip buddy!!!!!!!!!!
wonderings
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Not being waterproof is a big issue for many people. I raid rain or shine, and if on a trip, well, I don't stop because its raining.
Are you only on battery power or did you wire it to the bike battery? If just the gps battery, that is another draw back for anyone who would want to actually travel with the gps, those batteries only last so long.
Are you only on battery power or did you wire it to the bike battery? If just the gps battery, that is another draw back for anyone who would want to actually travel with the gps, those batteries only last so long.
Golluk
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I'll post a picture later, but I've been rather happy with my set up. I use a tomtom go720, with a ram mount. The mount is attached to the front fairing braces, and goes up so its just infront/above my console. Its somewhat under the windscreen, but not enough to entirely protect it when stopped at a light from rain.
Its held up for a good 20k km, and my gs500 vibrates alot. No real issues operating it with gloves on either, a bit of rain hasn't killed it.
I've used tomtom, and garmin. I like tomtom myself.
Its held up for a good 20k km, and my gs500 vibrates alot. No real issues operating it with gloves on either, a bit of rain hasn't killed it.
I've used tomtom, and garmin. I like tomtom myself.
TomTom is good for being able to download John Cleese's voice for directions, but mine had incorrect maps, and had a conniption fit every time I went somewhere that was not on the map.
Eventually, I bit the bullet and bought a Garmin.
Ironically, now the Garmin maps are wrong several years later, but it just tries to route me back to the nearest road that it knows.
Eventually, I bit the bullet and bought a Garmin.
Ironically, now the Garmin maps are wrong several years later, but it just tries to route me back to the nearest road that it knows.
Try having no sense of direction, it's real easy.
It's really easy if you're trying to cross any of the points where the grid changes direction, like say driving from Bradford to Erin. (He says in a "learn from my fail" way... )
You live in Hamilton and you can say that? Every time I go there I get trapped by the one way streets. Unless I have my handy dandy GPS.
Hamilton City Motto: You can't really get there from here. You'll have to take the 403 to Brantford, turn around, and come back into town.
Modeboy
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I moved from Burlington to Hamilton and I personally think that getting around The Hammer is great as compared to the nasty traffic filled city of Burly! All the one way streets in Hamilton make it a breeze, and the cops don't give a rat's *** about minor moving violations which gives you more "creative allowance" when navigating
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suzuki2000
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Rule of thumb, if its a one way street, the next street over goes the other way. really not that complicated
Having grown up there, I find the changes to streets in more recent years to make them 2 way more confusing now
I used to be able to go up james in any lane, not just the ones to the right
Burlington traffic and one way streets are practically non-existent from what I've seen riding and driving in Burlington... unless there is some mystery part of Burlington that is way more busy than the areas I've been in...?I moved from Burlington to Hamilton and I personally think that getting around The Hammer is great as compared to the nasty traffic filled city of Burly! All the one way streets there make it a breeze, and the cops don't give a rat's *** about minor moving violations which gives you more "creative allowance" when navigating
And I use my 2 year old cell phone for a GPS unit in both my car and bike so does that mean it's retarded to spend $129 on a dedicated GPS unit for either?
Modeboy
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Sorry, my sentence wasn't formed correctly, it's now fixed...
But, Burlington traffic is bad for how small it really is. A lot of the lights aren't timed properly, and there are SO many of them! When I lived and worked there, it would take me 20 minutes to drive to work, and the EXACT same amount of time to bicycle it because I wasn't sitting around waiting for all the traffic to filter through the lights on my bike. Also, it takes a LOT longer to bypass a jammed 403 going through the city than it does to just sit in the traffic on the highway!
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No, that's sand at Wasaga Beach area #4, was there till 9:00pm and then headed back to Toronto.
@ WONDERING: Yeah my GPS is hard-wired to my bike's battery, it took 10-minutes to install this cord I bought for $10.99.
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adamwest
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i keep mine in my ***. the wires used to be a pain. sort of speak. but bluetooth makes things a little easier. rain is no problem either. yes. my *** is tight. just set it, stuff it, and forget it.
EDIT: since when is "hat" a dirty word? meh!
peggy does that gps upset the balance of your bike?
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