Topic: GPS systems (Read 6202 times)

mr_magoo · « **on:** October 14, 2004, 08:42:26 AM »

Some have asked what GPS systems some of us a using. I am using a Garmin street pilot III that I got from gps city it was about $600.00 will post some pics of it on the bike.

naitram · « **Reply #1 on:** October 14, 2004, 08:48:23 AM »

i moved this into the General section, might get some input from more people this way

mr_magoo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 14, 2004, 09:04:19 AM »

Good idea now i know why you da big guy. Thanks

the O`Fender · « **Reply #3 on:** October 14, 2004, 09:53:19 AM »

Thanks Naitram, I'm not currently using GPS but I am a tech nut and very interested in purchasing a GPS.
Looking for opinions [smiley=thinking2.gif]
So magoo please share your likes and dislikes for this Garmin street pilot!!! [smiley=worthless.gif]

WFP · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2004, 11:06:49 AM »

I feel this is a tough one...I have several GPSs.

Garmin Etrex Summit (no-WAAS, built in compas)
Garmin ETrex Mariner (WAAS, no compass)
Then on the Boat I have some Raymarine units.

The questions to ask is how do you want to use it?

mfgreen · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2004, 11:25:33 AM »

The comparison of units may help in your decision.
http://www.offroute.com/gps-compare.html

falcon · « **Reply #6 on:** October 14, 2004, 11:37:43 AM »

I have the garmin 2620. It made me sick to spend the $1,200 on it ( you can get it on line now for about $1000) but I would do it again in a heartbeat. All the info comes built in, nothing to down load. It will find damm near anything for you, like ATM's, gas, food, hotels etc. You can tell it..no express ways, no dirt roads, fastest route,shortest route the list goes on and on. I had a meeting in Austin TX, so I rented a bike for a day. Zip tied the GPS to the bars and took off...went down roads that looked good......took roads that the locals said were good....never really knew or cared where I was....when I was low on gas I would just have the GPS fine the nearest station...at the end of the day I
had it set a route back to the hotel and made it back in time to go out for a few drinks.
If I was even able to find these roads on a map, I would have spent way too much time on the side of the road looking at the map instead of riding Thats just one example I have many. Do yourself a favor and get a GPS. Do yourself a big favor and get one that comes out of the box ready to use. Take Care [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif].

Glave · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2004, 12:01:33 PM »

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I have the garmin 2620. It made me sick to spend the $1,200 on it ( you can get it on line now for about $1000) but I would do it again in a heartbeat. All the info comes built in, nothing to down load. It will find damm near anything for you, like ATM's, gas, food, hotels etc. You can tell it..no express ways, no dirt roads, fastest route,shortest route the list goes on and on.

DavidB · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2004, 06:50:18 PM »

I run a Garmin GPS V on my bike. Its small enough to be convienent and holds about 19mb of detail info.
Last month I was about 150 miles from home when a friends bike (Yamaha) broke down with a burned stator. I turned on the gps and it found and took me to the nearest Autozone where we bought a new battery so he could drive his bike back home.

I used it a lot in Colorado last month. I liked knowing where I was on roads I did not know.

mw8385 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 14, 2004, 07:53:36 PM »

I use the Garmin 2610 with a 1GB memory card. It is attached to the handlebars with a chrome Ram mount. I won't go on a trip with out it!

mr_magoo · « **Reply #10 on:** October 15, 2004, 08:55:45 AM »

I think they pretty much covered the good stuff it has lots of stuff from post offices,gasstation, police,motels,resturants. But what i like is when traveling all i need is an address an it will guide you there plus it will keep track of your trip mileage, time on the road, time stopped ,total trip time, aveage speed, total aveage and maximum speed. As a surveyor I us this stuff all the time.

JCZ · « **Reply #11 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:31:44 PM »

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mfgreen · « **Reply #12 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:53:56 PM »

I should be able to put some of the systems and pricing up on the site over the weekend. The link that i posted earlier in this thread may help with some questions.
Mike

mr_magoo · « **Reply #13 on:** October 16, 2004, 09:06:16 AM »

Mine came with all the unlock codes for north america, I think you can get codes for any where in the world (small fee for unlock codes).

mr_magoo · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2004, 08:29:41 PM »

Here are some photos of the gps on the bike.

mr_magoo · « **Reply #15 on:** October 19, 2004, 08:36:23 PM »

One from the backside.

mr_magoo · « **Reply #16 on:** October 19, 2004, 08:45:47 PM »

This is the screen that I like the most.

Tony - www.1700cc.co.uk · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2004, 04:46:44 PM »

Nice install, Magoo!

The screenshot must have been taken after a session on "the track", right?

I have just ordered Tom Tom GPS software to fit on my mobile phone. It utilises the blue tooth connection to a blue tooth GPS antenna.

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=9262

The Nokia 6600 phone supports this stuff.

JCZ · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2004, 06:47:36 PM »

Magoo that thing looks to be pretty vulnerable to the elements. Is it water tight in the driving rains when you're doing 70 MPH?

mfgreen · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2004, 07:07:15 PM »

Clean, straight-forward install. Nice work.

mr_magoo · « **Reply #20 on:** October 25, 2004, 09:03:39 AM »

Yes it is water proof not water resistant, The screen with the trip info is coming home from Sturgis this year. I just love the info this thing has. JC I have it plumb into the cigerette lighter inside the fairing so it runs off the bike when runnig and keep the batteries in it for when we are stopped so it keeps working(logging time) batteries last along time that way.

DEAN_NELSON · « **Reply #21 on:** October 25, 2004, 07:02:34 PM »

I had a Garmin street III on my last bike and it was fine. On the SE I bought the new 2610 with the touch screen. I like it much better. Works fine with gloves on. Water will not be any problem.

I installed it with power from inside the fairing, and have the sound going into the AUX in the Harley sound system. I run down the road with the GPS on and the CD going. Than when I need the GPS voice the just flip the control on the bars from CD to AUX
( 5 times gets you to AUX) and I can hear the GPS, than when I don't need it one push gets you back to CD.

I like using the Harley sound system, that way I can adjust the vol for the GPS and I can hear it on the road, you know how the wind can be at at 65mph

It worked great on the Posse ride this year, 7800 miles and never made a wrong turn.
Found food and gas any place.

Dean

mw8385 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 25, 2004, 10:01:40 PM »

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I had a Garmin street III on my last bike and it was fine. On the SE I bought the new 2610 with the touch screen. I like it much better. Works fine with gloves on. Water will not be any problem.

I installed it with power from inside the fairing, and have the sound going into the AUX in the Harley sound system. I run down the road with the GPS on and the CD going. Than when I need the GPS voice the just flip the control on the bars from CD to AUX
( 5 times gets you to AUX) and I can hear the GPS, than when I don't need it one push gets you back to CD.

Dean

Hey Dean,
I also use the 2610 for the same reasons you described. Where did you hook it up in the fairing. Do you have any pics. I made an adapter without the speaker to use in the cigarette lighter.

mr_magoo · « **Reply #23 on:** October 26, 2004, 08:57:38 AM »

When I was looking at units I looked at the 2610 & 2620 but for what I was going to be doing the street pilot was fine besides they where twice the price and just been released.

DEAN_NELSON · « **Reply #24 on:** October 26, 2004, 10:42:02 AM »

I have the hot going to the lighter on the inside of the fairing.

I bought the garmin cable that is for power and external speaker part #010-10477-01
for $35.00

Bought all of it from gpscity.com . I just went their on the web and the unit is selling for $749.00 and garmin now has a $100.00 rebate on it.

For $649.00 it is a good unit.

I ran the wires into the fairing by useing the hole for the clutch cable. Than I took off the cover that has the spot light and other switches and drilled a small hole so I could run the garmin speaker cable into the Harley AUX

At night on the road, I just take off the unit from the bar mount and put it in the trunk.

The 2610 has no battery power so when I want to keep it on ( gas , food ) I just flip the Harley switch to aux and it has power.

When the posse ride was over and I was back home it said:

Avg Drive : 57.9 mph
overall avg : 44.8
max speed 98.4
drive time : 127:51 (hours)
stopped time : 37.05:22
total time : 164:57

The unit was off each night.

Dean

WFP · « **Reply #25 on:** October 26, 2004, 11:11:31 AM »

How about replacing the radio with this:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-aMzR1bmVgoF/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=182350&I=130AVICN1

the O`Fender · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2004, 11:31:36 AM »

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How about replacing the radio with this:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-aMzR1bmVgoF/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=182350&I=130AVICN1

That thing can't possible be water tight!!!!

DEAN_NELSON · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2004, 11:37:25 AM »

That one is nice.......

$1999.00 little to much for the bike!

Rain? I don't think so!

can't see the screen in the bight sun.

But..... for the car or truck I like it.

Dean

Tony - www.1700cc.co.uk · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2004, 06:26:59 PM »

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That one is nice.......

$1999.00 little to much for the bike!

Rain? I don't think so!

Dean,

They do covers for radio cassettes on boats;

http://www.lowtension.com/specialoffers.htm

cei600 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 25, 2005, 10:13:43 PM »

Put my Garmin 2610 on. Gettin' Ready for warmer weather. These GPS units are great. Never Lost.

cei600 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 25, 2005, 10:15:30 PM »

Another shot

cei600 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 25, 2005, 10:16:34 PM »

one more

Twolanerider · « **Reply #32 on:** February 25, 2005, 11:18:55 PM »

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Put my Garmin 2610 on. Gettin' Ready for warmer weather. These GPS units are great. Never Lost.

Mounted low like that it doesn't wack the tank or dash?

DEAN_NELSON · « **Reply #33 on:** February 26, 2005, 10:22:57 AM »

CEI 600,

97 hours of time......126 mph max speed!

That GPS "only" on the bike?

I have ours mounted the same but I have the bracket straght up so it would not hit the tank. It covered the fuel guage so I filped the fuel guage and the worthless air temp guage. Now the fuel guage is on the bottom hole and the air temp on top and the GPS covers the air temp.

Dean

cei600 · « **Reply #34 on:** February 26, 2005, 12:30:40 PM »

No it doesn't hit anything. It doesn"t block any gauges or switches. It is just a little lower than the switch housing on the handlebar. I can see it pefectly and it is not sticking up off the bike. I am 110% happy with the location.

Twolanerider · « **Reply #35 on:** February 26, 2005, 12:46:19 PM »

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No it doesn't hit anything. It doesn"t block any gauges or switches. It is just a little lower than the switch housing on the handlebar. I can see it pefectly and it is not sticking up off the bike. I am 110% happy with the location.

Well that just sucks. Since I liked the looks of it better down there I was hoping there'd be some big hairy problem so I wouldn't have to retinker with mine...... [smiley=7.gif]

Thanks

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