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[Gkup]

Ok I'm an old guy that is slightly electronically challenged. In order for me to download the maps you all post do I need special software? Took delivery of my 16 black licorice/cobalt flame Street Glide in January. Only have 400 miles on it due to weather here in the Hawkeye State. So with that I really haven't played with the gps much. I do have the mental capability to download your maps to a thumb drive, put when I try to download them on to my iPad it won't allow me to.
Help an old Brother out would you with some simple Harley gps instructions for dummy's would ya?
Heading to the NW this summer and would love to hear where you all have been

[RGlideKid]

If you're talking about GPS routes developed on the Ride Planner on Harley's website, you should be able to download the file itself (copy it), to just about any device.  The file in question ends with a .GPX, correct?  You should be able to copy it to an iPad (that is to say, download the file from this site).  But unless you have the phone app that allows you to read that file, I don't believe the app works on an iPad, but someone will need to straighten me out here.  If you're actually trying to open the .GPX file on your iPad, you'll need software that can interpret that file, like a standalone program, or a link to a website whereby you can upload the file to see the contents.  Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to see the route.
Sorry if I've misinterpreted your question.  Maybe others will chime in soon.

[Rumblerider]

Ok I'm an old guy that is slightly electronically challenged. In order for me to download the maps you all post do I need special software? Took delivery of my 16 black licorice/cobalt flame Street Glide in January. Only have 400 miles on it due to weather here in the Hawkeye State. So with that I really haven't played with the gps much. I do have the mental capability to download your maps to a thumb drive, put when I try to download them on to my iPad it won't allow me to.
Help an old Brother out would you with some simple Harley gps instructions for dummy's would ya?
Heading to the NW this summer and would love to hear where you all have been

I don't have your Navigation system, as I have a separate Garmin 650 on my bike.  However, the process is essentially the same with respect to GPS files with a .GPX extension on the end.  I like to use Garmin BaseCamp (Free download from Garmin) on my PC to review and modify routes.  You can download .GPX files and look at them on BaseCamp.  You can also download GPX files onto your thumb drive and then import them directly into your navigation system on your bike, where you can look at them.  I find it much easier to look at them on a PC before I decide to put them into my GPS device. 

I hope this helps!

BTW, you've got a beauty of a bike!!!!

[ATGuinness]

OK, Gkup, as one old guy (71 this year) to another and at risk of over simplifying rumblerider's comment and insulting your intelligence, I'd like to lay this out the way I wish someone had done for me when I first started this stuff.

In order to read those .gpx files, you need to import them into a mapping software program.  Like rumblerider, I use Garmin Basecamp.  (This is where you can download the MAC version.  https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4449)  It's built to do a whole lot of things, but along with that flexibility and power comes a pretty steep learning curve.  Basecamp allows you to not only view those files, but make changes to them as well.  In addition, of course, you can also map out your own routes.  If you want to modify or create routes, my suggestion would be to use a computer with a keyboard.  An iPad may work as well, but I'm not familiar enough with them to know for sure.

When you decide you like a route and want to put it into your bike's GPS, export the file to a USB drive and follow the instructions in your bike's Infobrick (Sorry, Infotainment System) manual to upload it.

The most difficult part of all this is learning Basecamp.  I'll be happy to help you any way I can.  Rather than clog up this thread, feel free to PM me with any questions.

[WTF Chuck]

One bit of advice after u plug the usb stick into the the bike make sure you
only import the 1 file that you named and saved there will be more files that show up in the list but u only want the one you named and saved it should be the second file in the list. Again do not select all when it ask you what file you want to import.

[Rumblerider]

I stumbled upon this BaseCamp "class" the other day. (http://www.newenglandriders.org/BaseCamp_Class_2016.htm)  It may have been on this forum or it could have been on the garmin forum.  I've been using BaseCamp for about a year, and have climbed the steep learning curve.  This "class" is really two live data examples that really helped me a lot!

One cool thing I learned was how to use Google Earth WITH BaseCamp to see waypoints.  Another was the way the author recommends you set up your BaseCamp toolbars.  And the most important lesson was how to use a temp list to build new routs in, so that you don't litter the rest of your stuff with junk waypoints.

One thing I don't agree with is turning off the "Unpaved Road" avoidance (of course those guys are riding adventure tour bikes).

Hope this helps!

[Cat Eye]

in reading your post....I think where you are getting tripped up is trying to export your trips to your flash drive from an IPad.

from my understanding is not a easy task and I have yet to know of anyone who has or is doing this.

Exporting trips from a PC or laptop/notebooks, whether PC or Apple, is straight forward.

Cat