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rmdower · 06-18-2006, 05:55 PM

Get a Pharos Bluetooth GPS Unit, or other bluetooth GPS. It can be used with laptops, pocket pc, phones. It looks like a little transponder that I place on the underside of the my windshield. I have a Dell Axim 51v with Pocket Streets, and it works great!!! It is an elegant solution. Pluse the Axim can do Internet, and play movies. I power it with an inverter and cleanly run power cable. The bluetooth module runs 8 hours on a charge.

I think this is a better solution than a dedicated car style unit, or a handheld unit. There are dedicated GPS units in the PocketPC form factor, but they are inferior to the Dell Axim 51v with external Bluetooth GPS module primarily due to the superior full VGA screen, faster processor, storage options, and connectivity.

However, this may not be the cheapest solution. When all is said and done this is about $500.

victorlopez · 06-18-2006, 06:20 PM

Why do I need a GPS, when I already know where I am and where I am going?

seruzawa · 06-19-2006, 04:02 AM

The cheaspest solution is available at "Map World" on State St.

bbtowns · 06-19-2006, 04:31 AM

I've been very happy with my Garmin V, it's not the latest or greatest, but it holds a reasonably amount of detail maps, and is easy to use with gloves on.

Some of what the naysayers here have to say about GPS is true, you do need to be careful not to look at them while riding, rather than the road. Just a quick glance is all that should be required, if you're lost then stop.

BrowningBAR · 06-19-2006, 04:46 AM

Don't you have to look down at your tank bag to view your map?

A rider can be just as stupid with a map as they can with a GPS.

longride · 06-19-2006, 05:16 AM

And here I thought getting lost was part of the fun. I figured the fun of riding a motorcycle was to get away from people telling you what to do. Now I can hook up my GPS with my Bluetooth reciever, and have a ready made backseat driver. I want mine with an annoying, whiny voice too.

Buzglyd · 06-19-2006, 05:34 AM

Another solution is to never ride more than 50 miles from home.

Just tell everyone within earshot that someday you're going to take a roadtrip and go to Freddie's school.

seruzawa · 06-19-2006, 05:42 AM

You mean that it's passe now to park the trucks, pull the dirtbikes off, point at an obvious landmark and say, "Last one to that hilltop there eats shyt!"? Now you gotta unload the bikes and say "Last one to 38Â° 46' N 112Â° 5' W eats shyt!"

johnnyb · 06-19-2006, 06:22 AM

I have no idea what any of that means.

wwalkersd · 06-19-2006, 06:37 AM

Plan on a separate GPS. The c330 isn't waterproof, and as far as I know doesn't have a mount available for it that will work in the MC environment. Ask over on bmwsporttouring.com. Lots of GPS (and R1150RT) gurus over there.

06-18-2006, 05:55 PM	#1
rmdower Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 78	Re: Garmin GPS Get a Pharos Bluetooth GPS Unit, or other bluetooth GPS. It can be used with laptops, pocket pc, phones. It looks like a little transponder that I place on the underside of the my windshield. I have a Dell Axim 51v with Pocket Streets, and it works great!!! It is an elegant solution. Pluse the Axim can do Internet, and play movies. I power it with an inverter and cleanly run power cable. The bluetooth module runs 8 hours on a charge. I think this is a better solution than a dedicated car style unit, or a handheld unit. There are dedicated GPS units in the PocketPC form factor, but they are inferior to the Dell Axim 51v with external Bluetooth GPS module primarily due to the superior full VGA screen, faster processor, storage options, and connectivity. However, this may not be the cheapest solution. When all is said and done this is about $500.

06-18-2006, 06:20 PM	#2
victorlopez Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9	Re: Garmin GPS Why do I need a GPS, when I already know where I am and where I am going?

06-19-2006, 04:02 AM	#3
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Re: Garmin GPS The cheaspest solution is available at "Map World" on State St. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

06-19-2006, 04:31 AM	#4
bbtowns Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 531	Re: Garmin GPS I've been very happy with my Garmin V, it's not the latest or greatest, but it holds a reasonably amount of detail maps, and is easy to use with gloves on. Some of what the naysayers here have to say about GPS is true, you do need to be careful not to look at them while riding, rather than the road. Just a quick glance is all that should be required, if you're lost then stop. __________________ What kind of man can abandon his family like that? Seriously, who is he, I'd like lessons.

06-19-2006, 04:46 AM	#5
BrowningBAR Snuggles Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a really, really, really old farmhouse Posts: 4,364	Re: Garmin GPS Don't you have to look down at your tank bag to view your map? A rider can be just as stupid with a map as they can with a GPS.

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06-19-2006, 05:16 AM	#6
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	Re: Garmin GPS And here I thought getting lost was part of the fun. I figured the fun of riding a motorcycle was to get away from people telling you what to do. Now I can hook up my GPS with my Bluetooth reciever, and have a ready made backseat driver. I want mine with an annoying, whiny voice too. __________________ I'm a knucklehead

06-19-2006, 05:34 AM	#7
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Re: Garmin GPS Another solution is to never ride more than 50 miles from home. Just tell everyone within earshot that someday you're going to take a roadtrip and go to Freddie's school. __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

06-19-2006, 05:42 AM	#8
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Re: Garmin GPS You mean that it's passe now to park the trucks, pull the dirtbikes off, point at an obvious landmark and say, "Last one to that hilltop there eats shyt!"? Now you gotta unload the bikes and say "Last one to 38Â° 46' N 112Â° 5' W eats shyt!" __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

06-19-2006, 06:22 AM	#9
johnnyb Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,597	Re: Garmin GPS I have no idea what any of that means.

06-19-2006, 06:37 AM	#10
wwalkersd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 246	Re: Garmin GPS Plan on a separate GPS. The c330 isn't waterproof, and as far as I know doesn't have a mount available for it that will work in the MC environment. Ask over on bmwsporttouring.com. Lots of GPS (and R1150RT) gurus over there.