Motorcycle GPS

r6man · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2003 Posts: 22

Out of curiosity has anyone ever tried fitting a PDA GPS system on a bike? In the car its bad enough having to pull over and check the map but on a bike its a nightmare.

I'm guessinig I'd just need a cigarette lighter adaptor wired in and mounted somehere accessible and then sit the whole system in a tankbag see through map pocket?

Cheers

Skippy · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 9:20 am Post subject:

I use a Garmin GPS V with a RAM mount http://www.ram-mount.com/ on by CBR. RAM mounts work very well, you can get a mounting for almost anything. I brought mine for about 20 quid from GPS Warehouse http://www.gpsw.co.uk/

Garmins are waterproof so it's not too much of a problem on the bike but for a PDA your best bet is to use a tank bag with the tranparent map pocket in the top.

Dave · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject:

Check out our Bike Review we did on the Ram Mount.
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/rambikemount.php

Skippy · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:33 pm Post subject:

Woops forgot about your review, Dave! Embarassed

I see you can get waterproof cases like these: http://www.otterbox.com/ for your PDA which will make it waterproof and fairly robust. You can attach them to RAM mounts, so they might be a good solution.

They cost about $50 in the US but I am not sure who the UK supplier is. Checking out the people who advertise on this site might be a good start. Wink

Dave · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:25 am Post subject:

Memory-Map in the UK www.memory-map.co.uk sell the Otterboxes both 2600 and 3600.

daley · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 27, 2003 Posts: 5

Try this link...you may end up buying a VFR!!

Cheers

http://www.hondavfrclub.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19241

chapsworth · Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:39 pm Post subject:

I've been using the Garmin Etrex Vista on my Pan for a couple of years. Now I have the 2210 and BT receiver I'm looking at getting that set up on the bike. I'm waiting for the RAM mount for the 2210 - it's available in the US and should be here soon. I've got an Aquapac bag so I'll see how that works.

Simon

r6man · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2003 Posts: 22

Thanks for all your help guys, esp the VFR stuff - it might not quite sway me to the vfr camp but its exactly what i was looking for ;-)

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