if its the gerjan i think it is, 40% digital device dnf might be about right cause he certainly has the ability to "test" the gear. heavy stack at speed in bulldust, he was sore but rode on gerjan
Trouble I have the tripy is the lack of maps as I would like to use it to replace my Garmins too. Next to this it turns the whole fun of riding roadbook into a car trip. The way they are currently set up is that the Trip counts down until the next turn, it shows the upcoming turn off situation etc etc. To accurate for my liking You'll have the change the software/options, so the tripy wont show you the way back when you miss a turn off (it show a big arrows to the last turn off or the nearest situation). Make life real easy. Way to easy... Thats why the digital class vs paper class.
I am with Jenny in this one. It reminds me of the analogy of the pen and pencil. There is an anecdote, a myth if you like that when the USA went to the moon, they were trying to develop this new pen to be able to write in space, upside down, vertical, on different materials and such. A high technology, space age stuff and such. USSR back then, used a pencil Point is that if you have an electronic device, it can be made waterproof. For God's sake GoPros are up to 60m and they cannot create a waterproof shell? :huh . But remember that these are tested to their limits. 47 degrees in the shade this year.... Leave it on in the sun and you will need two fans running to protect it ^ This If you have paid anything from 10 to 100k to enter an international, large event. Were you would ship your bike etc. Would you go with two of these devices? And risk a dnf because of the 40% ? In 100 riders, 40 will be left without a unit. Let's say 20-20 (failure-crash). How many people are left without a roadbook if they do not crash (i.e. from a mech. failure) ? And even when the electronics fail, you have a manual knok there. Who on earth would buy, even today, a roadbook without manual knobs? None. It is the same with every singe device. We put so much money on the bikes, engine, clothes, rider protection, everything. So that we reach the finish line. As Jenny said, in a rally race, navigation plays the most important role. Screw with the screen of the electronic roadbook and you are blind. Finito. Period. You are wating for somebody to taxi along. And then, once you put the back up unit you are running without a spare anymore for the rest of the rally. Of course, you will ask ''how many roadooks you have? '' . One main and the spares come cheap. One with the motor and everything and then you can have 3-4 manual units so that you crash the hell out of them. Technology is there, but I think because it is dedicated it wont come cheap.Military specs come at an expense. And from my research, it is very, very expensive to design, test, destroy etc to get the milspec to a product... For the touring, I am all in. I even want to buy one
Unfortunately this Chinese prototype shop didn't do a great job. Inaccurate and rough machining, didn't even drill holes all the way through or tap them! I think I'm pretty happy with the concept though. No wider/taller than the stock husaberg/ktm block but includes tripmaster buttons. So horn, turn signals etc are exactly where you are used to them being. Roadbook toggle underneath. Toggle sits a little lower than RNS/F2R but I think it still works. What do you guys think?
The design looks good and perfect for the likes of me who are struggling for bar space for the remote. Just let down by the Chinese materials/finish I guess.
Nice! Did you find a good source for the buttons? FYI: I found that there is a german online retailer that sells them for only 2.05 a piece (They only carry the green, red an black ones, though. They do also carry the square ones, same colours).
I like just what I'm looking ( how many prototypes do you have ) I'm starting pre-riding my route in two weeks then three days once a month On my RDO weekends ATM I have to reach over to use my indicators it a PIA
Only the one which will take work to make it useable, I'm working on other sources and will do a run of 5 or so to start off with. As for the buttons, I found some locally to make the prototypes. They're the pub version though and not the solder lug so I hope they're still useable. Will wait and see. Final version I hope to anodise black so hopefully that will hide some of the bulky look. Mudders, have you done your roadbook in rally navigator? Can you print to PDF? I think I have found an ipad mini solution to go paperless. Just waiting on a remote to show up and test... Would be keen to hit the trails at some point to try a few things out.
Yeah rally Nav , love it I've got a route out at wombat , not finished I thinks it public on RN Look for Micah manning
2 month wait, $100 down the shitter dealing with that chinese workshop could drive a man to drink so perhaps so!!!
Interesting site Joe. Its not taking a direct import of my files and theyre too complicated for me to bother rebuilding in their software. Have you priced parts from them before?