'Go Cruise' Motorcycle GPS - Page 2

dunno_where · 02-22-2011, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by OffAgain

I use a ram mount on mine, no probs then.

What are you using to calculate actual speed? Another gps or bikes speedo? I have found it to be accurate with another gps unit. The bikes speedo will not be as accurate for a number of reasons.

I was using two - my Garmin eTrex and my DRZ 400 speedo. My speedo hasn't landed me a ticket yet so i assume its right. Give or take. My Garmin is about 2kms behind the bike speedo and when using it in my ute, its also about the same behind.

Chop Chop · 02-22-2011, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dunno_where

I was using two - my Garmin eTrex and my DRZ 400 speedo. My speedo hasn't landed me a ticket yet so i assume its right. Give or take. My Garmin is about 2kms behind the bike speedo and when using it in my ute, its also about the same behind.

Interesting. Usually gps units are ahead due to vehicle manufacturers calibrating just below actual speeds. Aust standards allow up to +/- 10% difference in actual speed to speedo readings. I would of thought though that both gps units should be pretty close to each other, given the data rx'ed from the satellites is the same. Go figure. Prob catch up with you on the Eidsvold ride. Out of interest I rode to Gayndah and back on Sun for a 650k round trip. Bike odo and garmin 62s only differed by 3k's which surprised me, as I was expecting a bigger gap.

anthony_p01 · 02-22-2011, 02:22 AM

I've had one since august last year, awesome unit for the price. Was $199 when I got mine but totally happy with it. The fact that the Bluetooth connection is hard coded and you can't use the headset with anything else is a bit of a pain but for the price it's not an issue.

I took the headset off my helmet, cut the speaker off and added a 3.5mm socket. The headset then stays in my tank bag and i run it through a splitter with my iPhone or iPod on the other side into some headphones. Works great.

dunno_where · 02-22-2011, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by anthony_p01

I've had one since august last year, awesome unit for the price. Was $199 when I got mine but totally happy with it. The fact that the Bluetooth connection is hard coded and you can't use the headset with anything else is a bit of a pain but for the price it's not an issue.

I took the headset off my helmet, cut the speaker off and added a 3.5mm socket. The headset then stays in my tank bag and i run it through a splitter with my iPhone or iPod on the other side into some headphones. Works great.

youre right. it is a pain. but great idea for the ipod. i was thinking to adapt it to suit my UHF VOX headset.

anthony_p01 · 02-24-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dunno_where

youre right. it is a pain. but great idea for the ipod. i was thinking to adapt it to suit my UHF VOX headset.

Here's what I did with mine. Just bought a Belkin Rockstar splitter and have the headset on one input, iPod on the other.....and with headphones connected it still leaves three more inputs for other devices.

dunno_where · 02-25-2011, 01:22 AM

That's... very very good. So Simple yet so effective. Well done

I've got the parts to convert the ear piece of the BT device to my VOX et to suit my Uniden UHF. Will post photo when done.

Detlef in Oz · 07-23-2011, 01:25 AM

For those of you with an Aldi GPS here is the link so you can run other programs like Ozi, I have done it on mine and it works well. Did it on my Work car ALDI GPS as well.

http://maplorer.com/myboot.html

Oh and back up your GPS to your PC before you do this stuff

Detlef in Oz · 08-21-2011, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Detlef in Oz

For those of you with an Aldi GPS here is the link so you can run other programs like Ozi, I have done it on mine and it works well. Did it on my Work car ALDI GPS as well.

http://maplorer.com/myboot.html

Oh and back up your GPS to your PC before you do this stuff

Cut the speaker off today and put a plug on it and pluged it into my comms unit, all good

02-25-2011, 01:22 AM	#21
dunno_where ^OP 130km open roads! Joined: Dec 2009 Location: Darwin, NT, Australia Oddometer: 273	That's... very very good. So Simple yet so effective. Well done I've got the parts to convert the ear piece of the BT device to my VOX et to suit my Uniden UHF. Will post photo when done. __________________ "We do this stuff, searching for adventure, because it makes us feel truly alive." - Tony Kirby "Motorycles are just like guns. It all depends on how we use them, that we justify their existance in our shed." - Unknown

07-23-2011, 01:25 AM	#22
Detlef in Oz Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Wagga Wagga Australia Oddometer: 469	For those of you with an Aldi GPS here is the link so you can run other programs like Ozi, I have done it on mine and it works well. Did it on my Work car ALDI GPS as well. http://maplorer.com/myboot.html Oh and back up your GPS to your PC before you do this stuff __________________ Detlef BMW R1100R 2000, BMW F650GS 2004 KLR250 (retired), DR250 (retired), KE175 (retired) My Bike Trips http://picasaweb.google.com.au/detlefinoz

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02-22-2011, 02:22 AM	#18
anthony_p01 Aussie V-Stromer Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Yamba, Australia Oddometer: 9	I've had one since august last year, awesome unit for the price. Was $199 when I got mine but totally happy with it. The fact that the Bluetooth connection is hard coded and you can't use the headset with anything else is a bit of a pain but for the price it's not an issue. I took the headset off my helmet, cut the speaker off and added a 3.5mm socket. The headset then stays in my tank bag and i run it through a splitter with my iPhone or iPod on the other side into some headphones. Works great.