04-06-2008, 10:02 AM | #11 |
gun totin redneck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South West New Hampshire
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At my wife’s suggestion / Instance when we bought our Goldwings I got the built GPS (its a Garmin set up) What a life saver I found myself riding a very tired and riding a high way in northwestern MD I came over the top of a mountain to find a sign that the next 23 miles would be grooved pavement. So here I am headed down a mountain on unfamiliar roads and for the next 13 miles 2/3rds of my control surface is gone. Rolled carefully to the next exit. told the Garmin to re route avoiding the highway and was at my daughters dorm 40 minute later having seen 40 miles of the prettiest secondary roads in MD. This year I am buying a portable GPS that can clip on the other bikes.
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04-07-2008, 12:16 AM | #12 |
Ridin Naked. HMMMMM......
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, ND
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You know if you have Verizon service some of the phones now have GPS in them. It's called VZnavigator. I use it all the time on my Blackberry..... OOO the perks of working for Verizon!!!!!!! All the fun stuff at a discount....
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04-07-2008, 12:17 AM | #13 |
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good to know... pick me out a good one
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04-10-2008, 06:11 PM | #14 |
Let's do another U-turn
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How well does that work? Do you need a special phone for it, or any VZ phone with web capability? Do you honestly feel it's worth the monthly fee?
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04-10-2008, 06:19 PM | #15 | |
Ride Naked.
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I say, if you are going to use it often, it's probably worth it, if you just go to work and home again... no. Most newer phones should support it, but I'm not sure what will and what won't. |
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04-11-2008, 09:13 AM | #16 |
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The Garmin Zumo 550 is the GPS that was built for motorcyclists by motorcyclists. Thats the mac daddy one. It retails for over $900. However several people have bought it on ebay for around $500. So look around.
If you want a good GPS and don't need the mp3/XM/bluetooth bells and whistles, i've heard the quest 2 is supposed to be a great GPS as well.
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04-11-2008, 10:58 AM | #17 |
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I have "gps" on my phone too. Helio uses Garmin's service and Google maps. The Google service is free btw.The real problem with phone based gps is that a premium/digital phone signal is necessary for most of them. What if you ain't got no bars? Oh I forgot,and it's sloooowwwww because it delayed going thru the towers and is usually somewhere behind your actual position.
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04-12-2008, 06:15 PM | #18 | |
Ridin Naked. HMMMMM......
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And ebbs. When you are home we will pimp you up with all sorts of shit. BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
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04-13-2008, 09:20 AM | #19 |
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I was actually think'n of switch'n my phone to a pre-paid phone... I don't use my phone much... and it's anoying to spend $50 a month when I use less than 1/3 of the minutes 11months out of the year.
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04-13-2008, 09:32 AM | #20 |
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i hate my cell phone, wish i never got one. Now anyone can get a hold of me and when i dont answer they leave voicemails saying i never answer and then the texting begins. Why cant they get the hint? i dont answer cause im busy and ill get back when im not...fuckers
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