PB on my motorcycle works great w/new mount

[rotorwrench]

I've been using a universal mount to mount my PB on my dualpurpose bike. It's worked ok, but this bike is offroad as much as on and the vibrations and bumps are pretty bad. Tonight I got a cool early Christmas present, a Ram mount with the rubber base. Mounted up perfectly on my rally panel. I'll take photos when it's daylight. Merry Christmas!!

[californiablackberry]

Happy Holidays!

[jamesharmeling]

Lookin' forward to the photos!

[Angus_CB]

What do you use the PB for on your bike?

[fruitloaf]

Originally Posted by Angus_CB

What do you use the PB for on your bike?

watching movies

[mccs]

awesome! would love to see the pics too. Merry Christmas!

[rotorwrench]

Originally Posted by Angus_CB

What do you use the PB for on your bike?

A lot actually. I play Angry Birds LOL. No, I use GPS, I have loaded topo and road maps. I also use it as what's called a roadbook. Normally they're done on rolls of paper that's inserted into a roadbook holder. It graphically shows directions, turns, landmarks for navigation etc.....at the associated odometer reading. You scroll it as you progress. Mine is scrolled by a switch on the handlebar. Some are mechanical and are manually scrolled. Anyway, whats cool is, unlike a dedicated GPS or chartplotter, I can have GPS on active, map displayed and roadbook displayed all together and active, swiping for whichever I want displayed. Way cool! No other navigation device I've ever seen can do that! The other plus for the PB is that any larger of a tablet is just too big to be practical or safe. The PB is perfect for this. Two of our pilots at work use their PB in the cockpit for their navigation charts and operation checklists. Again perfect size. The iPad has apps for this but has proven to be again too large to be practical for us, though some pilots use them. The PB mounts on the panel with a RAM mount in the helicopters, and on the yoke in fixed wing aircraft. A very versatile tablet.

[rotorwrench]

Originally Posted by Angus_CB

What do you use the PB for on your bike?

One more thing I'll share with you, but shouldn't. I'm a very safe and conscientious driver. But one other thing I do with the PB while on the motorcycle is this; When I'm on roads that are traffic free, backroads especially, I can actually drive the cars in NFS with my motorcycle. IT IS SO AWESOME!!!!!! It really responds as though I was holding it! You'll see in the photo when I take it, the PB is mounted at a 70 degree angle, which is perfect for the game. Anyway , I only do it when I'm on deserted roads. I'll even go do it in empty parking lots. The mall in town is perfect on Sundays after 6pm.

[ralfyguy]

Originally Posted by rotorwrench

A lot actually. I play Angry Birds LOL. No, I use GPS, I have loaded topo and road maps. I also use it as what's called a roadbook. Normally they're done on rolls of paper that's inserted into a roadbook holder. It graphically shows directions, turns, landmarks for navigation etc.....at the associated odometer reading. You scroll it as you progress. Mine is scrolled by a switch on the handlebar. Some are mechanical and are manually scrolled. Anyway, whats cool is, unlike a dedicated GPS or chartplotter, I can have GPS on active, map displayed and roadbook displayed all together and active, swiping for whichever I want displayed. Way cool! No other navigation device I've ever seen can do that! The other plus for the PB is that any larger of a tablet is just too big to be practical or safe. The PB is perfect for this. Two of our pilots at work use their PB in the cockpit for their navigation charts and operation checklists. Again perfect size. The iPad has apps for this but has proven to be again too large to be practical for us, though some pilots use them. The PB mounts on the panel with a RAM mount in the helicopters, and on the yoke in fixed wing aircraft. A very versatile tablet.

What maps did you load and where did you get them? I am very interested in what you are doing there.

[ralfyguy]

And btw, that idea with playing NFS that way is nothing short of sick! LOVE IT!

[justincase1911]

Playing NFS with your motorcycle is awesome, but it reminds me of an old joke.

Q: What's the last thing a redneck says before he dies?

A: Hey ya'll. Watch this.

[ErnM]

Originally Posted by ralfyguy

What maps did you load and where did you get them? I am very interested in what you are doing there.

Yes i as well am very interested on where you got these maps. Please share. Much appreciated.

[rotorwrench]

Originally Posted by ralfyguy

What maps did you load and where did you get them? I am very interested in what you are doing there.

We have several map programs at work, but the two I use most is the Delorme map sofrware and USGS topos. Our office manager puts the Delorne maps in a pdf file for me. But whats cool is you can go to the USGS site, go to the search box, upper left corner, select map search and downloader. From that page you can choose your map, scale etc... and download in a pdf format, for FREE! Good maps too. She downloads to her PC and then puts it on the network for me to download. Since its a pdf file, I don't see why you can't download directly to the PB. I haven't tried that yet but will. The files average 7 to 20mg.
Also, while there,download the free TerraGeo plugin to your PC. It allows you to annotate, measure distance, intergrate with GPS etc....to the maps before you load them.

[rotorwrench]

Originally Posted by justincase1911

Playing NFS with your motorcycle is awesome, but it reminds me of an old joke.

Q: What's the last thing a redneck says before he dies?

A: Hey ya'll. Watch this.

LOL I know! I deserve that, but I'm careful and actually don't want anyone watching, just in case, you know? It's a blast, but sometimes I run out of room or can't make the long curves on the game with the real road, so game car crashes are frequent LOL

[rotorwrench]

Forgot another tip for you. There are several free online map and topo viewer sites, Mytopo being just one. Google for them. Anyway, I find the map I want, size it, take a screenshot, move to the next section, screenshot, move again etc...... I then can swipe through them as I need them. Works pretty slick and with any type online map you find. I've even sent them by email to our network email and print them when needed.