GPS

[AmG_BanShee]

does anybody own a gps and is it useful ? and can u tell me how u mounted it plzzzz

[Wallrat]

I've got an etrex Legend by Garmin. Its incredibly useful - for anything to finding camp or a nice jump that you marked the day before, to knowing your speed and distance travelled. The etrex line has an optional handlebar mount that attached directly onto my bars. Haven't had any problems with it coming loose and all it takes is a push of a button to remove it.

[AmG_BanShee]

mmmmmmm...... im thinking of getting 1 but i have another question that has nothing to do with the topic but do u have a gauge that tells u how much fuel is left ?

[Wallrat]

Yeah I got one of those too. You just unscrew the cap and look inside. Its 100% accurate.

[PUSH THE THROTTLE]

I've got an etrex Legend by Garmin. 

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Same one here, I like it. I also have the same fuel gauge as Wallrat too.

[Chips2000]

I did a lot of research before deciding on buying the cheapest unit on the market, a Lowrance iFinder GO for about 65 bucks. I put it in a trail pack that is belted to my waist. Used it on my 1st trip to Glamis over Christmas and it got us back to camp after me and another rider got separated from our group of riders. I vaguely new where we were and could have gotton back with out it, but it was a good test of the unit and my ability to use it. I bought this one just to learn GPS and not worry about getting it thrashed or lost due to it's price. My next one will be either the Garmin Etrex Summit for about $170 or Etrex Vista C color unit for about $250+ and get the bike mount.

 

 

Chips2000

[AmG_BanShee]

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool okkk

Edited January 15, 2006 by AmG_BanShee

[sandman4free]

I have the garmin gps 5 and it has a bar mount, paid for it's self on the first trip out.....friend crashed bad and was able to give quardinates to the rangers to go get him. btw he is paralised from the waist down now. paid 400$ a few years ago but have seen the price @ 250 recently.

[dnhyoung]

I've got the Rhino 120 and love it. I also has a built in radio, and you can program it with your riding partners GPS, and use it to locate/track them if you get seperated upto about 1 mile range. It's really nice when you take a wrong turn, and not sure where they are.

[Nate-Dogg]

I recently got the Garmin GPSmap60cs. Used it last weekend to find China hill at Glamis as I had never been there before. Works great and I also got the Blue chart software so I can use it with my Boat! I personnaly think that any Garmin product is the way to go

[FasterThanU90]

i bought the etrex garmin came with a tape on how to use it but still cant figure the damn thing out

[Wallrat]

Dan if ur out at Glamis for Prez day then stop by my camp. I've got the same GPS and can walk you thru it...its all pretty simple once you figure out a few things.

[FasterThanU90]

Dan if ur out at Glamis for Prez day then stop by my camp.  I've got the same GPS and can walk you thru it...its all pretty simple once you figure out a few things.

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Damnit dont remind me i wanna go soo bad but cant make it out but hopefully we can meet up sumtime and rip it up ive tried it a few times out riding i set a point but then it told me i was like 800 miles from it

[Wallrat]

Well first off u gotta make sure that its found the satellites. It'll say on the sat. screen what the accuracy is. Just wait till its less than 50 feet. Click the page button and change to the map screen to double check that its right. Then hold down the button on the front of the gps to save that location as a waypoint. It'll then take u to a screen where u can edit the information like coordinates, waypoint name, symbol, etc. If u wanna change something then move that button on the front up or down to highlight the value u wanna change and push the same button to enter the edit screen for that value. Don't change the coordinates unless ur entering some coords. u got off the net (say like China Wall for example). Once everything is the way u want it scroll down to [ok] and push the same button in. Waypoint is saved.

 

To go back to the waypoint click the find button (on the side w/ the magnifying glass), select waypoint (either nearest or by name) highlight that waypoint in the list and click the button on the face. It'll bring up that same edit screen with options like goto, map, or i think edit. Select map to see it on the map, or more commonly you'll select goto. It'll then automatically go to the goto screen and show an arrow pointing towards ur waypoint. If it isn't pointing the right way walk around a little bit and it will. You can also change the secondary info on that screen by highlighting/clicking them. I like to keep it set to distance and current speed. BTW, don't bother trying to do this stuff indoors. You need to be able to see the sky in order for a gps to work accurately. You can setup waypoints inside by manually entering coords, just select [use with the gps off] on the submenu on the first screen.