Motorcycle GPS: Garmin GPSmap 62s

Motorcycle GPS – Garmin GPSmap 62s Slow and steady wins the race This could be said about Garmin’s handheld GPS innovation strategy and also said about the Garmin GPSMAP 62S . More on that later. Garmin has been the leader in personal navigation devices. While the portable car GPS market is now more fragmented the…

New Hampshire Meetup

I am a member of the Boston Sport Bike Meetup.com Group. I have only been able to go on two rides so far but they have both been fun. I have been “planning” on doing a New Hampshire trip on my own this summer. I even have the route all mapped out and loaded in…

Have RAM mount will Travel

I now have a complete set for my GPS traveling needs. Thanks goes out to my mother for the birthday money that allowed me to buy the goods (used via craigslist). Today I received the motorcycle handlebar mount, for my FZ1, and the windshield suction cup mount, for my civic. It took a bit of…

Google Map .gpx file export to 60CSx test

This is now the third day with my Garmin 60CSx. I like it, even though the interface is a bit cumbersome. The accuracy is great and the tracking and routing features are fun. In my last post my step-father commented about needing a detailed map to get the turn by turn directions. I hadn’t thought…

Stretching my Motorcycle Legs – Updated

I have been riding fairly regularly, read once or twice a week, now that I am not going to classes and do not yet have a job. Today I needed to go to the post office in Boston, so I took the bike. As it turned out, the weather was perfect. It was sunny and…

my ideas for Garmin

Garmin, is a diversified GPS giant. They seem to be everywhere but in a very conservative stand. What I mean by that is they make sure they are involved in a lot of different areas and segments but don’t jump head first (or wallet first) into a niche market. My team did a in depth…