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Read the article then comment here. Link: How much do you trust your GPS? |
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I have 2 gps units I use the nav unit for when I am just going to head to an area I haven't been to or a specific address.
Then I have the gps I got for my fishing, hunting and metal detecting it is a full terrain unit and I have the mapping software although it is way out of date it still gets me where I am going and has the track feature for back tracking to a specific spot.
I don't rely 100 % on either of them but they do beat the heck out of digging the paper maps out. |
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Just yesterday when I was writing the article... I discovered that the GoldWing has a tracking feature too. I haven't tried it out so I am not sure how well it works or if it works the same in a NAV unit as it does in the basic GPS unit. I will be testing it out the next time I go some place. It will be interesting. |
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I like the tracking unit better than the nav but the screen isn't big enough to really read on the bike.
I velcro it to my riser and hook the power cord to it, one good thing is the speed feature has much larger numbers and I really like to keep an eye on how fast I am going the other good thing is I can then download the track into the computer at home then pull up on the map software, this lets me see where I may want to turn the next time to go to other sites I may want to see.
the only dray back is it doesn't have the nav feature so I can't put in a address and say go there and that is why I have both of them. |
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Interesting article. I always use the speedometer on my Garmin Zumo because I don't have to take my eyes off the road, but when I bought my Kawi 900 Classic, I noticed that while the bike speedo and Zumo showed very little difference at slow speeds, when I get up to 50 mph there is an eight to nine mile difference. (The bike reads higher). At speeds of 50 to 80 on the Zumo I seem to be moving with the traffic around me, and I've not had a ticket. So, I talked to the OSP Trooper across the street about the difference, and he told me to always go with my bike speedo -- the speed at which traffic leaves me in the dust. Out on I-5 a few days ago I tested the Zumo's speed at 60 mph against the highway mile markers and to my surprise, the Zumo was right on.
I'd like to hear from others about their experiences. |
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I know that my Honda speedo is off by about 6-10%. But while the speed on my Garmin can be correct at times, that is not always the case. Something about how it calculates the time it takes to get a signal from the satellites or something. My rule of thumb is to just ride with the traffic... unless you see a cop and then slow down.  |
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