Just cos you got a licence don't make you a rider.Robbo is.
And if you can hear an audible warning you aint going fast enough !
Wow,I'm taking a caning over this . Look out for a Garmin in the For Sale section . I've obviously given the impression that I'm riding around staring at a satnav. In evaluating the usefullness of this gadget on a foreign trip,bearing in mind I've ridden for almost 55 years without one,so must have been doing something right. It efficiently got me across a few towns and a city where I've encountered diversions etc in the past. The ability to have the speed displayed in kph was handy for obvious reasons,as well as being able to locate petrol stations when out in the sticks,more for my pals benefit than mine. Lastly,as an aside, I felt that to have the knowledge that an up coming blind bend on an unfamiliar road is going to be 180° is no bad thing,in my view.
Like the thread about blipping the throttle, WTF ?
I don't really understand that sorry, if I am riding in a group, wind noise and pipes even with ear plugs I couldnt hear a sat nav.
No one is caning you Robbo, but remember the Sat Nav only needs to be wrong once
Quote from: Flooky on 07 December 2017, 01:12:45 pmLike the thread about blipping the throttle, WTF ?Not the person asking the question, no one knows everything, the crazy answers.I think maybe a forum is an easy arena to be misunderstood.Its like texting, if you know a person you can imagine how they would say something, but with strangers its easy to be misunderstood.Having said all that, I am both a fool and dangerous, but not a bad sailor.That was my thread. What do you mean by your comment. If this isn't the place to ask questions about our bikes or riding bikes, then where do we go to?I was never taught it in my bike test 7 years ago or my car test 20 years a go. I mostly ride by myself (i have no friends ) so where would i pick up this information?? Obviously you now everything, but when i thought sailing i always explained that the person who said they now everything about sailing is either a fool or dangerous, reckon the same applies to bikes. By the way which one are you?Sorry for the thread highjack.
FFS girls do stop bickering
Now I'm a bit younger than a lot of you guys so I've pretty much always driven in the Sat Nav age and as such all my cars have had them built in and like robbo I often use it to gauge bends on unfamiliar roads and I find it helps massively.
Blimey, who'd have thought a chuck away remark about GPS could cause such a controversy . I've been firmly routed in the "notes and a map on the tank bag" camp, and still am, ever since I started riding any great distance. In fact there was no alternative back then. Taking the satnav on my last trip was an experiment more than anything else, and due to time constraints,hoped it would save time navigating any towns/cities, which it did. I know I'm not using it properly, as have no audio link to it, and as far as programming way points etc, forget it. Any computer based procedures, just drop me out.Getting on to the bends thing. The purpose of taking it in the first place was to evaluate its usefulness,as there's no point in taking a gadget if it doesn't earn its keep so to speak. Other than the purposes it was designed for, I did find it useful to know that a 180 degree bend was coming up, so that awareness of the unexpected could be raised. The pace regulated accordingly,making progress,in my opinion, a lot smoother, more relaxed and therefore less tiring which is only a good thing when putting in a long day in the saddle.Maybe as the Garmin was fairly new to me, it was a bit like a new toy, as I was very aware that it was there. Possibly a long time user might refer to it more subconsciously,like a mirror check,but still take on board the info they've seen without realizing it. A bit like the throttle blip saga, with riders unaware that they did it. Just a natural action that is performed without thought.All being well, my next foreign foray will be Le Mans 24 hr in April, but I'll leave the satnav at home, as I know the way by heart .
Quote from: Dudeofrude on 08 December 2017, 01:28:21 pmNow I'm a bit younger than a lot of you guys so I've pretty much always driven in the Sat Nav age and as such all my cars have had them built in and like robbo I often use it to gauge bends on unfamiliar roads and I find it helps massively. By road signs I was referring to the ones that show you a left then right coming up and then on the bend its self there are chevrons and the amount of chevrons tells you how sharp the bend is.