Check out EZ Moto Tim's Youtube channel. He has some good tips using the ride planner in his GPS Route Creation playlist. I believe the big tips are to use way points instead of adding a location and to zoom in to verify all waypoints are on the road and not next to it, both which will result in recalculating the route.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMv...QNDfrB53H3G_fA

I have been playing around with a Verbatim Store-N-Go USB/Lightning Drive along with the Store-n-Go I OS app to get the routes from the HD Ride Planner to the Boom Box using Safari on my iPad. When you tap the download button you are prompted to open the file in Store-n-Go which will copy the gpx file to the thumb drive when it is connected. It seems to work well with the iPad but the iPhone just tells you to use the Harley Ride Planner app, which is not available for use for anyone outside of the USA. It would probably be easier if you can use the Ride Planner app.

 

Yes, in the pre 2019 and 2019 and later.

 

The 6.5 arrived today, and I got it installed. The install went flawlessly, and all works well. My little project tonight will be to upload the trip I created on ride planner to see how that all works.

I did try to play with just entering an address onto the nav, and was kinda surprised how slow of a process that it, seems to pause a second or 2 before it will let you type the next letter. Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

Another Question, can I set up a qwerty keyboard, or is alphabetical the only option. I went into the keyboard setting, and didnt see an option to change it.

 

Put the GPX file on to the boom, and was pretty painless. I kind of wish I had some more time to play with it, and even run a couple of routes before my trip, but no time for that.

I will have my trusty IPhone as a back up just in case things don’t work as planned.

Going to do some googling tonight to find out how to stop, or end a route, so the Nave isn’t always calculating. I wouldnt immangine that its too hard to do, but it just wasn’t obvious.

 

steerlerdude1 - great job.

To stop or end a route. Look at your screen (map) - there are three litle lines (on top of each other). Just press that and you will see the option to stop.

The other option - and this is what I use. Just press the voice activation control on your left hand side (front of turn signal) - and say, Cancel Route. This works like a charm.

Have a safe trip

 

I've been using the "MyRoute" app and it is far better than ride planner. I liked it so well that I ended up buying the subscription for the extra features. It allows you to plan a complete multiday ride and then snip the route into individual legs.You can use multiple map formats including 3 versions of Google Maps. It saves the .gpx file in many formats including the HD format. You can easily reopen any route and modify it. It autosaves everything you do.

 

Ok all,

I may have to try one of the other ride planning apps. The one I did on HD’s loaded fine, but it was really Hickey using it. It wanted to run a round trip to each of my waypoints. I got on the bike after hitting the first, and found out rather quickly that it started over again, taking me back home. I guess you i have to go in, pull each leg of the trip after the waypoint and re start it from the next leg of the trip.

Ended up just using google maps to my destination. Then I couldnt figure out how to put in a single address, I later found that you basically do it backwards from what I’m used to. State first, then city . . . . . Until you get to the street number. Even at that, I couldn’t locate the destination. I was a bit frustrated, and again used my phone.

But the good news is, on the way back using addresses, it all worked very well.

One thing I thought was reall cool is how at Y’s in the highway, the exit signs show up on the screen, and lights up the one you use.

All in all, its not a bad system,but there is a learning curve to use it. — Still need to figure out the ride planner part, and will check out some of the other suggested apps/programs.
The other thing I need to figure out is why my prompt volume setting doesn’t stick. I go into setting, set it so its loud enough th hear them, but as soon as you shut th bike off, it reverts to the softer volume setting. - not sure how to fix this issue.

Now to the radio part, It works almost identically to the 4.3, so I had that part down. And I do have to say that the sound from this unit is much better than the 4.3.

Next thing I want to do is program in my home address, but I think I got that part now, starting backwards will probably do the trick.

I did even have some issues with google maps too, ii took me to a route with unpaved roads. They weren’t nearly as bad as the one I was routed to in the black hills though, theses ones were at least rideable at the speed limit.

I’ll keep on playing with it until it becomes second nature, and I’m sure it will work fine once I learn the weird tips and tricks

 

Thanks for the update - I am happy to see that you had a safe trip and also got to use the new system.

I think most of us have some of those same issues - especially with the system trying to route you back home to start the route. When I use the address feature, I don't have that problem (only when using the rout feature)

Here is something else that I have found useful. Before starting a trip, I enter my destinations in my gmail account. So, you have the name address and phone number.

I then go to the garage and refresh my phone book.

Once refreshed, I can use either the voice commands or the handlebar controls to navigate to the phone, contacts and details. When you show the details, the address will come up. Just click OK and the system will route you to that address.

You can always delete those contacts later

 

The things I learn here never cease to amaze me!!!

Thanks for that, it's a great idea.

 

DSMLimited - you mean about putting the addresses in the phone and using the contacts to do the route?

I ran across that by accident. Don't recall seeing anything in the Boom manual about this. I do it in my car so just wondered if the same would apply on the bike. In the car, I would take my phone and use google to say - navigate, contact and say the contact's name. Then the map would come us.

With that, I said to myself, "SELF", since the contacts are on the phone and the phone is synced to the bike, I just wonder if it works. Tried it - and yep, works perfectly.

Have you given it a try?