Best route planning tools?
Tourer
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From: Louisville, Ky.
I took a lot at some of the cell phone map apps. Most seem nice but I would hate to be lost in a place with no service.
What happens when you are waiting for it to tell you the next turn, you look down and see you have no service?
What happens when you are waiting for it to tell you the next turn, you look down and see you have no service?
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Son, that's why you keep that baby topped off with fuel at every opportunity in strange country....getting lost with plenty of gas is a minor adventure.
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And finally (and I know we've strayed quite a bit from the OP's original question) if you find yourself broken down out in a truly desolate area like the upper ALCAN (and I'm sure Arcticcharlyedude will confirm this fact) people coming across your misfortune can be downright pesky about wanting to help....if they live there, they know how important it is...they've been in the same situation...and the closer you get to the arctic circle, karma becomes very real. This ain't the lower 48...people there live very close to the bone....treat them right, and they'll literally give you the shirt off their back, but treat them wrong...you don't really want to go there.
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From: Snow Hill, NC
Rand McNally atlas for me is the best way....Type it on a Word document in bigger font...Be very vague , well not really vague but ...Simple or short hand...If you have a highway in mind ride it for a while...like highway 1 for 100 miles...by the time you do 100 miles on a backroad you will be ready to stop and look at the map again....Don't overplan is what i guess i mean....
HDF Community Team
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From: Georgia
I'm going to Elk City, OK from Utah and went to the Harley Ride Planner and it has a feature to synchronize with your GPS. It adds all the stops to your favorites and then you can use Custom Route to create the ride. Worked great and you can add fuel stops and Best Westerns along the way.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Back woods of Maine
Us gray beards who have been riding for a while used to use something called a map! I know it is a strange concept to actually carry something made out of paper, but, it works like a charm. By the way, the trip that you have planned is really nice. Don't miss the Lake Placid area, Ausable Chasm, take a ferry across Lake Champlain(or go up around it, beautiful), see Mt. Washington from the top, and bring warm clothing and raingear.
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From: Jacksonville Beach, FL.
I'm an internet junkie and take a laptop with me. Streets and trips with GPS is how I do it. Idf I get lost and low on gas I pull out the laptop and find out where to get gas.
But any GPS such as zumo or whatever will do that too.
