boom 6.5 GPS issues
#11
10-08-2018, 07:19 AM
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Never had any problems with mine...although in 4 + yrs I’ve never used it once..before I go to an area that’s unfamiliar I look on Google maps to see where I need to end up and basically remember it..Don’t want or need those distractions while riding,.Especially over 2/10 of a mile..Really!!! What did everyone do before all this tech stuff..Bring back the 80’s & 90’s I miss you!!!
#13
10-08-2018, 12:32 PM
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Yaeh the really crazy or sad thing is dealership locations. I have a 2017 That we have owned one year now. I have even done the dealership update. But so many of them are wrong. Most recently was Roanoke, VA. About 2/10 of a mile difference and wrong side of the road. I asked in the dealership how long they had been there. Longer than HD has offered GPS units. Then they told me I was not the first to point this out. Sad that they cannot at least get the dealer locations correct, especially on a new CVO.
We are better off with them, but amazed the errors.
We are better off with them, but amazed the errors.
#14
10-08-2018, 02:32 PM
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Never had any problems with mine...although in 4 + yrs I’ve never used it once..before I go to an area that’s unfamiliar I look on Google maps to see where I need to end up and basically remember it..Don’t want or need those distractions while riding,.Especially over 2/10 of a mile..Really!!! What did everyone do before all this tech stuff..Bring back the 80’s & 90’s I miss you!!!
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10-08-2018, 05:35 PM
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#16
10-08-2018, 08:56 PM
Just curious whether the dealership locations that do NOT locate correctly NOW ............... did they locate properly prior to the update ? (I realize its quite possible you have not tried some dealers both before and after the update.)
I could see the dealer update messing up DEALER LOCATIONS, but not OTHER points of interest (ie hot dog place).
#17
10-08-2018, 09:46 PM
One time I had mine want me to drive thru the showroom, past the parts counter, and out the service bays to "arrive" at the dealer. Last week I tried to enter a friends address and it flat refused to take it. He's had that place for over 12 years. I'm about ready to buy a Garmin and a Ram mount.
#18
10-08-2018, 11:58 PM
I discovered something interesting about California today, (besides that the people here suck!). Apparently, ether part of it fell in the ocean as many hope after the "Big One", or Highway 1, the PCH, is now floating on top of the water! Just for grins I turned the GPS on my new to me '14 SGS on while cruising out here today and at times, it was............ let's say for the sake of the thread, 2/10th's of a mile out to sea! Cool huh?! And the coast line has been graded to a nice straight edge with a Cat D9, lol!! No coves, no bays!
#19
10-09-2018, 05:05 AM
I discovered something interesting about California today, (besides that the people here suck!). Apparently, ether part of it fell in the ocean as many hope after the "Big One", or Highway 1, the PCH, is now floating on top of the water! Just for grins I turned the GPS on my new to me '14 SGS on while cruising out here today and at times, it was............ let's say for the sake of the thread, 2/10th's of a mile out to sea! Cool huh?! And the coast line has been graded to a nice straight edge with a Cat D9, lol!! No coves, no bays!
#20
10-09-2018, 05:25 AM
the dealership I went to was Hudson Valley HD in Nanuet NY which opened in April 2016
for those that mentioned looking at maps before heading out.. as I mentioned earlier a lot of times I will do something on the fly as in a last minute decision
to take a day long ride or overnighter.. hell I keep a tooth brush, paste and floss in my saddlebag for those last minute rides because last minute decisions
are one of the benefits of being retired..
oh well, it is what it is and I will live with it..
