Thought about a GPS for the heritage...
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,601
Likes: 189
From: east texas
I use a old garmin attached to my handlebars.
I do a lot of patriot guard runs out in the middle of nowhere and nowhere.
It gets me to the location even when it's a old cemetery in the woods
its hard to see in the bright sun , but it was cheap , and if I lose it ...no biggy
I do a lot of patriot guard runs out in the middle of nowhere and nowhere.
It gets me to the location even when it's a old cemetery in the woods
its hard to see in the bright sun , but it was cheap , and if I lose it ...no biggy
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 4,922
Likes: 589
From: Running with the gators
I too have a 13 Heritage. $799 for a GPS? LOL anyone who pays that is wasting money. For $99 ay WalMart get a Garmin. Mine has gotten wet and still functions well. And with the money I saved I got laid at the stops I made on my trip. Oh and the girls paid for my beer
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 789
Likes: 3
From: Kansas
I wouldn't buy a gps. I use the gps in my iphone and blutooth device on helmet for music and voice directions from the iphone gps and even receive phone calls occasionally.
When I need them just set my destination put the phone in top pocket and ride. I hear the directions in the ear phones mounted in my helmet very handy in traffic being hands free and its part of the phone.
When I need them just set my destination put the phone in top pocket and ride. I hear the directions in the ear phones mounted in my helmet very handy in traffic being hands free and its part of the phone.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 392
Likes: 12
My maps are my GPS, my music is my memory, no cruise control, not even a throttle lock. I don't need a GPS to tell when I'm going to get to my destination or if I'm going to be late. About the only technology I usually take is my digital camera. I will stop and take pictures.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,465
Likes: 3
From: Montclair, CA.
Had our GPS on the '06 Sporty than transferred it over to the '12 Heritage. It does help when needed and other times it is a PITA when it gives the wrong direction.
It is a piece of equipment to use and how you use it is up to you, nothing more nothing less.
To each his own.
It is a piece of equipment to use and how you use it is up to you, nothing more nothing less.
To each his own.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,784
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From: Highlands, Texas
If I'm traveling back roads that switch numbers often, County roads in particular, I take a dry erase marker and write the directions on my windshield. When I stop I wipe off the roads already traveled and can add more at any time. I do have a GPS but as someone else said, it's a tool I use, not a necessity.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,177
Likes: 62
From: Michigan
I have had a GPS on all the tourers and metric cruisers I have owned and I currently have a detachable garmin 660 for my 13 flstc. I have traveled thousands of miles using a GPS and it has never been a distraction. People always seem to dis things they don't like.
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Joined: Jun 2010
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Gps
I'm a bit like Rodzilla in that it gives me something to cuss at when it gives me wrong directions. I just got home from a little 8k mile cruise that lasted two months and used the gps on my phone a few times. It's about a 25/75 crap shoot if it gets me where I'm wishing to go. I like things to tinker with though and between it, my new Power Vision, and the scroll information on my speedometer, I had buttons to keep me occupied on those 500 mile days.
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,086
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From: London, UK
I use the Waze app on my mobile together with a bluetooth headset. Better than a GPS because it gives live traffic information from other users. (The GPS units with the traffic antenna rely on people reporting the hold-ups, the information getting accurately computerised and then scheduled for transmission via radio. By the time your GPS gets it, it's already at least 30 min old. Waze is live.) The best bit is that I don't have yet another electronic device to carry around. A phone and the alarm fob is enough already!