Those who learned how to travel with a compass don't even think of having a GPS system. Under our latitudes, your analog watch is sufficient to orientate you during the day knowing that hour-mark "6" is North and "12" is South when the small needle (hours needle) points towards the sun. By leaning above our spherical chromed fuel cap and looking where the sunlight comes from we also have an indication of the direction when we know the time of day. The compass works underground, in a deep forest and even at street level of sky scrapers, but the modern GPS will lead to a postal address often without mentioning where we are

 

I tried several of them, even ones that are built to compensate for the magnetic interference in the bat wing, none of them worked. If you spend four or five hundred dollars you might get one to work, it is doubtful you will find one for less than two hundred dollars. If you do let everyone know, there are a lot of people who have tried and would still like to have one.

 

That's like telling him the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west, and remember the North Star at night. Not exactly what he's looking for.

mikebaby

 

 

A win/win situation!

 

I suspect the only way to use a compass reliably is to have one in your pocket or around your neck and walk away from the bike to refer to it. It is most unlikely you will be able to install one on the bike as if it is another gauge. A gps certainly works and I have the display on mine set to show the compass. If you don't like the idea of a conventional vehicle gps there are walker's units out there that will be simpler and cheaper, probably waterproof.

I admire your aspiration, but suspect you will have to compromise!

 

I carry a hand held compass. It actually even works pretty good on the bike if I hold it close to me (away from the speakers). I've thought about mounting a stick on compass at the back of the fuel tank.
Yes, the sun is great when you can see it, except in the middle of the day when you don't want to wait around to see which way its moving.

 

Good choice, great products. They also have clocks, temp gauges, and of course the compass.

 

Sun rises in the East.

Sun sets in the West.

Even numbered Interstates run East-West (most of the time)

Odd numbered Interstates run North-South.

 

Groversue I think I have a Harley compass for a Batwing in a box of junk if you want it email your address and I will send it to you