Route Planning Software
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,151
Likes: 14
From: Seattle
If you want to try something different, http://www.tyretotravel.com/ works great for me and is a free app. I have an ancient TomTom and will share maps with a riding buddy who has a Garmin. Sometimes I use the HD Ride Planner and download to the Tyre app. Whatever you're comfortable with.
Intermediate
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
From: Austin, Tx
OK - this is timely because I was thinking about getting a 665 - how do you guys like it? Is it durable? One of my ride buddies said you shake the crap out of it when you mount it on the fairing with the HD mount, and it breaks...you guys have any experience to offer? Its a clean looking install.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 4,585
Likes: 673
From: Rolla
Yep, I learned that a few years ago. I enter all of the Hot Rod Power Tour routes into my Garmin using ride planner just as you describe.
Followed the listed route perfectly.
Ride Planner works!
Followed the listed route perfectly.
Ride Planner works!
Grand HDF Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 4,585
Likes: 673
From: Rolla
But it really only affects you when you have a longer fairly complex route planned.
When that happened to me on one trip, I broke the days drive up into "before lunch and after lunch", since I knew the exact spot we were stopping for lunch.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 274
Likes: 2
From: Baltimore, MD
If you want to try something different, http://www.tyretotravel.com/ works great for me and is a free app. I have an ancient TomTom and will share maps with a riding buddy who has a Garmin. Sometimes I use the HD Ride Planner and download to the Tyre app. Whatever you're comfortable with.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 529
Likes: 2
From: Minnesota
I use Garmin Basecamp. I'm happy with it. Granted it had a learning curve (for me anyway never having used route planning software of any kind) and the instructions two years ago when I started using it left something to be desired. But I've found the improvements that Garmin makes every year have made it better and easier to use.
Last edited by Tedjay; Jul 22, 2014 at 06:16 PM.
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 752
Likes: 23
From: Acton, CA
Wow, OK so now I've tried HD Planner again using the waypoints (thanks jlj6t), and it seems to be exporting the entire route now, way cool!
I also started messing around with BaseCamp after watching the videos on how to use it, and that's pretty awesome also! I don't know what the hell to use now - haha!
I also started messing around with BaseCamp after watching the videos on how to use it, and that's pretty awesome also! I don't know what the hell to use now - haha!
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Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 189
Likes: 7
From: Wantagh, ny
If you want to try something different, http://www.tyretotravel.com/ works great for me and is a free app. I have an ancient TomTom and will share maps with a riding buddy who has a Garmin. Sometimes I use the HD Ride Planner and download to the Tyre app. Whatever you're comfortable with.
I use both.
I browse routes that others have posted on ride planner and either export them directly to my garmin or i copy into tyre and modify it.
I find tyre easier to use for new routes. Tried to use mapsource( old garmin software) but never got the hang of it. Basecamp is newer version that came with my new zumo. Havent played with that yet.
Btw, even though the hd roadtech is the same unit as the regular zumo 660/665, the zumo 660/665 WONT work with hd' NIM.