Rolf
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Using GPS
I would agree with Paul here - I have spent many years completing rallies using paper maps - for the past few years I have usually printed out A4 maps using Anquet Mapping and typed out instructions stuck to these which I have carried in a tankbag. Like Paul, a large part of the interest and fun of the event for me is working out possible routes beforehand and I do not see using a GPS would change this.
After years of scepticism I have recently started using a Garmin 2610 and I think from a safety point of view it is much better than trying to look at a map in a tankbag.
Further to my previous post about the Iron Butt Rally, realise now that this is the first one of its kind, but have received confirmation of my entry this morning- looks like will be ordering an airhawk seat soon!
The whole point for me of doing the rally IS the roads and routes. I really don't see the problem of using a GPS - it is only an adjunct to maps and I spend just as much time with the maps planning the route beforehand. For me, it's the ride - not battling with a map in the wet and dark
I would agree with Paul here - I have spent many years completing rallies using paper maps - for the past few years I have usually printed out A4 maps using Anquet Mapping and typed out instructions stuck to these which I have carried in a tankbag. Like Paul, a large part of the interest and fun of the event for me is working out possible routes beforehand and I do not see using a GPS would change this.
After years of scepticism I have recently started using a Garmin 2610 and I think from a safety point of view it is much better than trying to look at a map in a tankbag.
Further to my previous post about the Iron Butt Rally, realise now that this is the first one of its kind, but have received confirmation of my entry this morning- looks like will be ordering an airhawk seat soon!