Pre sat-nav

[Greenman14]

I always work out the route from a hard copy map, then I have a rough picture in my head of the basic geography so that I can improvise. That's what I did today on my way back from the National Memorial Arboretum when the traffic was bad. SN is like rules: "for the obedience of fools and guidance of the wise"

 

[Blackal]

As a big fan of sat nav they are great but take away some of the pure element of motorcycling

Great fun

See - you could say the same about electric start !

No - take advantage of what technology has to offer........... otherwise - you will be the last one to the hotel

Al

 

[er-minio]

As a big fan of sat nav they are great but take away some of the pure element of motorcycling

I prefer high speed cornering. I'm ok with the sat nav giving directions, I'm not jealous of what it does.

 

[Sleepy]

I think it's more like they don't know how to get the best from their device, assuming of course they've tried one... but I always carry a map though, even if the maps don't always have the Spanish or French roads I choose.

You'd need an awful lot of large scale maps to follow the routes I do on my Zumo 660..

Never.. ever had any of the issues that sproggy mentions either.. both my 550 and 660 were/are 100% reliable.

'Course I forgot to mention one very important point (to me).. When on the bike (or motorhome), I never let the device calculate a route, I always work my routes out on a good (Michelin) map in conjunction with Mapsource and download the finished item to my device...

Hence, no going where I don't want to.

 

[w-w]

Blollox to sat nav's when you are travelling in a group and say meet at such and such village, most sat navs seam to have different village centres.

I was away travelling and we were to rondevou in a small village of one donkey and a goat and we still couldn't find each other. Two ends of the village drinking coffee for an hour.
Didn't bother phoning as we were sure we we in the right place!



R1200GSA TB

 

[Bendy toy]

Sat Nag is handy in towns, but there's usually enough information from road signs for getting between towns.

However, some people stick the nag box on the windscreen for EVERY journey. What is that about?

 

[MikeO]

Sat Nag is handy in towns, but there's usually enough information from road signs for getting between towns.

However, some people stick the nag box on the windscreen for EVERY journey. What is that about?

Personally, it's because it gives me suggested diverts to get me around hold-ups...

 

[Bendy toy]

Personally, it's because it gives me suggested diverts to get me around hold-ups...

Especially useful on the school run.

 

[MikeO]

Especially useful on the school run.

"Personally" - the word critique...

 

[Steptoe]

Blollox to sat nav's when you are travelling in a group and say meet at such and such village, most sat navs seam to have different village centres.

I was away travelling and we were to rondevou in a small village of one donkey and a goat and we still couldn't find each other. Two ends of the village drinking coffee for an hour. ��
Didn't bother phoning as we were sure we we in the right place!



R1200GSA TB

Not village names...... Co-ordinates

Sat navs are great for when touring in a large group... Whoever is out in finds and books a hotel and txts the co-ordinates to the rest... Everyone arrives in the same place rooms booked and beers on the bar ready..

You can't do that with maps

 

[RedRick Esq.]

Not village names...... Co-ordinates

Sat navs are great for when touring in a large group... Whoever is out in finds and books a hotel and txts the co-ordinates to the rest... Everyone arrives in the same place rooms booked and beers on the bar ready..

You can't do that with maps

I always aim to arrive last so i dont have to buy the beers!

 

[Steptoe]

I always aim to arrive last so i dont have to buy the beers!

There should always be a "tour Dad"... He looks after the whip money for beers and lunch snacks.

 

[BigBeard]

I like the garmin lane thing for motorways and I never go for a ride without mine simply because it'll ( eventually) get me where
I'm going or home.

Curvy roads, fastest/shortest routes are shit.

 

[Bendy toy]

I recently had to go home thought the narrow back lanes because the main road was closed for repairs. The names are narrow single track so Sat Nav wanted me to go via Exeter. No thanks - the traffic is horrendous. I followed my nose, counted the turns and got to exactly where I needed to be with only one wrong turn. Not hard. We are not in Outer Mongolia (or London East End) sooner or later a road sign will show something familiar.

 

[matchlessman]

I love when I just want to lose myself in the countryside. I just follow every little road that takes my fancy, in any direction. Then when I have had enough I let Tessa Tomtom point me towards home.

In the car the traffic updates and diversions can save being stuck in a jam for hours. Obviously less benefit on 2 wheels.

I much prefer Tessa Tomtom to Gurti Garmin. And both are easier to follow especially after missing a turn than the old postcards I used to use.

I still have the routes from 3 national rallies where our team got special gold. Every section between checkpoints with a turn by turn route on a separate postcard.

I also think most are capable of taking a general direction following sat nav failure. I had a battery issue when riding through northern Spain needing to get to southern France. I just followed signs to Andorra, then rode straight through it and ended in France. Easy and fantastic roads.

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