TRIPY II - Real life Experience?

[MPS111]

New to the biking world, was looking around at the possible choices for 2 wheel GPS
Came across the Tripy II - Love the idea of the roadbook style navigation - simple, clear blah blah. It certainly is compared to say a Garmin 660.

Has anybody got any real world experience of the Tripy in the UK on our roads.
It's an expensive piece of kit - does it work?
I don't expect to be visiting the desert very often so looking for a more conventional GPS usage

It seems to have a lot more press and info in mainland Europe - Touratech are selling them but not seen any other UK outlets

Appreciate any views & wisdom

 

[F104]

I did a two day off road during which we were equipped with the latest tripy - think that is the II. Worked well with the yellow GS I have and i have no other GPS experience

positives: looks rugged, simple to use, quite some features, but best of all extremely easy to read even when riding the bike standing, and in bright sunlight (it's only a arrow and numbers). You glance down once and know when, and where to, the next turn is. It picks up errors fast (but like said i have no other GPS experience), 30ft off track for sure it sees it.

negatives: Other then the arrow there's little other info, but it does provide a preview of next corners ahead in the RH corner. It's not small, and the team behind it is not like Garmin. Don't believe you could plan a route on the tripy, it has to be done on PC and downloaded

My view:if it was half to 2/3rd of 660 pricing i would consider it. But is it not, and my understanding is its ability to change routes on the go is limited to skipping waypoints (I might be wrong). But offroad it beats a standard GPS I think.
This off road trip was only an experience for me. Picking up a 500lbs bike 8 times in 2 days is not my thing. I liked it, but would prefer to do such thing on a 600cc so off road bike (oh my (bmw) top case went flying as well, came off (=broke) its mounts off the pillion seat position ..)

 

[MPS111]

Thanks for the view

I think you're right if the pricing was right might be worth a punt.

After doing a bit more poking about on the interweb it looks like it uses a version of maps where you can plan routes down to roads but not to postcode level (might be wrong here) by overlaying a track, marking waypoints and then transferring it to the device!!

Looks like it might be ideal for long distance and 'wild' tours

still looking I guess

 

[ManFromMars]

What Tripy can do

Hi there,
Just a little information from the source (yeap, I'm one of them):
Tripy RoadMaster (Tripy I) could indeed only :
- play and record pre-loaded road books (programmed on the computer or previously recorded tracks),
- or navigate in straight lines by means of a compass display

Tripy II launched last year has the pre-loaded Tele-Atlas European Map and allows the on-board selection of the destination:
- via Highways (typically the fastest)
- without highways (typically the shortest)
and a novelty:
- through the nicest biker roads (based on original route selection algorithms (the biker/designers have transferred some of their neurones into it
- it still allows you to navigate in straight lines if you prefer it

Tripy II allows also the display of the map (in b/w) with zoom factors from 250 m to 500 km. Very useful to position oneself or eventually navigate in intricate urban streets. Yet it is not recommended to ride in that mode and it is recommended for lesser distraction to stick to the efficient (almost subliminal) information display the tulip symbol is giving while riding.
After all don't we ride to have our eyes out there most of the time and not getting bored with a "blond in the ear" ?
Additionally, a scrollable side pane allows the display all the eventually desired numerical information or the near by trace.
Are you lacking riding inspiration? It comes pre-loaded with 500 road books throughout Europe and about 800 000 points of interests (from the traditional gas stations, hotels and restaurants, ... to cash dispensers, amusement parks, etc...)
Be Good, Do Well and have some Fun.
ManFromMars

 

[scud]

Happened to bump into one of their chaps at an event here in SE France yesterday.

Showed me through the stuff it would do, but I said it was too expensive. I was offered (if I bought though the website one for 512 euros, rather than the E650 event price and E670 Touratech offer.

One thing I liked was putting a JPEG of you own map (scan, photo etc) into the Tripy II software, georeferencing it and then using the map.

Technically speaking, you could import a JPEG (print screen of google maps for instance etc), georeference it at minimum 3 different points, then Presto! plan you own routes. Of course, this would breach copyright etc and therefore probably be illegal, so you wouldn't be able to do it in reality!