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GothicGhost

GothicGhost

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Thought I messed up big time at one point but only 3 minors in the end :D

I was so sick today and almost did not go training/test today but carried on and the sickness blocked my nerves overreacting lol.

Just happy I can use my XJ 600 and on motorways (scary).
 
Congrats!

On a note about insurance I would check out MCN compare as I did a quite via them a few days ago and it came out £100's cheaper than other places (I've had a full licence 4 months). The only place I've found so far that asks how long you've had your car licence for as well.
 
Cheers I will check out MCN.

Looking at sat navs for bikes and ouch almost £300.
I did look for used tomtomv4 but nothing so far, any other sat navs good ?

Thanks.
 
Personally I think the time for dedicated sat nav units has passed and would avoid them altogether and get something like a cheap Motorola Moto E with an already mentioned waterproof case. It should have enough battery life to get you where you're going assuming you don't wanna connect it to the battery and you can choose from loads of different free or paid sat nav apps plus you have a spare phone should you ever need one.
 
Congrats!!

If you're keeping that bike for a while, check out owners clubs - Many have negotiated favourable insurance packages with certain brokers.

GothicGhost said:
I did look for used tomtomv4 but nothing so far, any other sat navs good ?
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I picked up a TomTom Rider v2 - Pretty much the same as latest models, so any version apart from v1 should be fine.

IMO, the best reason for the TomTom Rider over another model or a phone is the purpose-designed bluetooth motorcycle headset, which means you can just listen to instructions and keep your eyes on the road!!
 
Smartphone and googlemaps/navfree is a good solution for just general (getting you to your destination) use, but when you want to load in custom routes they become a bit more limited.

I love the look of the new tomtom rider GPS but the price will be about £300 probably, which considering you can buy an all singing al dancing car version for £100, is a rip off.
 
sat nav? oh what a luxury,all I have is ask a passer-by:(:p

congrats on passing and be carefull on the roads this time of year,slippy and full of ohh I didn't see you's
 
It's a 2001 xj so nothing special lol.

I was thinking of a car satnav and a cover case but was never sure how good it would work out.

I will have a good look about see what cheap but good ones are.
Do have to pay for updated maps each year or something now?
 
ttaskmaster said:
IMO, the best reason for the TomTom Rider over another model or a phone is the purpose-designed bluetooth motorcycle headset, which means you can just listen to instructions and keep your eyes on the road!!
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The major reason I can see getting the Tomtom rider is that it's purpose designed for the motorbike, so it supposedly has a glove-friendly screen and should be easy to view in sunlight but I don't think all that makes it worth the £300+ price tag and surely any phone should work with a Bluetooth motorcycle headset.

Personally I use Huawai Y300, an Oxford sat nav holder and cheapo helmet speakers not the best setup but then I don't really go very far on my scooter, I'll upgrade if I get a bigger bike but even then I don't expect that I'd need to spend more than say £150 on the phone, case, mount and bluetooth headset.
 
Yeah the Tomtom rider does seem nice but double the price of a car tomtom.

I have to think that one over but if I had the extra money I would buy it just at this time £300 a lot.
 
TallPaul_S said:
I love the look of the new tomtom rider GPS but the price will be about £300 probably, which considering you can buy an all singing al dancing car version for £100, is a rip off.
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The bike version is 100% waterproof, charges on the bike, has a dedicated bluetooth headset with extended functionality and has several bike-specific features.
The car version does not.

Also, while you *can* get a phone, bluetooth headset*, charger, waterproof case and a mount of some kind, it gets pricey when you start adding it all up. You still have to expose the phone to change the settings (if only to flip between day/night mode) if it's chucking down with rain, which also means stopping the bike.
Toms and Garmins avoid all this and are a complete solution that works straight out of the box and installs as easy as pie!

This is what you pay for - A complete, working, easy solution, that even includes a warranty.




*A lot of m/c headsets are not set up for pairing with phones, satnavs or anything other than bike2bike comms with the same manufacturer's headsets.
 
ttaskmaster said:
The bike version is 100% waterproof, charges on the bike, has a dedicated bluetooth headset with extended functionality and has several bike-specific features.
The car version does not.

Also, while you *can* get a phone, bluetooth headset*, charger, waterproof case and a mount of some kind, it gets pricey when you start adding it all up. You still have to expose the phone to change the settings (if only to flip between day/night mode) if it's chucking down with rain, which also means stopping the bike.
Toms and Garmins avoid all this and are a complete solution that works straight out of the box and installs as easy as pie!

This is what you pay for - A complete, working, easy solution, that even includes a warranty.




*A lot of m/c headsets are not set up for pairing with phones, satnavs or anything other than bike2bike comms with the same manufacturer's headsets.
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True, didn't know they cam with their own headset too.

TBH the "winding roads" option is probably worth a bit on it's own. Might be able to pick up a cheap rider v5 when the new one is launched.

I'll make do with a phone and google maps/nav free for the time being, just wired up a 12v usb/fag lighter so just need a ram mount for easy satnav/music/calls on the bike.
 
Well I went half with the wife so £60 and got a tomtom go 500.
She use when we going long disant family days out in the car.

And if it turn out not to be very good it's only £60 but my wife still get her sat nav lol.
Then I would buy the bike version but for £60 I will give it a go.
 
GothicGhost said:
Cheers I will check out MCN.

Looking at sat navs for bikes and ouch almost £300.
I did look for used tomtomv4 but nothing so far, any other sat navs good ?

Thanks.
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Got an old smart phone? They make fantastic satnavs. I've got TomTom on my old iPhone 4 with a water proof mount which routes to my battery for charging. It makes an amazing satnav - picks up satellites almost instantly and has never gone wrong. It also didn't really cost me anything which is nice. My iPhone would have only sold for about £100 (and I probably wouldn't have got round to selling it) which is less than a decent satnav for a bike.

There's also the phone in the pocket option with earphones. The voice instructions will get you there + safer than glancing down at a satnav.
 
Thanks Craig321.

I got the tomtom go 500 today so far seems good and for only paying half it works out even better lol.

Dame bike failed the MOT today as the rear brake caliper was leaking fluid time I got there.
When I bring the bike back to them he said I don't have to pay for the mot again.
Is this normal do they give so many days to fix problems?
 
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