Joey, I recently bought an smart phone and now I have problems understanding how did I live my life without it before. I also think the google navigation is awesome. I love the fact that you can do a google search on google maps, find the place you want and then navigate. I have tried two other navigation software that came with the phone but the one by google is far superior. I also use pandora and I love it. Since I have a Sena system is even simpler. No wires hanging or anything. I can listen to the tunes, gps, phone, and talk with the wife all with the same unit. Technology is good.
Javier. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > I had a really good weekend - spent Saturday out on the > bike, Sunday with Paula and her best friend and been very busy doing > it. > Saturday was an interesting experience, I had a PGR event to > attend about a two hour ride to the South. In preparation for this I > had purchased a set of headphones for under the helmet and a mount for > my GPS to stick onto the bike, replacing the last one I had that > broke. > Tested the GPS mount Friday night, worked very well, went to > plug the GPS power adapter into the lighter socket on Saturday morning > - and it promptly broke, shorting out the main fuse and killing all > the lights. Great. Plan B was improvised on the spot - and I > remembered that since I was going to take my Android powered > smartphone to listen to music through, I could just as easily use the > onboard GPS function, combined with Google Maps and navigate with it. > Having never done that before, I was a little nervous about the > quality of the navigation and directions. I'm not sure why - since, > well, it worked perfectly. I rigged the phone in the GPS mount - ran > a power cord down to a USB adapter stuck in the lighter socket, > plugged in my headphones, jumped on the bike and took off. > Just about 2 hours later I arrived at my destination after a > pit stop and fill up about a half hour into the ride. > I have to recommend this combination to anyone looking to > navigate and have tunes on the cheap - as long as you already have a > smart phone :-) Pandora internet radio kept me grooving the whole trip > down and back and I used 76 MB of data to do it. That works out to > approximately 15.2 MB an hour, since I took the scenic route back and > added about an hour to my trip. > The cool part about using a single device for this is simply > that the navigation app lowered the volume for Pandora, said what it > needed to say, then turned Pandora back up. Slightly annoying, but it > works better than having to look at the screen to figure out what was > meant when you didn't hear it in the first place. > I used these 'headphones' > > http://www.amazon.com/JVC-HAEBX5B-Inner-Sports-Headphones/dp/B003XQLNMC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341234520&sr=8-1&keywords=jvc+over+the+ear+sport > - purchased locally, and they caused very little discomfort in my ears > and were very good at blocking out the road noise, while providing a > very nice sound for my ZZ Top Pandora station. > On the way back from the PGR ride, taking the scenic route, > I came upon a Victory dealer who happened to be offering the demo ride > program they offer "Try one and you'll Buy one" I believe they call > it. Well I tried one. I jumped on the Victory Cross Country in Candy > Apple Red - > http://www.polaris.com/en-us/victory-motorcycles/touring/cross-country-tour/pages/features.aspx > - and I gotta say even at $22,499 retail price - that bike just might > be worth it. It floats over the road, has torque and oomph to go - a > loud stereo - and in stock form is so quiet I had to keep checking the > Tach to see if it was running! > On the other hand - I don't have $22 k and if I did - I'd > probably pay off some debt instead! > Anyone else ride a Victory? > -Joey > > -- > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
