Nav and tunes for an old man

[screwball]

Got tired of not being able to see my little Garmin or iPod mini, SOOooooo, How about an iPad with 4g access. Now I can do my E-mail, check FaceBook, and do a little Face Time at 80mph....

 

[Lucky]

WOW!

 

[olddawg]

That should do it

 

[bikerbillone]

Very cool....

 

[laroc]

Great Idea

Such a good idea. How have you mounted it and is it behind a batwing or windshield?

 

[gerald martin]

Face time

Got tired of not being able to see my little Garmin or iPod mini, SOOooooo, How about an iPad with 4g access. Now I can do my E-mail, check FaceBook, and do a little Face Time at 80mph....

You are joking arnt you?

 

[Sully]

What we have here is a case for Distracted Driving :laugh:

 

[screwball]

Such a good idea. How have you mounted it and is it behind a batwing or windshield?

Made a triangular bracket from some scrap aluminum that is 3" long. It is attached to the handle bar bracket with industrial double stick tape, the kind that holds the badges on a car. Covered with Velcro. The iPad won't fall off, we gave it the 'jiggle' test (bad road and railroad crossing at 40 mph. Damn near tossed me off. Power comes from a USB power strip (Wal Mart) I bought for about $20. Screen brightens and darkens with ambient light and has a night time screen.

 

[screwball]

You are joking arnt you?

nope

 

[gerald martin]

Nav

nope

You would be paying big fines in Canada for using that while driving

 

[Springman2007]

Personally, I see no difference in the iPad Mini shown and the gizmo (Palyer/NAV systems) found on other touring bikes..... and cars. Accept the iPad is probably more useful and flexible in its uses.........and, most certainly where it can be used.

WELL DONE!

Springman

 

[gerald martin]

Nav

Personally, I see no difference in the iPad Mini shown and the gizmo (Palyer/NAV systems) found on other touring bikes..... and cars. Accept the iPad is probably more useful and flexible in its uses.........and, most certainly where it can be used.

WELL DONE!

Springman

Screwball said he could use it doing 80 mph on the road. It is not legal to use an electrical device while driving in Canada as it should be Its tHe same as texting while driving which kills people

 

[Springman2007]

Screwball said he could use it doing 80 mph on the road. It is not legal to use an electrical device while driving in Canada as it should be Its tHe same as texting while driving which kills people

OK, then we will make Screwball slow down to 79 mph to text......when he goes to Canada next time......

The truth here is that Screwball probably set his NAV points before he starts driving/riding ,just like conventional vehicle systems, maybe fiddles with the tunes, just like the radio and so forth......I think your making assumptions on Screwball's operations with no real data other than a slight-of-hand statement.......

In Short: Don't take things so Literal with out evidence.

Springman

 

[gerald martin]

Nav

Got tired of not being able to see my little Garmin or iPod mini, SOOooooo, How about an iPad with 4g access. Now I can do my E-mail, check FaceBook, and do a little Face Time at 80mph....

I can only assume what I read and I am not putting any one down. I only said it is not legal to do emails or Facebook in Canada while driving. I meant no offence to anyone.

 

[Springman2007]

I can only assume what I read and I am not putting any one down. I only said it is not legal to do emails or Facebook in Canada while driving. I meant no offence to anyone.

Its all good, sorry as well.

The funny thing here is that my buddy just got a new car that has WiFi.... factory option; now he can do facebook and emails while driving and that was a selling point for the car......males you think....

Springman

 

[aeroshots]

Nice setup. Good for mature eyes that have issues finding stuff quickly on smaller screens.

Distracted driving/riding is a big issue.....for everyone but me. I'm perfect and odor free. I can text, email, place Amazon orders etc. while operating a motor vehicle. Now that's just me, so all of yawl need to heed your limitations.

(couldn't find the tongue in cheek dude)

 

[screwball]

I can only assume what I read and I am not putting any one down. I only said it is not legal to do emails or Facebook in Canada while driving. I meant no offence to anyone.

Gerold, Gerold, Gerold..... If you looked closely you would have seen my tongue in my cheek... I'm assuming they use that phrase in Canada. I live in Southern California, about 1500 miles from Canada. I don't ride there very often. I don't text, E-mail, answer the phone, or watch movies while riding my bike or car.

Now, for an update. Got kind of tired having that GIANT thing stuck on my 'Free. So, I changed the brackets and added a Samsung Note 4. 1/4 the size and all the functions of the iPad. Also the iPad wouldn't charge while in use. The charger cord produced less power than needed to run the unit

Got the same amount of music and the same GPS as the iPad. I can do E-mail, text, Answer the phone, FaceBook, and watch a movie at 80 mph just like I could with the iPad..... BUT I WON'T

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

My only concern would be using it in the rain, but I'm sure you thought of that.

 

[screwball]

My only concern would be using it in the rain, but I'm sure you thought of that.

One of the benefits of living on the Southern California Desert is that it doesn't rain very much here. The unit is on a quick release clamp and can be pulled off very quickly. The iPod mini and the GPS I had before were Velcro'd to the mount and came off easily also.

 

[gerald martin]

Nav

Gerold, Gerold, Gerold..... If you looked closely you would have seen my tongue in my cheek... I'm assuming they use that phrase in Canada. I live in Southern California, about 1500 miles from Canada. I don't ride there very often. I don't text, E-mail, answer the phone, or watch movies while riding my bike or car.

Now, for an update. Got kind of tired having that GIANT thing stuck on my 'Free. So, I changed the brackets and added a Samsung Note 4. 1/4 the size and all the functions of the iPad. Also the iPad wouldn't charge while in use. The charger cord produced less power than needed to run the unit

Got the same amount of music and the same GPS as the iPad. I can do E-mail, text, Answer the phone, FaceBook, and watch a movie at 80 mph just like I could with the iPad..... BUT I WON'T

Didn't mean anything bad. Sorry I have never heard of younger in cheek by the way where do you live? I am visiting in Palm Springs till the end of the month. Sure is hot here