[dsn_klr650] current best gps

[Hugh Stout]

At 05:40 PM 8/8/00 -0700, Bryan Loehr wrote:

>Listers, > >Went to the archives to get a little info on GPS units. Did OK, but it >would be way more convenient if I could just get the current collective >list wisdom on what is the best way to go with GPS. One specific question >I have is, is it better to have a handlebar mount or something that's >carried in your pocket. How specific are they on FR roads? Any help would

Having carried a GPS for several years I use a GPSIII, not a plus, but I'd get the plus now. I've used on different bikes the Garmin bicycle mount (cheap, easy) with no problems at all...never showed signs of wanting to jump off. Running a power lead to the battery helps provide an extra retaining strap, too. For the KLR, I've got it mounted on a mount from the MAP(MAPS ?) company in Ventura, CA...don't have their address right now, but could find it if anyone is interested. Very solid, very easy, very tough, and at $40 cheaper (and possibly better) than the Touratech. Limited to bikes with a small diameter brace spanning the handlebars, why I only have one. SInce I am limited to the built-in map on the III, it never has forest roads (though I have been sometimes amused by what it does - and does not - have). But I have found that the scale of .8 mi on the display matches the bread crumb track very well to the scale of Forest Service paper maps, and the shape of the path I've made has helped me find myself and recover from errors more than once. Hugh Stout '74 R90/6 '94 KLR650 '00 Super Sherpa