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    Phone based gps help!

    I'll still give you $100 for your Montana ....
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    Phone based gps help!

    I'm researching now. Will post up if I find something worth mentioning.
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    Phone based gps help!

    What app are you using Bri? I've actually created tracks, both street and dirt, on the phone very easily. It's also nice to do them on a laptop and have them auto sync to the phone via the app. It's so much easier than creating tracks on basecamp or even just the process of loading tracks is way easier.
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    Phone based gps help!

    You don't need to worry about it being unlocked unless you want to activate it. Mine is purely for GPS nav so it is not activated. The advantaged to the Verizon version is that it has a better screen than the ATT / Sprint version. I purchased a 256 gig mini SD Card for my phone so I would have extensive storage for off line maps and satellite views. Check Amzon as well. They have used phones.
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    Phone based gps help!

    Well, I just got done putting the Kyocera Duraforce Pro (Verizon model with the better screen) through a 700 mile off road test on the the Arizona Peace Trail (APT). Let me just come out and say it....I will never go back to a regular GPS platform again as my primary navigation device. The phone worked really well. It was brighter than my Garmin. Much more user friendly. Has way more features that I actually used on the trail. And is so much less expensive. So my setup included the phone, A Ram X mount, and magnetic power cable hooked into a 2.1 amp switched USB power port mounted on my bars. I've been using the Ram X for many years on many rides....and to be completely honest, I have always had some issues with it. In this particular case, it was a challenge to get the phone seated in the mounted without at least one of the mount arms pushing one of the phone side buttons. I finally figured it out, but the phone has to be in a precise position in the mount to avoid this. If it wasn't precise, the phone would sense one of the side buttons being pushed (and held in) and would shut itself off eventually. So I will be looking at other mount options before my next ride. The magnet cable was a bust. Even though it's cool and simple, the strength of the magnet was no match for the pounding of the APT. It would constantly break contact with the phone and I'd loose charging. So a regular USB to mini USB cord will solve this problem. We encountered several challenges on the ride. Including several times where we had to regroup, pick different trails, and backtrack due to major river crossings that were unpassable. The phone made this easy. Pulling up satellite views and being able to see other trails already loaded in the Gaia app made things less stressful. Also being able to see all the GPS tracks at once when desired, being able to see the names of those tracks right on the screen, and being able to turn each track on and off very easily. So with that said, the Kyocera found a home on my bars. I will probably always carry my Garmin as well on multi day rides. It was really nice being able to put the primary tracks only in my Garmin with the screen zoomed into 500' or so and then keep the Kyocera set will all the GPS tracks running, topo and satellite view, and zoomed out to see the bigger picture. But if I had to choose only one, it would be the phone.
  6. Excellente Obviously PMB made the correct call to ride Wednesday considering the almost 2" of rain that fell on Thursday.
  7. in my 35 years of riding out there, I've seen San Felipe Wash flow as few times and person and many times on video. But, I've never seen it flow that much water...ever. You could actually kayak that and have a good time...
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    GPS track/route Pinyon to Fish Creek?

    Sent back.
  9. Bummer, I'm out of town to clear out my dads house...
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    Time to retire/ride MORE

    Nice. Let's take off.
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    GPS track/route Pinyon to Fish Creek?

    I have it. PM your email and I'll shoot it over to you.
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    Phone based gps help!

    Another update. I really want to get this dialed. I'm leaving for a week long ride next week and really want to put the phone option to the test. I decided to try another phone, mostly because they are water proof and rugged, so I picked up a used Kyocerd Duraforce Pro off Ebay for $60. For the price, it's really a no brainer. As soon as I got it, I set up the phone using my wifi network (this phone will not have service). It was super easy. I downloaded several apps, including Gaia GPS, which I already subscribe to. One the app was loaded, I opened it up and all my routes were there...super easy. I immediately notice the screen was much brighter than my Samsung, so I took a picture of them side by side, both at full brightness, no fitlers, and no screen savers...It a pretty big difference. So I did a short ride today to test out the Kyocera....no problem seeing the screen now and Gaia worked perfectly. I also purchased the magnetic quick disconnect power cord. They are really cool. The small end stays in the phone charging port and works as a water resident plug...the power cord attaches to the small end magnetically and seems to be very strong for it's size. So I'll be giving this setup a try on the Arizona Peace Trail...700 plus miles of offroad heaven...I'll update when I get back.
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    Was it you?

    The old, the original, Dan Diego was there was a few guys... And I think there was some adventure ride tour thing too....I don't much dig those so don't pay much attention to them.
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    Montana 610T

    I'll give you $100 for your Montana
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    Another tire thread

    I'm running the 705's on my big bike right now. For the price, they are an excellent tire. I can scrape pegs all day in the twisties without loosing any confidence whatsoever from the tires. I wouldn't waste time, money, energy trying to figure out if mixing up tires on a big bike makes sense. Almost nobody out rides their tires on a Tenere on the street (assuming good road surface conditions).
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    2020 KTM Super Duke R

    Yeah, but after a few weekend on it it would end up sitting in your garage while you ride your 990 A or 350exc...
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    Phone based gps help!

    Mike, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy s7. Screen set at full brightness. I messed with the other screen settings, i.e. blue light and such, with no noticeable difference. Mike, the Gaia app worked well. It has a feature called "snap to". This allows you to be looking at a trail on satellite view (or any other map view) and place a start point at the beginning of the trail and one at the end and the route will "snap" to the entire trail. Old ways was to do way point after way point after way point along the route, which was very time consuming. You can do it in the app on your phone or do it on a laptop before heading out. Building routes is definitely a lot easier than i used to be. Luna, I was running phone vertically. I messed with the angle of the phone as I'm used to doing this with a stand alone GPS. I was running in the topo mode because satellite view is too slow to load and seemed to be taking up some serious bandwidth while riding. I'll definitely try doing loading maps instead of streaming. No screen protector and I cleaned the screen with windex before setting out on the ride. Any more feedback is appreciated.
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    Phone based gps help!

    So I just knocked out a quick 400 miles loop using my phone for GPS navigation exclusively for the first time. I used Gaia for building my route and navigating. There are some pretty nice features in the app for $19 a year, including all kinds of map overlays including USFS maps. The navigation worked well. But the there was a BIG drawback....the screen just is not bright enough to see the screen well. Hand held GPS units work much better in this regard.
  19. Sad to have missed this one. I was off adventuring on my big bike.
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    30 days

    I'll work you an invite, just play it cool for now...
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    Oh the pain!

    Sorry this happened. Heal fast, brother.
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    Quad for Mrs simicrintz

    A good friend of mine has a 400ex for sale. Shoot me a pm if you want to be connected.
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    Corral Tues

    Nice. Sorry I missed it
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    30 days

    You're welcome, brother. Glad this is all coming together. Going be out there with you ripping trails in the not to distant future.
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