Yeah I did. Had a good visit with him. That mo'sickle is a beast, 383cid stroker motor. We were behind him when we left and it was fun to hear that thing roar when he passed a line of traffic.
Sorry to hear about this and glad he is recovering. It is a scary world to be riding in at times. The boy killed on 412 a couple of weeks ago was the son of a friend and co-worker. Not sure if I could handle that. My son just rides off road and has not gotten his M endorsement yet. He has talked about it and I have to admit, even though I have been riding for 42 years, it scares me to death thinking about him riding the road. I have had 1 run in with a car in that time but it was minor. Dozen of close calls that could have been real bad. I had one in Colorado 2 years ago that I swear only the years of off road riding instincts saved me. Hope he continues to heal quickly. Will be watching for updates.
We run a mixed bag of GPS equipment. Most have the Garmin 60 series, others run Garmin 276, 478 series. More important is the version of MapSource you use, a lot of us use 2010.1 so that route sharing and track sharing are accurately transferred to one another. Charlie - Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
How good is the 60 series for long pavement trips? I do a 5,000 mile road trip every summer and have used a cheap TomTom. Was thinking about going the Zumo 550 route for the GS but not sure how it would be in the woods.
Several of us have the Nuvi 500, which is pretty much as cabable (and waterproof) as the Zumo 550, but much less expensive ($230 vs $600). At that price, you can afford to wreck one and have money left over for a spare and a brisket sandwich at the Burger Barn. They aren't that different, I understand they use the same chipset: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare.do?cID=133&compareProduct=13424&compareProduct=414 Both work great in the woods, but both have the same problem of "recaluculating" routes if not enough waypoints are inserted when it is drawn up. Charlie's recent route to Ozone had enough points so that my Nuvi worked flawlessly yesterday on a 220 mile romp in the woods. But, like Charlie said, there are probably almost as many GPS units used (and some not used) as there are FF's on this forum.
I have a Zumo, it's ok for me because I'm GPS illiterate, but for everyone with GPS skills such as Charlie and others here they dont like it. I'll buy whatever everyone else is using next time around...
Ok guys. I need a bit more insight about the local area. We are going to the opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum on the 11th. We are just staying overnight. There will be four of us. I have found a host of reasonable motel rooms, but I can't decide!!! Here is the problem. We'll leave Conway on the 11th, go to the museum, wear ourselves out for several hours. We decided to stay the night up in the area, putz around and find a few things to do then come home on Saturday. Kind of a mini-vacation-ish kind of thing. I am looking at Bentonville, Springdale, Fayetteville and out toward Eureka Springs. I found a wildlife preserve in Eureka that sounded kind of interesting...but I know there has to be more and I just don't know what. Thoughts? Suggestions? I know we can't do it all, but if we situate ourselves near some things we may enjoy doing, then we can have a good time no matter what. I'm listening:
Tinks is the wildlife preserve you are looking at near Eureka the zoo near Eagle Rock? Or Turpentine Creek? I've been to the zoo there years ago, I recall it being ok. I havent been to Turpentine Creek in years but need to go see it again soon. Both are pretty neat. My Favorite zoo is the drive thru safari in Gentry AR. http://www.wildwildernessdrivethroughsafari.com/ We always have a good time there and its not far from Bentonville at all. Eureka is always fun to drive/walk around. Really Bentonville, Rogers and Fayetteville are alot alike with the same stores and attractions anymore. Lots of places to shop and eat. The Promenade mall in Rogers is a neat place to walk around as all the shops are outside and you have to walk to them. PF Changs there has some darn good chinese food!
That sounds like what I'm looking for. Good info. Just have to set up mounts for both bikes. Need to keep it simple and mooch off other planners? Now to ebay I go....
Check out the Jones Center - its free - large indoor pool and ice skating - good fun. http://www.thejonescenter.org/recreation/
I'd like to help. Could you give us an idea what you had in mind? shopping? drinking? riding? unprotected sex with a goat loving tranny?
Glad to hear Rocky's doing as well as can be expected. Big Thanks to all for the gps tracks and inside info. We had breakfast at Huntsville this moring about 8am, didn't have Doc's # handy and didn't want to bug Charlie after standing him and Toyman up at Ozone. I got to meet Ozarkrider and the Mrs saturday, kept getting deja vu until we introduced ourselves. Oleary came in Oark store just as we were leaving, so after he finished his pie led us on a twenty something mile ride to Catalpa.
Mine looked like that at 1800 miles, and got so slick on wet roads I took it off at about 2300 miles... the front lasted 7000 miles
Actually, the ZUMO's do not recalculate the route. When the 550 came out so many of us made such a fuss about it Garmin released a patch that stops the recalc. So as long as the mapsets on your ZUMO and PC match you're golden and the route you create is the route you see in the unit. The newer ZUMO's also have the feature, but Garmin in their infinite wisdom REFUSES to do the same for other units. Apparently they seem find no reason to allow you to create a route and navigate it exactly the way YOU want to.
Meh, the ZUMO is one of the best units Garmin's ever built. I don't use it on the dirt bikes much but I wouldn't use any other unit on a street bike.
Tinks, Call Scotty at Turpentine Creek, they have "Treehouse" motel rooms out there and you can sleep with the wildlife roaming below you. I will pm his number to you.