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| Posted: Sun Jun 28th, 2009 01:15 am | 1st Post |
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Being absolutely spoiled with current Honda technology and this may be a selfish or isolated issue but I have a difficult time seeing my factory Navi GPS screen during day time riding. I find myself leaning down and having to put a lot of effort into seeing the display due to glare. Could this be just me due to regressing eyesight or the fact that I wear polarized eye-ware? Regardless I find this option to be not so user friendly during daylight operations but an overall wonderful and useful option. It may also possibly be that this could be corrected with a mini sun shield that could be extended or swiveled over the display unit? Or perhaps future generation Honda options could be a windshield with heads-up display and/or a Honda engineered helmet that would incorporate all existing sound systems including Bluetooth and a heads-up display? (But then there are liability issues that may prohibit and limit these options?) Or perhaps this may be an opportunity for after market enhancements? In any event this is just my thoughts and by no means does this glare issue hamper my overall wonderful Goldwing experience.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28th, 2009 02:26 pm | 2nd Post |
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try checking the day time dimmer setting it may be to low set it to max and see if that helps
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28th, 2009 03:16 pm | 3rd Post |
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james b wrote: try checking the day time dimmer setting it may be to low set it to max and see if that helps Thanks james b and I have tried the dimmer without success. It could be the glare from my bald head is just to intense... 
____________________ Currently and original owner of: 2008 GL1800 2004 Victory Kingpin Custom 1997 Valkyrie Tourer |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 02:24 pm | 4th Post |
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Bikefix wrote: I find myself leaning down and having to put a lot of effort into seeing the display due to glare. Could this be just me due to regressing eyesight or the fact that I wear polarized eye-ware? Bikefix, Polarized eyewear, while very effective at reducing glare, does make reading any LCD or TFT displays very difficult. I notice it when I try to read my smartphone or my TOM TOM during the day when wearing my polarized lenses.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 11:06 pm | 5th Post |
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JIMBO83 wrote: Bikefix wrote:I find myself leaning down and having to put a lot of effort into seeing the display due to glare. Could this be just me due to regressing eyesight or the fact that I wear polarized eye-ware? Bingo! and Confirmed. Thank all for the feedback!
____________________ Currently and original owner of: 2008 GL1800 2004 Victory Kingpin Custom 1997 Valkyrie Tourer |
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