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I've been having good luck with a PDA and CF card GPS running Routis software. I installed a 12V outlet through the front of the left fairing pocket, the PDA battery doesn't last much more than an hour with the GPS plugged in. I also just slip the thing under the pocket straps, haven't lost it yet. If I ever get off my duff I'll make up and adapter to connect the PDA audio so I can get the voice routing instructions. The thing I like about this set up is that with a 256M SD card I can get the five Western States all stuffed in at one time. If I only load Northern California I can get seven States in. The only down side is the screen washes out in bright sun. Had I the dinero I would probably get a dedicated mapping unit. I also have a handheld Magellan 320, but it doesn't have any mapping capability. Either one is handy for calibrating your speedometer. Speaking of which my 1500 speedo actually reads a bit slow, at an indicated 70mph my GPS and stopwatch both say we're doing 73mph. Good to know since I tend to run 5mph over on the freeway.
I've been having good luck with a PDA and CF card GPS running Routis software. I installed a 12V outlet through the front of the left fairing pocket, the PDA battery doesn't last much more than an hour with the GPS plugged in. I also just slip the thing under the pocket straps, haven't lost it yet. If I ever get off my duff I'll make up and adapter to connect the PDA audio so I can get the voice routing instructions. The thing I like about this set up is that with a 256M SD card I can get the five Western States all stuffed in at one time. If I only load Northern California I can get seven States in. The only down side is the screen washes out in bright sun. Had I the dinero I would probably get a dedicated mapping unit. I also have a handheld Magellan 320, but it doesn't have any mapping capability. Either one is handy for calibrating your speedometer. Speaking of which my 1500 speedo actually reads a bit slow, at an indicated 70mph my GPS and stopwatch both say we're doing 73mph. Good to know since I tend to run 5mph over on the freeway.
