GPS

27 Nov

The new BMW F800GS Adventure has this real nice windshield and bar it's mounted to that allows you to attach your GPS, all Dakar-style! Specifically it's to fit the BMW GPS and plug right into the factory GPS plug...

22 Jul

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26 Mar

After my last 3-day ride with BigDog in Dec. '12,  there's two thing I knew I had to add to my WR250R before 2013 riding season...

20 Jan

Lately, I've been working in Mapsource quite a bit which has led me to standardize the way I route my trips. Here's just a few things I do that make it easier when I'm working in Mapsource and once I'm on the road looking at...

11 May

UPDATE: See below on how to install Mapsource without the CD or DVD. UPDATE: See below if you need to copy from Windows 7 to Windows 7.  These steps worked without a flaw for me this time! Installing Mapsource on two computers. Windows XP to Windows 7 So...

17 Mar

UPDATE: Since this post I have been using WinGDB3 instead of GPSBabel.  Not to say GPSBabel doesn't work, I just find WinGDB3 to be a better utility. I needed to convert a bunch of Garmin GPS routes to tracks so I found this little free tool called...