Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts

Thursday, July 21, 2011

GPS Accessories - Where to Find Affordable Motorcycle GPS Mounts


If you plan to do any traveling on your motorcycle, you will undoubtedly want to purchase a GPS unit. GPS (Global Positioning System) is a navigation technology that provides precise time and location data by using 24 NAVSTAR satellites. GPS units have become an important electronic device for just about anyone on the road today. Even motorcycle riders have started to see the benefits of having a GPS unit attached to their bike. Whether you are cruising around the city or taking a drive across your state, a GPS motorcycle mount is a handy accessory.

You will need to find a GPS mount that works with your bike if you want to attach your GPS to your motorcycle. There are many places where you can find these types of mounts. Depending on the type of GPS you own, try visiting the website of the manufacturer of your GPS. Both TomTom and Garmin are GPS manufacturers that have websites where you can easily find a GPS motorcycle mount that will work.

If you are like the majority of people, you will want a good deal on a GPS motorcycle mount. There is no better place to find affordable motorcycle mounts than eBay. Many people think that eBay is a place where people sell only used goods, but this is simply not the case. You can find both new and used motorcycle GPS mounts on eBay that will work with your specific GPS model. Because eBay offers sellers a cheap place to sell their goods, you can always find affordable GPS mounts. For buyers, you are protected by eBay's buyer protection program, which helps buyers and sellers resolve transaction problems. With this added protection, you should feel comfortable with purchasing items on eBay.

Now that you know where to find the perfect GPS motorcycle mount for your bike, it is time to hit the road and explore the world.




Alex McGaw writes about saving money shopping online. For more tips on buying cheap GPS accessories or Motorcycle GPS Mounts, please visit TomTom GPS Deals The TomTomGPSdeals.com website offers you the lowest prices on GPS units, GPS cases, GPS chargers and other accessories. Because of their large selection, TomTom GPS Deals can always offer you the best deals. This site is a great place to start your search for motorcycle GPS mounts.





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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Motorcyle GPS - The Hottest Motorcycle Accessory On The Planet


Do you ride a motorcycle? Get lost sometimes? A Garmin GPS motorcycle navigation system, or perhaps a Tom Tom GPS motorcycle navigation unit, can take the strain out of motorcycle navigation.

But firstly, what is GPS motorcycle navigation, and secondly what can it do for you?

GPS, or Global Positioning System technology, allows a motorbike rider, by the use of multiple satellite signal cross referencing, to pinpoint their exact location on the globe with extraordinary accuracy. This, combined with modern mapping software, means that owners of motorcyle GPS systems can use these technologies to produce the most accurate, easy to use and user friendly navigation system that has ever been available to motorcycle riders, or anyone.

Mount a modern motorcycle GPS system onto your motorbike and you have available a total navigation system. All maps are loaded into the unit, and once you have planned your route and told your GPS where you want it to take you and your bike, your GPS will tell you, both visually and by voice command, exactly how to get there. Modern GPS, such as the Garmin GPS motorcyle system or the Tom Tom Rider GPS units, will plan your route according to predetermined requirements, such as fuel stops, accomodation stops and points of interest. They will show you and tell you every turn you need to make along the way to get there easily.

Like to avoid traffic jams? Modern GPS can also be asked to notify you of real time traffic information. Traffic jam ahead of you? Your motorcycle GPS navigation can let you know and determine the best way around the problem.

And all this can be routed by voice command direct to an earpiece in your helmet via bluetooth technology. No need to take your eyes off the road risking accident by looking at your GPS screen, just allow it to tell you where to go all by itself.

Like to make a hands free phone call along the way? No problem. Perhaps load your motorcycle GPS with a few music files so you can relax and listen on the road? No problem. Want to record your ride for future reference, or to share with your friends? No problem. All this, and lots more, can be done with a modern motorcyle GPS navigator, at a cost of less than $1000. Units such as the Garmin GPS motorcyle navigation systems or the Tomtom GPS units can do all this and lots more.

Garmin GPS navigation systems like the Zumo 450 or it's big brother the Zumo 550 are specifically designed for motorcycle mounting. Vibration resistant and user friendly for easy screen viewing, they have been specifically designed with the motorcyclist in mind.

Or perhaps the Tom Tom Rider GPS navigator. Again, designed specifically for the motorbike rider. Waterproof, sunshield to minimize glare and easy to mount on the handlebars, a Tom Tom will make navigation for your ride a pleasure.

So if you'd like a total navigation solution for a long ride on a cold day, when you don't want to be stopping all the time to consult the map, consider a modern motorcycle GPS like the Garmin GPS motorcycle navigation systems or the Tom Tom Riders. You will never regret it.




For a website totally devoted to Motorcycle GPS visit Peter's Website Hot Motorcycle GPS Deals and find out about Motorcycle GPS as well as Garmin GPS Motorcycle Navigation and more, including Tom Tom Rider navigation systems and motorcycle GPS videos.



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Motorcycle GPS - What is it and Why Would You Want It?


GPS is the new wave of navigating, and motorcycle GPS is no exception. But what exactly is GPS and why would you want it on a motorcycle?

GPS stands for global positioning system. It's a high tech way of saying that it tell you where you are on the globe, and if you've got a motorcycle GPS system it tells you where your motorcycle is.

A GPS, including a motorcycle GPS, works by receiving radio signals from a series of satellites that are positioned in orbit around the globe. By cross referencing these satellite signals your motorcycle GPS unit can work out, to an accuracy of around 6 meters or less, exactly where you are.

In order for your GPS to work you need to be in a location where you can pick up the radio signals from a number of different satellites so that they can be cross referenced. Too few satellites and the accuracy goes down, none, or one, and it's useless.

Early GPS systems, whilst accurate, had limited usefulness for the motorcyclist or car driver because they gave you your position on the globe in latitude and longitude. Whilst it was accurate, it wasn't really user friendly, because you couldn't really use it to plot your position on a map unless you were extremely map savvy and had the resources to do so. However modern motorcycle GPS systems have advanced way beyond this, and the best motorbike GPS units have now become a total motorcycle navigation solution.

The GPS technology has been combined with modern mapping software to eliminate the problem of being given only a latitude and longitude. Now you have a visual display that shows you exactly where you are on the map. So at a glance you can tell where you are.

And where you are wanting to go. Because high quality modern motorbike GPS systems are sufficiently high tech to allow you to rely on them 100% for your complete navigation needs.

So along with a map display showing you where you are you are also able to ask your motorcycle GPS to tell you how to get to where you want to go. It will do this with extraordinary accuracy, and will do so with both visual map pointers and voice prompts via bluetooth technology direct to your motorcycle helmet.

A good GPS motorcycle unit will come preloaded with a massive number of maps, and so you can navigate your way right across the country with the maps supplied. It should also have points of interest loaded as well, so that you can ask it to tell you the nearest fuel stop, motel or food stop.

And a dedicated motorcycle GPS unit should come with a properly designed handlebar mount so that you can mount it right there in front of you on the handlebars. However you shouldn't need to look at it regularly, this isn't safe, it should tell you direct to your helmet when you need to turn right or left.

It will also be able, if you have the correct subscriptions, to tell you when there is a traffic problem up ahead, and also tell you how to navigate your way around it. So by relying on your GPS navigator you should save both time, fuel and frustrations.

And make phone calls or listen to music along the way too if you wish.

A modern motorcycle GPS unit is one of the best tools a motorcyclist can have if he or she likes long rides. It does away with the need to carry, and consult, maps, and makes navigating a breeze.

And then at the end of the day you can download your ride and store it to recreate in the future. Or share it with your friends.




For a website totally dedicated to motorcycle gps visit Peter's Website Motorcycle GPS Deals and find out about Garmin motorcycle gps and more, including motorcycle gps mounts.



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Motorcycle GPS Anywhere - Go Places You've Never Been Before, Like Mongolia


I've written before about the advantages of having a good motorcycle GPS unit mounted on the handlebars of your motorcycle. Motorcycle GPS navigation technology has revolutionized modern navigation systems, and that includes motorcycle navigation.

Navigation has always been a problem for the traveler. In the past navigation for motorcyclists wasn't easy. Maps weren't accurate, and even if they were weren't easy to follow, and even if they were then it wasn't easy to do when you're riding. And it's raining. And it's windy. And so on. Navigation on a motorcycle could be a pain.

So the advent of motorcycle GPS, well GPS in general, was a revolution in navigation for the average motorcyclist. And walker, and car driver and so on.

GPS itself wasn't the only technology that achieved this, GPS alone isn't such a great navigation tool for the average person. For the army maybe, but not for your average motorcyclist. Because GPS on it's own just gives you a latitude and a longitude. And having a latitude and a longitude isn't all that user friendly unless you have a great map and know exactly how to use the information.

However modern technology has come to the rescue and made huge gains with adding more functional technology to GPS technology to make a GPS navigation system much more user friendly.

The big breakthrough was modern digital mapping software combined with GPS technology. A good motorcycle GPS unit now tells you exactly where you are and where you're going, and exactly how to get there, all on a map that anyone can read. And it will tell you how to get there with voice prompts along the way if you're a motorcycle rider who doesn't want to look down at a critical time. It all goes straight to your helmet.

OK, so motorcyclists can rely on a good motorbike GPS unit to get themselves around the US right? But what about elsewhere. Will it work in, say, Australia if you want to ride around Australia? How about New Zealand? How about..........

Mongolia?

Mongolia? Surely motorbike GPS units can't work in an out of the way place like Mongolia? After all, have they even heard of technology in Mongolia? Let alone GPS technology.

So I was very interested to watch a video today about motorcycle navigation by GPS in China and .... inner Mongolia. Yes it works. You CAN navigate in Mongolia by use of good modern GPS technology. And in the video they tell you about how they do it. I was so stunned by the video that I put a copy of it on my website.

Believe me, this is a major advantage for anyone wanting to do a remote motorcycle trip. I say believe me because I've lived in China. It's madness on the roads, there's no road signs you can read, there's no maps you can read, and I wouldn't have even tried to ride anywhere without some way of finding my way around.

Now good motorcycle GPS can get you around, almost to the yard.

So yes, motorcycle GPS works a treat, in the US, but if you don't have one you can still get around fine. But it is an essential tool in places like China, and inner Mongolia. In fact I'd say if you're going to ride through places like this, don't leave home without your motorcycle GPS system mounted right there on your handlebars.




For a website totally dedicated to motorcycle GPS systems visit Peter's Website Motorcycle GPS Deals and find out about Tom Tom motorcycle gps and more, including motorcycle gps mounts.



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