Archive for the ‘Electronics’ Category

A fun if chilly week for riding

With such fantastic clear days this week it would of been wrong not to take the covers off the bike and make the most of it. As A result I’ve been commuting the short 50 miles to work  on the bike and really enjoyed every day. Sure, there’s always the usual few road users not [...]

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Navigation & Electronics

My current satnav and comms solutions:

TomTom Bluetooth GPS receiver, Sony Ericsson W960i running TomTom Navigator 6 (with full Western Europe maps) and, the Midland 445BT PMR.

I’ve had the GPS receiver and the W960i for some time so decided to keep them as my backup satnav solution. Both the GPS receiver and the W960i fit easily [...]

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Powerlet Socket

 

In prep for the trip in May, I’ve purchased one of the powerlet cigarette socket kits for the VStrom (via www.buybits.com) so that I have some way of charging up my satnav and iPhone on the go.
Although these types of sockets have a tendency to suffer from vibration on the bike (whereas the Powerlet style [...]

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