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Went for a nice 180 mile Sunday morning ride, down through Amish country

Went for a nice 180 mile Sunday morning ride...
No Amish, but a nice ride nonetheless.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:08 pm Went for a nice 180 mile Sunday morning ride...
No Amish, but a nice ride nonetheless.

...and that's why riding through Amish country on a Sunday morning is so nice.

Rode interstate for about 500 miles to get home.
Its been a fun week.

danh600 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:40 pm Rode interstate for about 500 miles to get home.
Its been a fun week.

That's usually the same thing that I'll do, on the way home from a fun weekend

Ordered real-time reflectives to replace the ones I pulled off the back of the bags. I messed one up, and removed both. Accidentally added (to the cart) reflectives for the moveable vent panels (by my knees), and the relatively new reflectives for the top of the sidecase lids, after seeing those on Greg Rice’s bike.

Hppants wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:11 am

FJRoss wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:50 pm Set of Dunlop Roadsmart 3 yesterday. Fluids and general maintenance last week. Leaving Sunday for a 12 day, almost 5000 mile solo riding/camping trip to Newfoundland.

Absolutely subscribed to this. Newfoundland is planted firmly in my bucket.

Have a great ride!

Not really posting a bunch of detail here but if you are interested in riding Newfoundland, we need to talk or at least exchange some emails. I have been there 5 or 6 times in the last 15 years or so. You would find it a very different experience from any riding vacation you have done. Unique.

Obviously not this year and who knows what the situation will be next year ...

FJRoss, why not post up Newfoundland experiences for all of us?

Thanks

LongRanger wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:07 pm FJRoss, why not post up Newfoundland experiences for all of us?

Thanks

I'll try to put something together in the next few days. I took remarkably few pictures so it will be more narrative than a visual experience. As I mentioned previously, this is just the most recent of several trips...

FJRoss wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 4:53 pm

LongRanger wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:07 pm FJRoss, why not post up Newfoundland experiences for all of us?

Thanks

I'll try to put something together in the next few days. I took remarkably few pictures so it will be more narrative than a visual experience. As I mentioned previously, this is just the most recent of several trips...

Do you have pictures from several trips?

Got a package today from Palm Dr. In there was a new to me cradle and a new to me 550 Garmin with added maps. I bought some of that as a package a little while ago on ADVRIDER. My purchase also included a nice touratec locking cradle.

When the original purchase got to me, I found out the cradle was not charging, and the 550 didn’t have a full map set on it for all of North America. I sent those and cradle that was going bad. I got all of it fixed up for 150 bucks.

I used to have to swap the 550 back and forth between my different bikes and also never had a backup cradle. Now I have 3 total cradles and 2 working great 550s.

Mounted them both up today and will see how they perform. The new to me 550 has a BMW splash screen. Gotta be worth at least $100 dollars more now.

I think I have about $400 invested. Should be good for a while.

You can change the splash screen to any picture in your arsenal. Now do preventative maintenance on the cradles... a couple of times a year work in contact cleaner on those pins (power off or with a non-conductive popsicle or plastic stick). Clean contacts on the Zumo with a white pencil eraser.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:35 pm You can change the splash screen to any picture in your arsenal. Now do preventative maintenance on the cradles... a couple of times a year work in contact cleaner on those pins (power off or with a non-conductive popsicle or plastic stick). Clean contacts on the Zumo with a white pencil eraser.

Ray is right on the money.
A can of spray fixed my malfunctioning GPS.

Saw an FJR pulled by a Fauquier county cop this week. Thought of El Toro Joe's ticket, "f@$k you county".

Cav47 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:32 pm Got a package today from Palm Dr. In there was a new to me cradle and a new to me 550 Garmin with added maps. I bought some of that as a package a little while ago on ADVRIDER. My purchase also included a nice touratec locking cradle.

When the original purchase got to me, I found out the cradle was not charging, and the 550 didn’t have a full map set on it for all of North America. I sent those and cradle that was going bad. I got all of it fixed up for 150 bucks.

I used to have to swap the 550 back and forth between my different bikes and also never had a backup cradle. Now I have 3 total cradles and 2 working great 550s.

Mounted them both up today and will see how they perform. The new to me 550 has a BMW splash screen. Gotta be worth at least $100 dollars more now.

I think I have about $400 invested. Should be good for a while.

I get it Josh butt....AAA with free maps included. Isn't getting lost half the fun?

danh600 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:46 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:35 pm You can change the splash screen to any picture in your arsenal. Now do preventative maintenance on the cradles... a couple of times a year work in contact cleaner on those pins (power off or with a non-conductive popsicle or plastic stick). Clean contacts on the Zumo with a white pencil eraser.

Ray is right on the money.
A can of spray fixed my malfunctioning GPS.

Mine had internal cradle problems. Water intrusion and here is the details from them

Cradle #1 - Main ribbon cable, epoxy repair; $65
Cradle #2 - circuit board damage, main ribbon cable jumped; $55
Zumo 69686 - base maps and 4GB SD card with maps; $30

I always use some contact cleaner and an old toothbrush on the pins and Zumo plates.


Bug, I don’t mind getting lost, it’s the finding a way back without walking I dread.

Need to figure out if there are any differences in my 2 separate Zumos. Would one of them be better for dirt or pavement. I wonder if one of them has more detail that would be better for off road. The FJR unit wont need obscure trails. The KLX found some tiny dotted and dashed lines down in Kentucky just fine and identified them as public roads. I don’t need that on the FJR unit.

Anyone know how to tell of those differences exist from unit to unit?

Changed the front tire [well ~G did]; engine oil filter, crush washer; shaft drive oil, crusher washer; cleaned the damn tar off the front fender; cleaned and lubed a whole bunch of stuff.
Should be ready to go see the big guy in Lapine.

Should be no differences unit to unit. Depends on the map set you loaded.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:39 am Should be no differences unit to unit. Depends on the map set you loaded.

Level of detail displayed may also depend upon your settings on the Zumo - on my 765, it is under Map, Detail.

September means new sneakers. Brake pads were thin, so there's a fresh set of EBC pads installed now as well.

Tomorrow I'll make the electrical connection for my Ram Mount wireless charging cradle more permanent by connecting it to my front power strip.

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