What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

I'm a bit rubbish with my sense of direction. I run used bike specific garmins on my bikes. Cost around £70 each with the proper charging cradle and wires. They're a bit clunky compared to using a phone but tough, waterproof and repairable. The round one on the xs was cable tied to my Laverda a month ago to Willersey, it took flight and was promptly run over. A new tft screen was £20 delivered. That's when I bought the second kit for the Jota. Free lifetime updates. 350LM & Zumo 346
 

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Jota Rob said:
I'm a bit rubbish with my sense of direction. I run used bike specific garmins on my bikes. Cost around £70 each with the proper charging cradle and wires. They're a bit clunky compared to using a phone but tough, waterproof and repairable. The round one on the xs was cable tied to my Laverda a month ago to Willersey, it took flight and was promptly run over. A new tft screen was £20 delivered. That's when I bought the second kit for the Jota. Free lifetime updates. 350LM & Zumo 346
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You just to slow down Rob and I am sure it will stay on 😉
 
After the nice but slow tour to the mountains at Randuno 2024 in Breganze my friends had no connection with their phones. My Garmin brought us home to Breganze because I had satalite connection.
 
Jo said:
Same here 2.0! I'd also grow up with maps but switched to sat nav devices when they came up (ok, requirement of reading glasses did add to that too) ... ;)

Also leading groups very often on longer trips with no complaints whatsoever. Fond memories of the trip to Breganze last year and lots of others.

In the meantime, my device may also be seen as outdated by smartphone solutions, which incorporate active street / traffic conditions, which a passive device as I use can't. However, I don’t trust smartphones with regard to their vibration resistance (incl. the charging connection). Here they lack some improvements for kind of rough use - before I would imagine to turn to them.

Cheers,
Jo
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Jo said:
Same here 2.0! I'd also grow up with maps but switched to sat nav devices when they came up (ok, requirement of reading glasses did add to that too) ... ;)

Also leading groups very often on longer trips with no complaints whatsoever. Fond memories of the trip to Breganze last year and lots of others.

In the meantime, my device may also be seen as outdated by smartphone solutions, which incorporate active street / traffic conditions, which a passive device as I use can't. However, I don’t trust smartphones with regard to their vibration resistance (incl. the charging connection). Here they lack some improvements for kind of rough use - before I would imagine to turn to them.

Cheers,
Jo
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@ Jo "My Laverda pictures" https://flic.kr/s/aHsmaeegjX
What a great album of Laverda photos Jo! I particularly like the one called "Kontemplation" and also the timeless quality of Auberge des Planchas b/w. Very artistic - you have a good eye.
 
RGSPhoenix said:
@ Jo "My Laverda pictures" https://flic.kr/s/aHsmaeegjX
What a great album of Laverda photos Jo! I particularly like the one called "Kontemplation" and also the timeless quality of Auberge des Planchas b/w. Very artistic - you have a good eye.
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Thanks RGSPhoenix! Yes, I've been interested in photography since I was young ...



Laverdalothar said:
I prefer one of the last fotos of the Guzzi with the numberplate SU-XX, which reads in German as "SUCKS"... 😂 😂 😂
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Ha Lothar, the Guzzi with SU-XX ... is actually one of the oldest photos in my album. And it reminds us that we all get older. 😬
My son's (future) mother used to ride that Guzzi motorcycle. And a few years from now, that same son mad me grandpa ... :D
 
Today:
Working on No: 2 , Spaceframe
 

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Otto said:
After the nice but slow tour to the mountains at Randuno 2024 in Breganze my friends had no connection with their phones. My Garmin brought us home to Breganze because I had satalite connection.
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My Garmin took me all over Europe. I had many a day, when based in a small village in Spain, I’d ride all day without it, just exploring and tossing a coin at intersections.

When it was getting late, I’d turn it on and head for my villa. Sometimes 200klms away, others 10klm.

My sense of direction isn’t great. On the way to France another forum member (Tom The Wrecker) rang me to find out where I was. “Beside a big lake” …… eventually he deducted the big lake was actually the Mediterranean!
 
I use a combination. In Canada and many parts of the USA many roads are gravel and a GPS will send you down these....not what I want to do on a street bike.

If I have a certain route that I want to ride that involves multiple roads I still find it easiest to right to write the turns down on paper and put them in my tank bag vs programming the GPS.

Planning a trip in unfamiliar territory I still find it easiest to use a paper map to get the big picture and the detail all in one format without having to continually zoom in and out.

Old age and reading glasses makes all navigation formats a pain in the ass...
especially at high speed.

I still prefer to use a GPS vs having my phone mounted on the bike...good chance I would forget it on the bike when I went somewhere and find it gone when I return.
 
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