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Posted by Vinnie
- January 26, 2011, 16:49:04 PMI have a Scotty pocket watch in a pouch velcroed between the fork bolts. It works good! I also went to Walmart for my nav system.....Its called a map! And to figure out where you are you just stop the bike, open the map and then figure out where you are and where you wanna go....Although it dont tell me how much the gas is or where the next potty stop or motel is but thats part of the fun riding. Finding new and interesting places!
Thats the purist in me......I dont have heated hand grips or a heated seat and NO radios! My biggest gadget is my windshield.
Posted by topherloaf
- January 12, 2011, 21:18:42 PMI just use a standard wally world digital clock that I epoxied some screws on and put that on my windshield bag and a little digital compass mounted to my handle bars.
Posted by aclone
- January 12, 2011, 19:29:13 PMI have a Garmin nuvi 780. I like it because I can download routes from my computer to the garmin, using the harley ride planner.
Its mounted center of the handle bars and I have an aux power plug mounted on the windsheild bracket. ( the mount for the garmin was bought on ebay for around $7.00).
Posted by pcarrell
- January 12, 2011, 18:53:37 PMI was thinking of adding some stuff too, but I figured I'd try to reduce the load on the system as much as possible first. Figured that converting all the lighting to LED's would help the most. Then I've got more power to play with.
Posted by chief
- January 12, 2011, 18:43:57 PMI like to keep my Drifter pretty much gadget-free... by gadgets I mean mp3 players, gps's, radio equip, intercom, etc.
Don't get me wrong, these things are useful and server their purpose. But on my drifter they look out of place and definitely not "vintage". I do have a Goldwing with every gadget imaginable and they are definitely useful when touring.
That said, I am going to start adding some gadgets, but will be making them... ah... invisible as much as possible. Right now, I use my iTouch... in my pocket, for music. I want to add a GPS... likely a small garmin, and maybe a two-way radio or the like.
The electrical system of the Drifter is NOT the best for gadgets, so controlling what is used and how it is powered would be a serious consideration.
So what gadgets have you added and how do you have them mounted and powered?