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    '02 VFR

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  1. sailcycle

    Brake Lines

    Galfer Rotors and SS Lines
  2. Here's a tri-fold my group came up with back in 2004. We need to revisit it once in a while, I think. Print it in landscape mode, fitting it all on 1 page. It will fold up nicely in a tank bag.
  3. I had this same problem. I called the very helpful folks at Garmin, who determined that the Mapsource program on the Zumo itself (not what was loaded onto the PC) had been corrupted. They sent me a copy of the Zumo Mapsource, which I re-installed following their directions. This cured my unlocking problem and all has been well ever since.
  4. Though certainly not a Zumo expert (yet), I thought I'd share the experience I've had planning for my 4-day trip to Vermont this summer. Playing with the Zumo and MapSource is also the best way to learn how they act and interact and has been a fun way to pass PMS season. I'd also rather learn the nuances now than wait until I'm on the App Gap. :joystick: My first bit of advice is to read through this entire thread and capitalize on the experience BonusVFR and others share. If you don't own a Zumo, you probably will before you get to the end of page 3. I would also recommend joining Zumo Forums although you'll be hanging out with a lot of Hardleys, BMW Dweebs and Wingers. Not that there's anything wrong with that. :unsure: Our current Tourmaster is a wiz at planning routes with paper and pen, but he has a poor sense of time. His 3:30 lunches and after-dark finishes are the stuff of legends. My new Zumo will not replace his great routes, but it will certainly act to keep him honest. :warranty: I used MapSource to plot 4 1-day routes for our Vermont trip, based upon the primitive list of turns The Tourmaster provided us in Word Perfect. Ugh. To map the general route, I loaded about 10 Waypoints (flagged and announced) for each day, then let MapSource do its thing. Then I forced the route down specific tasty bits by dragging the route to Map Intersections (Viapoints that are not flagged or announced). I then deleted the Waypoints that were no longer needed, leaving me with only the Start, Lunch and Finish Waypoints and a bunch of Map Intersections (PONIs). Once I was happy with the MapSource route, I downloaded it to my Zumo to let it churn. Several of my Viapoints got flagged on the Zumo, so I renamed the Zumo-generated route and transferred it back into Map Source to compare with the original. Looking at the list of Viapoints, it was clear that some of them were either Points of Interest or Street Addresses, causing the Zumo to treat them as Waypoints. I simply re-positioned them to an intersection and all was well. All in all, I probably transferred each route back and forth between MapSource and the Zumo 3-4 times until they were perfect. I suspect I'll get better over time, but I probably only spent an hour or two on each day's 300-mile route. Plus it was fun. My final steps were to fantasize about the trip by transferring it to Google Earth (not as much snow there) and to e-mail the MapSource file to a friend who also has a Zumo. I also plotted one of my favorite local 75-mile loops and experimented with it while bouncing around in my stiff, old truck. I added a gas-stop Waypoint along the way, just to see how it reacted. I then went off-course a few times to test things out. I did get a few odd U-Turn voice commands, but I barreled through them with no apparant damage. One thing I would like to see on the Zumo is a way to reduce the number of alerts. After you take a turn, Jill kindly tells you what your next turn will be. As you get within striking distance, you get her early warning announcement. When you finally reach the turn, she tells you where to go. That's 3 announcements per turn. I would like more control over Jill (I've been married for 29 years, so I'm not holding my breath) and decide whether I want her to badger me once, twice or three times per turn. :salesman: All in all, this has been a great purchase and I believe it will add another dimension to our group rides. :thumbsup:
  5. Well, after spending several idle days reading through this entire post and also scanning the Zumo forum, I was sold. As several of you have entrusted your cash to PC Nation, I went in that same direction. There are somewhat cheaper prices out there, but I didn't want to get something that had crumbs from a sandwich in their "sealed" box. Although we are not big tourers, my little group does do a 3-day trip to Vermont every year, in addition to a bunch of 1-day rides in Maine and New Hampshire. Our planning is controlled by an evil being that we call The Tourmaster. While his routes are generally quite good, he has absolutely no appreciation of time or distance. Lunch is always just "45 minutes away", even if we later discover that we are 200 miles from our dining destination. We never even have a route map to share, just a Word Perfect file (which no one can open) listing the general route. I actually converted a day-1 route that he provided into Map Point 2007 and discovered that it was 474 miles long. Since getting this group moving is akin to herding cats, I immediately trimmed it down to 300 miles....and even that became a challenge to actually accomplish before dark. We know most of the good roads up here, or at least we think we do. I can foresee recording a track and then seeking out unknown roads to add to the route. I can also see following The Tourmaster on one of his maxi-excursions so that we use the tracked evidence to pummel him as we arrive at our 3:30 lunch. I'd like to thank BonusVFR for all the hard work he did in testing and sharing his Zumo experiences with us. I suspect, however, that he had a good time in doing so. :beer: I'd also like to thank Hispanic Slammer for making this site and the sharing of such valuable information possible. It's been a while since I donated, so I think it's time again. :thumbsup: I can't wait for winter to end, as it's been far more expensive than actual riding season. In addition to the Zumo, self-Santa also provided an Ohlins 46HRCLS that has spent several evenings being lovingly stroked. Now I'm going to have to do something with the front end, so I'll probably make a donation to Race Tech next. Make it stop!!! :idea3: PS: I see that this post is up to 9,969 reads. I wonder if it will experience the same 10k scaling problem that the pre-3.8 Zumos experienced. Let's see if VFRD crashes when this post hits 10k. My apologies if I take you all down.
  6. Hmm. The lady in the red, white and black leathers looks oddly familiar. I believe that the last photo post of this rider had far less gear.
  7. sailcycle

    My Better Half

    It doesn't surprise me that she only went out for one ride with you. Those blue VFRs are way to slow. They are pretty, though!
  8. sailcycle

    deckpic.jpg

    You rat bastard!!!
  9. Congratulations! Enjoy him, because they grow up faster than you can imagine. Signed, Father of Three
  10. sailcycle

    Hotness

    Very nice. I didn't care for the silver when I first saw it in the showroom, but I've come to find them beautiful out in the light. One of your photos clearly shows the reason for being a suave VFR owner!!! I'll let you guess which one.
  11. The photograph does not accurately reflect the moment. You see, this is really one of those slow silver VFRs. But in it's current company, it blushed.
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