Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Happy Birthday Roadworthy Dave!

Hope you have a great day!

happiehappie berfday to ya sir !

Another one Happy Birthday Dave

Happy birthday Sir!!

Happy Birthday Dave!

Here's to ya, Dave!

(...and have yourself a great birthday!)

Happy belated Birthday, Dave!! I hope you didn't have to do any of that honey-do sh#*t on your day.

Happy birthday wish you many more.

Happy Birthday Dave! What was the '70s saying,"Keep on keeping on"!

thanks everyone! no time for me to ride today, I have to finish an online 30 hour OSHA class before the end of the month... I'm almost halfway there

Happy Birthday Dave!

Happy Birthday Dave!!

Happy birthday brother

Happy Birthday, Dave!!

Happy belated Birthday Dave! OSHA? grrrr

thanks again guys!

Happy Birthday Dave. Hope you had a fine day. All the best!

Happy Birthday old man!!!

+1!

Thank you all very much! I got a Garmin Zumo 660 for my birthday, and I need to figure out how to use this thing, anyone have some Zumo advice? I'm sure they are all similar regardless of model number, but what all can they do? I did not get the satellite radio option

Brilliant devices. I have a 450.

Route avoidances.
Navigation on the fly.
Choose a destination then add waypoints
Export places from your computer to the zumo.

Create routes in Google maps then export them to a GPX file. Recently the only browser allowing for map conversions using gmaptogpx is Pale Moon.
Caveat: the conversion needs to be fine tuned using Garmin's software, MapSource. Erroneous or redundant waypoints, etc. Not critical but it makes following your route much simpler. ALSO when using google maps do not create any waypoints other than beginning and ending. the conversion utility will treat each two waypoints as a separate route. Thus three waypoints are now two routes. You can drag and drop the route without making the 'bubble marker' a waypoint.

Tips:
Keep saved routes on the sim card NOT loaded on the zumo as routes you can choose from. Too much overhead. You would 'import' whatever route you want so it can be available for selection. Also, keeps routes around 500 miles each. Routes much larger than that tax the computing capabilities of the zumo and cause a SLOW recalculation when you request one or take a wrong turn.

For YEARS I've made routes for my travels. Chy, Greg and Mike always remind me these days to make sure I avoid routes that have dirt roads, and to ensure pavement has painted lines. Okay. Most anymore I ride and navigate on the fly. Favorite options are
1. Avoid Interstates
2. Faster time
3. Avoid Toll Roads

Now choose your destination and go!
While reviewing the route zumo has chosen, take a gander at map of it and if you see a windy rural road, 'touch it' (while the route is active) and select "add as waypoint" .

I ride on the fly due to a MAJOR history of saved 'favorites', that, and a large inventory on my sim card of routes I created. All those places that I took a breather at, all over the country, are saved as favorites. When riding near those places they appear on the zumo screen. The favorites could be a cool road, etc. Stopping in a wood for a snack and drink is way better than any stuffy gas station or other concrete jungle.

For example, when riding up to Dahlonega this coming May 10'ish, I'll want to swing by Columbia SC and try to roust a certain english yankee. So I'll select his house and roll. Along the way I'll see all the spots I took a rest at, or stopped to eat something and have some water. So setting Greg's house as a destination will create a route. Then your use zumo and search along your route for favorites. Brilliant function of the zumo.

Dave, I'm just scratching the surface of the varied uses, ways to use the zumo. Heck yours is light years ahead of mine. I've run an audio cable under the tank so I can listen to music from the 450. Yours has Bluetooth most likely. The sim card holds the music btw.

Another brilliant use of the zumo is to find lodging, gas station, restaurants, etc...

Say you are traveling in an area sparsely populated or an area you unfamiliar with. Thus not many gas stations or you don't know if there are any or where they be. You have no route loaded as you know where your destination is and how to get there on non slabs. But you need gas. Or you want to grab a cup of java and a doughnut. If you search your zumo for gas stations of doughnut shops, you will be presented options AROUND your present location. However, if you create a route to your destination, you can then ask zumo to show you those choices ALONG your route. Once you have found a place you want to stop at, choose it as the destination.

Remember creating a route is a simple as finding a place on the screen and touching it, then selecting 'set as (new) destination'.

Literski says that the zumo is great for freelance riding. Ride wherever with no destination in mind. Explore. Then when you want to get somewhere, like home, select that and the zumo will map you there. Also, you can look for places at anytime. Zumo allows you to see forward (or around you) for restaurants etc...

Happy Trails



P.S.: you can create routes directly on your zumo, with multiple waypoints. Among the choices of route waypoints is 'recently found'. That is a tool invaluable when using the zumo to create AND save routes.

Late getting to this one. Belated Happy B day young man.

Happy Birthday!

Dave, a bit late on Birthday greets here, but I am sure you had a ball....hope the OSHA thing went well & looking forward to seeing you & others at the rally in June.....

thanks again, gentlemen!

Karl, I did indeed finish my 30 hours of OSHA training, with about 2 hours left before the deadline

See you next month!