Hi again

I have a Garmin 500 GPS etc to record rides on my pushy. Garmin also have a site (Garmin Connect) where you can plan rides etc. I've tried to use it to plan rides for the HD but it locks you out of roads where pushbikes aren't permitted (like Sunshine Motorway).Does anyone know of a mapping programme or such that will allow the planning of a ride without restrictions to roads and motorways?

See a screenshot of Garmin Connect below...

Just get a new GPS crookednees, ya tight arse. Lol

Answer is i don't know sorry.

does the Garmin settings change from bicycle to other modes?

I use Google maps

Hey Crookneez,On the wall in my Garage, I have a Malvern Star Sir Hubert Opperman Special Edition Reynolds 708 Frame With a Campy Super Record Group Set, Mavic GP4's rims and Conti Sewups plus an Original Concor/Rolls saddle.
If your into bicycles.Other bike is exactly the same bike as the Kelme Team used in the 1994 Tour.

Just use a map app on your phone

Baring an emergency , Do you actually need any of that shit at all , I don't even have a mobile phone to take riding ?

I was a 400 k a week man in Sydney back in the day.
Just that you sounded as that you had been riding for a long time and maybe racing back in the day as well.
No biggie, just thought I'd throw it at you mate

I don't believe what i'm fucking reading here are you mob saying that you don't know where any place fuckin is without taking some stupid fuck electronic device to tell you where you have to go, and you crookneez your old enough to remember what a map is and your into this shit, have a look at a map the day before you set out, get a general idea where it is your going, then fold the map up put it in a fuckin draw and the next day go to where ever the fuck you want to go, get on your bike and ride, you people are taking the adventure out of the ride, remember it's the ride not the destination, and like scottie said leave your other shit at home, I don't think some you know what it really is all about.                      Just get out there and RIDE.         

Bahl , you don,t need a map down there do ya ? Just turn right , then turn right , then turn right , then turn right ..... Tell me to get fucked anytime you like

+ 1 Tim. Poppa smurf is getting cranky again, he must of ran out of turkey.
Nothing wrong with planning your ride if there is a group going, so you can inform them of the distances, fuel stops etc.
But when i'm by myself i just go for it. Finding new roads that i haven't been on before is a heap of fun!

I use an iPhone app called MotionX GPS. Damn good for planning and recording.

try motowhere. sign up, it's free, and you can plan your rides and/or see what other riders have done.

At home I use google map, throw in a few destinations, check distances for fuel stops. Then I use the street view to check that it is a bitumen road, or how much dirt there is between the black stuff. Add in an hour for lunch/pub stop and another half hour for a fuel stop if required. I used to sell and deliver sheds for a living so I know a lot of the local goat tracks already. Local knowledge is a bonus.

Gotta say , each to their own hey , I rather enjoyed ya 'Bird induced effort Bahl and also share ya frustration some what ?
Seems the stripped back rawness and adventure of the ride and journey is eroded more everyday along with our individual freedoms as Australians , again each to their own , I don't mind the interesting banter , online catching up or the heads'up a pre trip browsing session of previously un chartered territories can bring but fighter pilot type helmets with all the built in distractions of mod cons and on board entertainment , GPS satellite trip plotters or trackers for me blurs the 'leaving it all behind aspect of just getting out there , you your motorcycle the road and the elements tossed up , the real sense of the adventure , the peace and serenity one feels with nothing but the sound of the road and the note emitting from ya donk !
What prompted me to ask if it was 'at all needed was a recent trip to Toowoomba from Sydney and back noticing a pillion wife of another rider playing a game on her iPhone the entire way , apart from her demanding a smoke break seemingly every 1.5 - 2hrs it was head down into this obviously addictive game ?
Between watching the speedo and varying speed limits with a camera seemingly planted on every second corner , the last thing I reckon I need is the distraction of anymore gadgets of convenience , I enjoy the missus coming along for the ride even if she does sometimes 'doze off , but if she ever resorted to playing mobile phones whilst on the back it would probably be the last time it happened .
Cheers , Bird Up !

Agreed. It wasn't that long ago that clocks weren't even on bikes for that very reason.

On another note, my partner use to doze off if she had a sissy bar to rest against. I found it really un nerving - if she rolled one way or the other in her sleep it could have spelled trouble. No worries now though as she won't ride with me since we've had kids due to paranoia of us both dying in a bike accident leaving the kids parent less

Ask a Policeman ,

Seriously though ,,Scotti,Ithink your correct, i won't knock anyone for what they do ,or how they do it , but timeframes and schedules seem more important to more and more riders. Suppose thats why i ride on my own most of the time, I've tried runs with this club that club ect ,  but the hanging around ,  trying to decide which way , how fast, how slow ,  where to stop for cake , , wheres the next stop for coffee , just is'nt my cup of tea .

For me its simple,  stop when my arse is sore, and the shoulders are stiff ,  stop at the next servo or town  if i feel thirsty or hungry and move on , if others are not ready fine carry on i'll catch up . .

Couple of months ago i told the missis i was going to ride to Perth, I set off , she rang me that night , asked if i was on the nullabor yet , told her Naw  not gonna happen i'm in melbourne , like i said to her   i stopped for petrol  , it was cloudy in the west and sunny in the east , Think i'll go to Mildura tomorow , when she rang , i told her where i was.. Tathra , why there she asked , cos this is where i had a heart attack last March  walking up the hill , so i wanted to see if i could run up it now,  7 months after  a triple by pass .

Did you do it she asked later ,, Naw ,  met some good guys in the pub , got pissed  and was too seedy to do it next day , so its  a good excuse to go back . all in all done some 8000 klm and did'nt have a plan .

 Told her to get her stuff ready for the 7-8-9-or 10th , of November cos were gonna jump in the car and drive for a month ,, where we going she keeps asking , fucked if i know i keep telling her , i can't even decide what day, we go .

I think with too many bike riders its all about  leaving and arriving on mass , and they forget the adventure inbetween .

Yeah hearin' that fatbat , shits me right off , but Thais don't seem to gauge the danger of it no matter how often they're told and seem comfortable doing most things whilst on a bike regardless of any danger , they're born on em and seem resigned to the fact that dying on one is acceptable , as long as it's together , even if it was caused by them snoozin' on the job , quite possible due to some Buddhist belief of having 7 lives or some thing silly , bit of a worry considering the first time I found her nappin' was whilst hookin in up the Bells Line Of Road , thinking gee the roadie is handling a bit odd through the twisties today before spotting her in me right mirror flapping around in the breeze as I was tuckin midway into a left hand sweeper , farkin'ell women ?
Been tellin her for years she'll bring us undone one day , on the topic of gadgets , I was considering installing one of them vibrating buttons or maybe a cattle prod inside the pillion seat , give it a tap before the twistie bits , may just save our day , or make hers hey !
Must get boring after a while as a pillion or something , first thing she said on seeing me bro in laws ultra was Ooooo Karaoke ?
Yeah much the same boxa , hope all is well for ya , enjoy ya trip , if it's any consolation I probably wouldn't make it up that hill either hey , Cheers

My dear old mother rest her soul , she turned her toes up about 5 years ago , anyway she had a stroke , about 20 years ago , real serious one , in a wheel chair could'nt talk , all that ,, Anyway she got has good has she was ever gonna get, or ever did , got her speech back , but no control over her left arm and left leg .

Whenever they came over she used to bug me and bug me to take her for a ride ,, never been on a harley or any bike , i want to before i die , the old man would say , don't be stupid you'll fall off you can't move , Well one day, just me and her there , i just said fack it , if you really want too lets go , so i put the backrest on and tied her too it .

My missis the old man , brothers , sisters the lot went facking spare , but we just told them, shut the fack up she loved it , , funny has fuck looking back on the looks we got , her tied on the back with rope and occy straps . we done around 150 klm

Can just imagine how free it made her feel mate , great memory to hold onto hey , I might resort to occy strappin the missus down if she persists in noddin'off on the hog , my ol'man also been gone 5yrs this year , he used to reckon we were 'Bloody Mad , though he still couldn't help but admire the ol'Heritage !
The missus when in her homeland has her own bike and its common when doubling with the kids on the back to tie a long sleeve jumper around the kid and ties it around her waist as 9 times outa ten they fall asleep on the bike too , don't know why , slower speeds must just 'peace them out .
Cheers

Cheers Boxa, like I always say just RIDE and you'll enjoy it.