Anyone found one?
Do they also make one for the periscope you'd need to look over it?I think a RAM makes a mount for a 50" Plasma TV that should look great on the 250![]()
Wynne did you hear the great news?Do they also make one for the periscope you'd need to look over it?![]()
Wynne did you hear the great news?
RAM now makes a new mount for a second cylinder on the 250R! Now it will really be a fast bike.
And..... if you act now they willl throw in a set of Bose sorround sound speakers with a rear view camera as a bonus.![]()
Click here for my iPhone 4 mount...in the thread you ll find links to the stuff u wantAnyone found one?
Since I have an iPad, but don't have a GPS, I may want to have the f******g thing with me when I ride. However, USING it while in motion would seem to me to be pretty dangerous (so would using a GPS, for that matter). Being able to view it conveniently when stopped, though, seems pretty practical to me and I'd rather not have to dig through a bag and pull it out every time I need to check the map.An I-Pad?!?!?!
Leave the f*****g thing at home and ride your motorcycle. Sheesh!
I am so with you on that. Though I usually just carry a smartphone on trips (freelancers do have fetters) I only look at it when I stop for the night and in the morning before I take off. It's great to be out there, and it's great to actually connect with people randomly (at least we think so, who knows what governs these unencumbered encounters!). I sometimes bring a thermos so I can have a hot tea, but I love dropping into all the funky little roadside stalls ("warung") in Indonesia and chatting with locals. You learn so much about where you are! At one stall I had a long chat with local highway patrol about their jobs, road conditions, people in their jurisdiction. One old lady running a rice stall, after I had finished eating and was putting my jacket on said to me "Ride carefully son!" I almost pissed myself laughing (I am 57 years old, and it has been DECADES since anyone called me son!!!). So sweet. BUt then again I could have been tweeting or facebooking instead....OK, I guess I was being rude, sorry about that.
Here's my point -
With electronics you can know exactly where you are and stay connected to everything and everybody. But for me the whole point of going for a ride is to get disconnected and, with any luck, get lost.
I once stopped to ask directions from a farmer out ploughing on his tractor. He was an old guy who used to race flat-track Harleys, and his father had raced an Indian on board tracks. We had a great chat for half an hour. That never would have happened if I had had a GPS or a smartphone.
I carry a simple cell phone and a map.
But to each his own.
I'm new to the sport. I don't know if I'll use a paper map or an electronic one. I do know that I, like you, want to be disconnected from the "real world" when I ride. However, this is what I tell my golf buddies when they see me checking email on the golf course: "If I didn't check my email and voicemail while golfing, I wouldn't be able to be here on a Wednesday in the first place" As much as I want to be disconnected when on a ride, I know that technology will let me take a ride when I probably should be in my office. It will also help me know where the hell I'm going (I hope).OK, I guess I was being rude, sorry about that.
Here's my point -
With electronics you can know exactly where you are and stay connected to everything and everybody. But for me the whole point of going for a ride is to get disconnected and, with any luck, get lost.
I once stopped to ask directions from a farmer out ploughing on his tractor. He was an old guy who used to race flat-track Harleys, and his father had raced an Indian on board tracks. We had a great chat for half an hour. That never would have happened if I had had a GPS or a smartphone.
I carry a simple cell phone and a map.
But to each his own.
Can't argue with that.I know that technology will let me take a ride when I probably should be in my office.![]()
I am a farmer who was out riding one day and some guy flagged me down to ask for directions. He wanted to talk for a half an hour about how he used to race and do other bike related stuff. I had places to be and things to do and that would never have happened if he had a gps or smartphone.I once stopped to ask directions from a farmer out ploughing on his tractor. He was an old guy who used to race flat-track Harleys, and his father had raced an Indian on board tracks. We had a great chat for half an hour. That never would have happened if I had had a GPS or a smartphone.
Maybe we should clarify your title says iPad, that's quite large for the handle bars. Only place I could think of mounting it would be under the windscreen over the gauges. Now I think there are mounts for iPod touch and iPhones. Unless like the previous post suggested if your planning on playing angry birds I might recommend something also like the arm band I use for my phone that I use for running and riding.
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If you want to view your phone for navigation etc, something like this tank bag has a nice viewing window.
MotoCentric Smart Space Tank Bag - Motorcycle Tank Bags
If you really want to mount it I found this on the web.
RAM Mounting Systems, Inc.
I think your best bet would be to use the tank bag anyway, one with a larger clear plastic window to keep it out of the elements.
Forgot to mention don't you think iPad is OVERKILL. I mean you can't watch movies from netflix and stay safe. Yours eyes should be up not down. I would recommend if its for navigation get yourself an iPhone with the same functionality and smaller lighter. Save your iPad for home viewing.
I am a farmer who was out riding one day and some guy flagged me down to ask for directions. He wanted to talk for a half an hour about how he used to race and do other bike related stuff. I had places to be and things to do and that would never have happened if he had a gps or smartphone.
The facts are true but the intent is less than serious![]()