Tales from the Emporium

**Transalper** · 14th March 2008, 07:17

Nice one Nordie, now I have been playing with the Legend HCx for a few weeks and am starting to get some idea what this gps thing is about it will be interesting to check your quest out next time we bump into you. Meen while there is a mystery geocache less than a block away I'm off to find.. if I worked out the puzzle correctly

to get the right coordinates.

**Gizzit** · 15th March 2008, 17:40

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

I haven't looked into it but you should be able to.
I know you can on the Legend with it's 8mb memory and the Quest has 112mb.

Hey Nordie, how do you get directions from the unit on the move ? Do you use a pair of earphones, or what ?

Cheers,
Grant.

**NordieBoy** · 15th March 2008, 20:22

Originally Posted by Gizzit

Hey Nordie, how do you get directions from the unit on the move ? Do you use a pair of earphones, or what ?

I look down at it occasionally when I'm getting near an intersection.

Normally I only use it for tracking not routing but in planning rides I can see routing becoming easier with the tools that are out there now.

**tri boy** · 19th March 2008, 20:38

Bloody hell Fran, stop tituing around the new digs, and get back online

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It's been nearly 5 days mate. You getting all domesticatedededed or summit?

**NordieBoy** · 20th March 2008, 08:35

Originally Posted by tri boy

Bloody hell Fran, stop tituing around the new digs, and get back online

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It's been nearly 5 days mate. You getting all domesticatedededed or summit?

Ok, ok, ok...

Got the Quest all mounted...

3mm plastic sheet bolted to the bar clamps.
GPSd mount bolted to the plastic - was going to use alloy but the plastic will give a bit of shock absorbtion and it's more in keeping with my style of doing things - hence the addition of some hotglue and a little bit of insulation tape

**tri boy** · 20th March 2008, 09:21

Nice work.

**talbertnz** · 27th March 2008, 10:47

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Ok, ok, ok...

Got the Quest all mounted...

3mm plastic sheet bolted to the bar clamps.
GPSd mount bolted to the plastic - was going to use alloy but the plastic will give a bit of shock absorbtion and it's more in keeping with my style of doing things - hence the addition of some hotglue and a little bit of insulation tape

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...uct/View/D4117

is that the one you got? doesn't say anything about waterproofness on dse site

**NordieBoy** · 28th March 2008, 18:37

Originally Posted by talbertnz

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...uct/View/D4117

is that the one you got? doesn't say anything about waterproofness on dse site

The Quest is IPX7 - 1m for 30min - Same as the eTrex range.

After going down to Dunnyden and back I like it a lot.

**cooneyr** · 6th April 2008, 22:16

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

The hole should just make it respond quicker off the bottom.
It'll lift to the same levels just get there more quickly.

I'll send you down my stock needle, nylon spacer and extra spacery thing which let my de-snorkeled bike run nicely.
See if they make a difference from your very worn needle/spacer combo?

Still havn't pulled mine apart to see why it's so rich now...

Quoted from here

If it is lifting more quickly then the air velocity though the venturi will decrease hence the vacuum in the venturi will decrease hence it wont pull fuel out of the bowl so well hence it will lean out for a bit. Well that is my thinking anyway. I've got a couple of .5ish mm thick brass washers and I've stuck one between the nylon spacer and needle clip. Haven't had a change to test it like this (nephew was sleeping) but I'm hoping that it will fatten up the middle of the rev range a bit and fix the hiccup. I not keen on modifying any more than this at this stage so if none of this works before the CCA then I'll be putting it all back to stock.

Thanks for the offer of the needle but I'm not sure how well it will work with my bike. I defiantly have a yank model and the main difference is that they have different needles and needle jets. Cant hurt to try though.

Where do you have your pilot jet screw set at. I'm at 1.5 turns at the moment cause that is where it was out when I pulled it out. Seems to be lots of talk about number of turns and not so much about the turning it to see what gives you highest idle and then screw it out 1/4 of a turn (out = richer on a DR650 right) like for the "old school" bikes. Is this just because it is harder to turn the pilot screw with the bike running or ??????

Cheers R

**NordieBoy** · 6th April 2008, 22:32

Same needle and jets stock.

Mixture screw should be out until it's running smoothly.
Out to max revs is far too rich according to mx_rob and his sniffer.
I go out to max revs and back in 1/4 to 1/2 a turn.

**NordieBoy** · 6th April 2008, 22:38

Been playing with MapEdit/cGPSMapper/MapSetToolKit/MapSource and have got a custom Adv mapset on my GPSd

Now to get some of your GPX's on there too Mr CooneyR...

So far all my trails are about 10kb on the GPSd.

**Transalper** · 7th April 2008, 08:17

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Been playing with MapEdit/cGPSMapper/MapSetToolKit/MapSource and have got a custom Adv mapset on my GPSd

Now to get some of your GPX's on there too Mr CooneyR...

So far all my trails are about 10kb on the GPSd.

Yep, done similar, just gathered all gpx and gdb files relevant to the routes I wanted in the map in to a folder to be semi organised, then when ready selected the lot and dumped (dragged) them to Mapedit on a empty map that I set up.
Then select them all again and turned them all in to major highways or even more visible in to runways since I'm not trying to get the routing to work now.
Delete the underlying track logs and route files and hey presto.
Is actually fairly quick and easy in the end.
Now just need to organise the folder better now so as I haven't got any double ups and have used the best file for each route. So far I just done a quick dump and see I have some missing against coonyrs Adv Route web page.

**cooneyr** · 7th April 2008, 08:24

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Same needle and jets stock.

Mixture screw should be out until it's running smoothly.
Out to max revs is far too rich according to mx_rob and his sniffer.
I go out to max revs and back in 1/4 to 1/2 a turn.

You need the next page of the manual. I have 32E1 stamped on the carb which has the 6F23 needle (vs the 6F19) and the Y-5m needle jet (vs the Y-5).

Thanks for the info on the pilot jet screw.

Cheers R