Scariest moment to date and GPS

Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Took an unplanned ride today with a pal and done a usual route. Workington - bothel on A595, follwed by A591 to Keswick. Awesome road. Anyway just after lillyhall roundabout Im doing about 135 on the clock (on a private road officer Rolling Eyes

), I'm on gurad for anything thats a danger at this point but arked behind a bush i spot a police car, h shit. Slammed the anchors and tried to act normal, as I got there I saw it was empty! Jesus christ I think I lost two stone! Anyway finished the trip and managed the 26 miles in 14 minutes!

On the way back from my mates house we had a play with his ipac and a GPS bluetooth device. You put the bluetooth in your pocket and the ipac in your bag. t can then measure your max accelleration, max speed, max deceleration, current speed and average speed. So I tried it on the way home, t test the accellleration but mainly to get an idea of sppedo accuracy

Max speed 121.1 (it was 132 on the clock)

Max accell 29.4 sq feet per second
Max decell 22.6 sq feet per second

Quite please with that, the figures are for a CBR6 with an eleven stone rider.

My mate had the following using his ZX6r with a 16st rider

Max speed 102 (indicated 108)
Max accel 22.2
Max deccel 19.4

Cool lil gadget!
Wink

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Paracaine · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

Can you ask your mate what software he uses please, I have a PPC and I would like to do this!

Thanks
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riichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Karma :

me want one......

p.s 16st on a bike, poor little zx6r Laughing

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EuropeanNC30R... · Gay Hairdresser Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Karma :

Are you two 33bhp restricted or something? Razz

I tested my bikes speed with a pda-style phone GPS last month on an Autobahn (honest it was!). Came out as 136mph fully loaded, though the speedo reading was way out because of Kph clock and downgearing, think it was indicating something around 145mph.

Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

I've just used a GPS unit in the car, I was suprised how accurate the speedo seems to be..

GPS rocks Cool

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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Any idea of the software used?
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Paracaine · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

Yeah, we want to know!!! Lol Laughing

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

Ive just texted me mate to find out, thats 12p you guys collectively owe me Wink

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

The software is called GPSdash for anyone who's interested! If you get it let me know your results and what kind of bike they came from!
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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Cool thanks. I'll just go downlo...i mean buy it.
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Paracaine · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

Thanks!
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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Phoenix · Twisted Firestarter Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Karma :

GPS Speed readings still aren't completely accurate, as they can misplace your position by upto 5 meters each time they refresh creating potential for a fairly innacurate reading, also depends on how many satellites are tracking you at any one time.

One in the van says my speedo is overeading by about 6-7mph which I'd believe, quite an expensive system though, not sure if a cheap GPS (like pocket PC mods) would be less accurate.

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Anyone know of any software for the PC to analyse the info from a GPS log?

All the best

Keith
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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

The bloody thing wouldnt even let us start until we had sit seven sattelites and got them all green, if that helps the signal, Im not expert in these things though.
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