Comments on: Buying a GoldWing – Part 2 – An overview of the UK GoldWing Market http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/ an on-line magazine for the UK GoldWing Community Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Fuller http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Mike Fuller Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:59:35 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=371#comment-476 Hi Stuart, Just to let you know that my sat nav is now up and running with the latest 2009 Europe map. The problems I had with the broken pins was resolved by breaking away the card holder until I could see the bottom of the pin and then by soldering 2 new pins into place. A bit of a bodge but it works great. Thanks for your help Mike Hi Stuart,

Just to let you know that my sat nav is now up and running with the latest 2009 Europe map. The problems I had with the broken pins was resolved by breaking away the card holder until I could see the bottom of the pin and then by soldering 2 new pins into place. A bit of a bodge but it works great.

Thanks for your help

Mike

]]> By: Stuart http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Stuart Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:24:58 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=371#comment-425 Welcome to the Blog Mike. No problem, it can be done. You won't get much help from Honda of course and you may find it difficult to penetrate Garmin's website without help to achieve your objective, but it can be done and you will end up with the latest maps, while UK GL1800s are supplied with older ones. It's also perfectly legit. The Honda Navi system is a Garmin satnav in Honda disguise and it has a unique Garmin Unit ID Number, which you can get your bike to display on screen using your bike's menu system. Once you've got your Unit ID you can register your bike Navi system with Garmin on line as a Garmin "device". Garmin's website will then alow you to buy an extra set of (European) Maps for it, just as if you were a US biker wanting to bring his bike on tour to Europe. When you buy City Navigator Europe 2009 from Garmin you get an unlock code and a DVD which you can use to install Mapsource and the new maps on to you PCsome of Eastern Europe that you'll never visit.) It is not difficult to do, but a bit complicated if you have never done it before. If you email me your phone number I wil ring you with a contact who will do this work for you for a small charge, so all you need to do is replace the bike's Memory Card with the one he will send you. Appleyards will also probably do it for you if you ask them. Welcome to the Blog Mike. No problem, it can be done. You won’t get much help from Honda of course and you may find it difficult to penetrate Garmin’s website without help to achieve your objective, but it can be done and you will end up with the latest maps, while UK GL1800s are supplied with older ones. It’s also perfectly legit.

The Honda Navi system is a Garmin satnav in Honda disguise and it has a unique Garmin Unit ID Number, which you can get your bike to display on screen using your bike’s menu system. Once you’ve got your Unit ID you can register your bike Navi system with Garmin on line as a Garmin “device”. Garmin’s website will then alow you to buy an extra set of (European) Maps for it, just as if you were a US biker wanting to bring his bike on tour to Europe.

When you buy City Navigator Europe 2009 from Garmin you get an unlock code and a DVD which you can use to install Mapsource and the new maps on to you PCsome of Eastern Europe that you’ll never visit.)

It is not difficult to do, but a bit complicated if you have never done it before. If you email me your phone number I wil ring you with a contact who will do this work for you for a small charge, so all you need to do is replace the bike’s Memory Card with the one he will send you. Appleyards will also probably do it for you if you ask them.

]]> By: Mike Fuller http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Mike Fuller Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:10:13 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=371#comment-422 How can a US spec wing have the sat nav converted to work ok in Europe How can a US spec wing have the sat nav converted to work ok in Europe

]]> By: Stuart http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Stuart Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:20:34 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=371#comment-107 Eu Spec bikes have a right dipping beam, so the upper cut off rises to the right hand side (to illuminate what is their nearside kerb on the Continent) and so it would dazzle on-coming drivers when ridden on the left in the UK. US Spec bikes have a vertical dip beam, so the dipped beam has a flat top. They don't provide extra illumination for the nearside kerb, as the left dipping lights on UK Spec bikes do, bu they will not dazzle on-coming drivers either, so they're OK. Eu Spec bikes have a right dipping beam, so the upper cut off rises to the right hand side (to illuminate what is their nearside kerb on the Continent) and so it would dazzle on-coming drivers when ridden on the left in the UK. US Spec bikes have a vertical dip beam, so the dipped beam has a flat top. They don’t provide extra illumination for the nearside kerb, as the left dipping lights on UK Spec bikes do, bu they will not dazzle on-coming drivers either, so they’re OK.

]]> By: Roy Jaggar http://www.gl1800.org.uk/goldwing-ownership/buying-a-goldwing-part-2-an-overview-of-the-uk-goldwing-market/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Roy Jaggar Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://www.gl1800.org.uk/?p=371#comment-106 (Q)If you have to change the head lights on an Eu spec bike, why don't you on a U S spec? (Q)If you have to change the head lights on an Eu spec bike, why don’t you on a U S spec?

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