iPhone integration

[Cash Dereszynski]

Street fighter cowling replaced stock cowling along with instruments, I mistakenly bought a cheap Chinese tach speedo cluster no intructions included,what a deal. So long story short I struggled with the install wiring mounting, speedo calibration etc. Untill I had an epiphany junk that shit replace with a piece of plastic to cover the hole for the old tach remove wheel sensors cables connectors run a USB cable to charge the iPhone and Velcro it to the dash. Bam, pow I'm freakn' Batman with my Bluetooth helmet I got toons,nav,phone,speedo,altitude,way points for gas ups, intercom with riding buddies if I ever ride with anyone
(Pat!) So what I'm sayn' is yeah, good day

[Cash Dereszynski]

Dash Pix

Cash

[Cash Dereszynski]

I love velcro. It works for me.

Cash

[Cash Dereszynski]

Oh yeah, I can do selfies while I ride too.

Cash

[Cash Dereszynski]

Also a wifi view finder for the rear facing HD Sony Action Cam, again velcoed to the dash. I can start and stop Recording on the fly good for about an hour and a half per charge so far.

Cash

[jscgdunn]

I have thought about this as well....our data plans up here are really expensive so that's the holdback.

Jeff

[Troyskie]

Cash, what about the tacho?

[FJmonkey]

Cash, what about the tacho?

I like fish tacos my self, good with a bit of lime and a Corona beer on a hot day.

[Troyskie]

NFL Mark, NFL. 

[Cash Dereszynski]

Cash, what about the tacho?

Really do you need one ? When that motor hits 6k you know it . At least I know it.

Cash

[FJmonkey]

Cash, what about the tacho?

Really do you need one ? When that motor hits 6k you know it . At least I know it.

Cash

Hitting 6K is Ok, passing 9K might cause an issue....

[ribbert]

I have thought about this as well....our data plans up here are really expensive so that's the holdback.

Jeff

Cap'n Ron has a phone navigation app that is offline and does not eat up data when in use. He used it to travel all over the US on his mega ride, ask him about it.

Noel

[rktmanfj]

I have thought about this as well....our data plans up here are really expensive so that's the holdback.

Jeff

Cap'n Ron has a phone navigation app that is offline and does not eat up data when in use. He used it to travel all over the US on his mega ride, ask him about it.

Noel

I've been experimenting with running the Co-Pilot app on a couple of dedicated android phones (Moto E, Hydro Air).

Seems that how well it works depends on the phone.  The Moto E works great as standalone GPS, the Hydro Air not so much, even though both claim both GPS and AGPS capability.  Disappointing, because the Kyocera Hydro Air is waterproof.  Best part is, the Moto E, and the Co-Pilot app are < $40 US, all in.

[moparman70]

Cash, what about the tacho?

Really do you need one ? When that motor hits 6k you know it . At least I know it.

Cash

I think you do -- unless you want to shift at 6k all the time.  Easy solution though https://www.tinytach.com/   there are many types of these -- research and get one that will work best for you.  Most are waterproof and made for outdoors.

Also ---Most of these types of tachs run by just running the sense wire to the spark plug boot --- senses the spark ignition.   I was going to put one on my Waverunner ( it has a tach ) but you need more accurate reading of RPM's to set up the ski when modding out.

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[Capn Ron]

I have thought about this as well....our data plans up here are really expensive so that's the holdback.

Jeff

Cap'n Ron has a phone navigation app that is offline and does not eat up data when in use. He used it to travel all over the US on his mega ride, ask him about it.

Noel

Yep...that's exactly accurate Noel!

The CoPilot app contains all map data and points of interest within the app for all of the US and Canada (other countries too if you download those)...so, no data use at all.  You can optionally search for points of interest from within the app using Google, Wikipedia or Yelp...and that would use  data.  It's a rare occasion that I use that, but for some really odd points of interest, it's handy and the address from the web search automatically gets populated, so you're ready for navigation.  And yeah...it's about $10.  An extra $5 for all of Canada!   

I agree with Randy in that it works differently on different phone platforms.  I've always used it on the iPhone and it rocks.  I recommended it to my sister and she downloaded it to an Android tablet and was struggling a bit.  When I went to visit her, I could see what she was talking about...just not as straight-forward as on the iPhone.

I've always had it mounted front and center using a RAM mount, just below my view of the gauges.  I ran an iPhone 4S like this for the past 4 years:



I just upgraded to an iPhone 6S Plus...I fabricated a new mount for the bigger phone and it sits in the same location:



I can see next turns at a glance and the general shape of the road ahead.



On that last point, the larger screen of the 6 vs the 4 means I get to see more of the road ahead and "next turn" info is slightly larger.  I'm looking forward to the extra real estate!

4S vs 6S Plus:



Almost all of the other tools I use from the iPhone don't use data either.  About all I use data for is live weather radar to help avoid oncoming storms!