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by RobG
Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:56 pm
Forum: Gear and Gizmos
Topic: DeLorme PN-40 Mapping GPS Review
Replies: 10
Views: 33377

First, unfortunately, there is no other app than Topo 8. Sorry. I wish there was. Second, you will want some sort of GPS file converter. Google "GPS Babel" and download it. It'll let you convert the GPX files generated by Topo 8 into the KML or KMZ files for Google Earth and vice versa. You can do p...
by RobG
Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: Gear and Gizmos
Topic: DeLorme PN-40 Mapping GPS Review
Replies: 10
Views: 33377

Yes, the DeLorme Topo 8 software is awful from a UI standpoint. I've told them this several times on their own forum. I'm a computer geek and programmer and have been using GPSes for ten years and I find it baffling more often than not. If you post over on the DeLorme forum though, they will usually...
by RobG
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:35 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: 4th Annual - Mr. Miyagi Memorial (Sept 11, 12, 13, 2009)
Replies: 50
Views: 185720

Welp, I won't be making it to this ride. The moron on eBay that sold me the front storage box for my XP required signature confirmation. So, after waiting three days before shipping it, then UPS rescheduling delivery from yesterday (when I was home) to today, it won't be coming in time for the trip....
by RobG
Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:07 pm
Forum: Went Riding!
Topic: 4 Days in the Sierras
Replies: 12
Views: 31893

Yeah that new SPOT looks neat. I may have to upgrade if they give us enough of a price break. I won't be subscribing to the Spotcasting bit again, though. I never use it. I wouldn't mind going back to a satellite phone, but the iridium system is EXPENSIVE, and the Globalstar one, while getting bette...
by RobG
Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:03 am
Forum: Polaris
Topic: Oil Type and Weight
Replies: 6
Views: 19386

I think that's normal for the 800. Actually I think most of it is coming out of the breather tube. I've always found a film of oil (more like dirt) around the end of the crankcase vent tube, which ultimately ends up on the motor. I clean it off, it comes back, etc. I just check the oil before every ...
by RobG
Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:30 pm
Forum: Went Riding!
Topic: 4 Days in the Sierras
Replies: 12
Views: 31893

Yeah it's one of the things I love about central Utah... they're very big on ATVs out there. Most of the towns let you ride into town to get gas, food, motel, etc. A few don't, but most do. I'm SO itching to get back out there for a week or so... Great pix, GG, and great narrative to go with it! Rob
by RobG
Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: Polaris
Topic: Oil Type and Weight
Replies: 6
Views: 19386

Since the Polaris stuff is reasonably priced and includes the filter, I just stick with it.

The one time on my SP800 that I switched to another oil, my gas mileage dropped like a rock. Soon as I switched back, it returned.

Rob
by RobG
Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:18 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: 4th Annual - Mr. Miyagi Memorial (Sept 11, 12, 13, 2009)
Replies: 50
Views: 185720

At the risk of sounding stupid(er than usual), where the hell is Washington? :)

Rob
by RobG
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:00 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: 4th Annual - Mr. Miyagi Memorial (Sept 11, 12, 13, 2009)
Replies: 50
Views: 185720

So far I will either be out Thursday night and stay over there at Meadow Lake, or I'll be out there by 9 am on Friday morning. I'll follow you guys as far as I care down Fordyce, then go off and do my own thing, maybe with others who don't care to do Fordyce either. What's the plan for Saturday's ri...
by RobG
Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:31 pm
Forum: Polaris
Topic: Sportsman XP Questions
Replies: 6
Views: 19004

Yep, I have a set of them coming for the XP. :)

Rob
by RobG
Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:20 pm
Forum: Obsessed Talk
Topic: Just a thought
Replies: 22
Views: 52850

I agree -- those maps have a roughly 50-70% accuracy at best when it comes to those trails. But it's still nice to have 'em... sometimes I can find a trail that is otherwise buried or overgrown. We've had to do this on some of the Nevada rides in the past (with you-know-who -- he who they've asked m...
by RobG
Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:12 am
Forum: Obsessed Talk
Topic: Just a thought
Replies: 22
Views: 52850

I save the tracks from all of my rides too. What's really helped me though, is my new GPS -- a Delorme PN-40 SE. It allows you to download and store in it, actual USGS 7.5' topographical maps. That way you can see if there are trails, when most of the vector-based maps from Garmin (and even Delorme)...
by RobG
Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:00 pm
Forum: Obsessed Talk
Topic: Frightening Site
Replies: 35
Views: 84591

This site has been around for several years. It gets your blood boiling doesn't it? It's just another great example of the complete LACK of tolerance the "other side" has, while claiming they're all about tolerance. 99.9% of the stuff that site states as fact is pure fiction. Most reasonable people ...
by RobG
Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:57 pm
Forum: Obsessed Talk
Topic: cisco grove
Replies: 4
Views: 14922

As far as I know, the trail out of Cisco Grove is Fordyce Trail. I don't think there are any spurs before it... it's just 11 miles of pure hell, then Meadow Lake. ;)

Rob
by RobG
Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:54 pm
Forum: Obsessed Talk
Topic: other sites
Replies: 19
Views: 46198

Here's the deal... if you had had the experience, wouldn't you want to make absolutely sure that everybody knew about the guy, so they wouldn't jeopardize themselves riding with him? Seriously. BUT, since it appears Brad is no longer riding, then yeah, I can probably let it go. In truth, it wasn't e...