NaviGadget

GPS installed on another Vespa

May 27, 2006 bluetooth, gps navigation, on bikes

As a continuation from yesterdays post about RAM Mounts; this dude in France installed Treo TomTom navigation system on his Vespa GranTurismo 125. This installation doesn’t look as professional as the other Vespa installation we talked about this year, but it seems more functional and sturdy.

Now that the mount is all put together and on the Vespa, let’s have a look at how the Aqua Box works. After the Treo has been put in its comfortable foam bed, the lid is closed and solidly kept in place by a large clip that is running almost completely from the top to the bottom of the right side of the box. The plastic shield in the lid is only a millimeter away from the front of the Treo, ensuring your precious device won’t go anywhere when you hit an unexpected bump in the road. Although the plastic is fairly thick to protect the Treo from the dangerous world outside, it’s sufficiently flexible to push hard buttons and the 5-way nav buttons, to type simple things on the keyboard, and to press larger areas on the touchscreen. I wouldn’t recommend trying to type emails or playing games. But you wouldn’t want to do that anyway while riding a scooter, would you? Oh, not on the pictures below but still important: I usually put my GlobalSat BT-338 GPS receiver in a pocket of my coat or in the leather belt pouch that came with it.

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