Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:49 am
I bought a Glarestomper sunshield and tried it out this weekend. It has reduced the glare.
http://www.glarestomper.com
http://www.glarestomper.com
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Nav 5 Sunshield
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Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:36 pm
Which one did you get as they don't show the V. Does it have any effect on its fitting into the bike cradle ? Does it heed to be removed for the V to fit into the left hand locker?
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:03 pm
Glarestomper 322 and yes it fits into the cradle with the shield attached. I will let you know on locker when I try tomorrow.
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:59 pm
jjwill wrote: Glarestomper 322 and yes it fits into the cradle with the shield attached. I will let you know on locker when I try tomorrow.
Hope it works better than it looks!!
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:59 am
Yikes -- it would take a lot for me to put that on my RT!
On the subject of the Nav 5: Has anyone found a discrete way to lock the unit into the cradle (ideally along the lines of what is done on the K1600)? For me, this is a higher priority than glare reduction.
Weston
On the subject of the Nav 5: Has anyone found a discrete way to lock the unit into the cradle (ideally along the lines of what is done on the K1600)? For me, this is a higher priority than glare reduction.
Weston
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:17 am
Think it will be difficult to stop it flapping about in the breeze. Primarily made for cars I suspect.
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:09 am
I agree, they appear to `flimsy' for Bikes and the majority are for Cars, plus who wants to devalue their expensive Sat Nav's with adhesive traces and /or velcro on ........ 
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:23 am
On the subject of the Nav 5: Has anyone found a discrete way to lock the unit into the cradle (ideally along the lines of what is done on the K1600)? For me, this is a higher priority than glare reduction.
Weston
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We all live in hope. You would think that after a year if production, somebody, somewhere world have come up with something, even BMW as a million quid accessory. Having owned 1600s for 3 years I'm starting to need psychiatric because of it. I find the glare not too bad if you set the screen to max. Definitely not as bad as the 1600 where its miles in front of you..
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:47 am
http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/us/en/equ ... gatorV.pdf
"Thanks to a 5-inch TFT colour display that's larger and brighter than its predecessor and easier to read in the sun, you'll never lose sight of the bigger picture."
http://globeriders.com/article_pages/ar ... nav5.shtml
"The display certainly isn't high-res by current smartphone display standards but it is more than adequate for GPS receivers that need to be seen well in direct sunlight."
"Thanks to a 5-inch TFT colour display that's larger and brighter than its predecessor and easier to read in the sun, you'll never lose sight of the bigger picture."
http://globeriders.com/article_pages/ar ... nav5.shtml
"The display certainly isn't high-res by current smartphone display standards but it is more than adequate for GPS receivers that need to be seen well in direct sunlight."
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:23 am
RTman10. Yes it does fit in the left hand locker at a squeeze.
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:33 am
I can certainly see the benefits of having one, I just wish we had enough of the sun to warrant buying one.
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:35 pm
That does look like a simple solution. How well does it work at speed? Seems like it might flap around in the wind.
Re: Nav 5 Sunshield
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:29 pm
RTman10. In reply to your earlier query I did a couple of hundred miles this weekend and there is no flapping