@Purrrist

No complaints from me with the current visual functionality.
Take the Route Lab page as an example.
From that single page I can access everything I need, with regards to creating, planning or editing routes.
I can select any of the last 8 routes I edited with 1 click.
Upload a route a couple of clicks and its uploaded.
The big square buttons are perfect for those of us that use iPads and prefer to use a browser rather than the App.
New Route, 1 click name it and I’m creating.

And if I need to jump elsewhere everything is available from the top level single click buttons.

The Hooligan Taming the Lions.
2015 Yamaha MT09. (Purchased S/H Aug 26 2017)

This is my favourite photo opportunity, Headley Hall.
Once the home of the legend, Sir Malcolm Campbell, of Bluebird fame And Land Speed Records.

Packing for the Pico’s

Kriega US30, 2 x Kriega US 20, Redverz Attacama Tent, Helinox Chair and Helinox Table.
It made a fantastic back rest but required sinching down quite often.

Bardinas Reales.

Ah! We sleep together.

Cornwall 5 day Tour taking in the whole of Cornwall’s coast line.

The 2015 Yamaha MT09 is indeed a Hooligan.
The 2015 model only had ABS no traction control.
In A mode the throttle is very snatchy and keeping the front wheel on the ground can be a problem.
The rear suspension is a bit wishy washy and can sometimes get you into trouble also.
Standard mode is quick enough for me to be honest and B Mode is definitely required if its raining as its very easy to spin up the rear in the wet.
The standard seat is a “plank” particularly if you are a skinny fella like me with not a lot of “meat” in that area.
I immediately got the seat refoamed at West Sussex Motorcycles.
Had to haggle a lot on the price for this as it was registered in 2016 and the dealer had it listed as a 2016 model which it was not.
In the build up to the release of the 2016 model, Yamaha started throwing in the Akro exhaust for free to try to shift the last of the 2015 models.
I made the dealer aware of all this and we came to an acceptable price.
The Akro sounds beautiful on this on the overrun and the gurgles and pops brings a smile to may face every time.

Summary: Fantastic Hooligan bike with a few dodgy foibles like the rear suspension and the snatchy throttle in A mode.

Honda CRF 250 Rally and Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro to be added at a later date.

Merry Christmas everyone and lets hope 2021 allows more freedom to ride.

There are times when arrival time is critical, for ferries etc.
For me though, 99% of the time there is no time, just the joy of the journey.
I hope therefore that we are not “forced” to enter times and they can be left blank however many options there are?

Steve.

Hi All,

It looks like the issue regarding the last Shaping point to the Chequered flag being a straight line is now resolved using the GPX 1.1 Beta export on my iPad Pro.

I have made a route Public called Mendip TT that transfers to the Garmin XT Trip Planner perfectly now.

I personally never use Via Points but I also added one in a copy of the Mendip TT file and this transfers to the Garmin XT Trip Planner perfectly as well.
Mendip TT with Via Point is also public.

Thank you Catalina.

“Lifetime” is a classic marketing/legal term that very rarely means what you think it means.

I would take a guess that 85-90% of the MRA Navigation subscribers are 35 and over, so in this instance its a bloody good offer in my opinion.

Personally I’ll be swapping my Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro for a Zimmer frame long before my “Lifetime” Navigation sub runs out.

I think I’ll go for the Carbon Overland adventure version when the time comes.

@jack-van-tilburg

I hear ya Jack!

At least we have Hans and Nick still here and i think they have a line to the devs.

@Dave-J-0

“I presume you mean gps 1.2 format for the 'Save as'? That is what I used for my XT.”

It’s the other way around as I believe you want to see the Shaping Points and the Via Points.
The .GPX 1.2 (Route,Track, POI) is the one that will only show the Via Points but does give the full route.
The .GPX 1.1 (Route,Track, POI) is the one that will show Via Points and Shaping Points.
Both will automatically create the route in the Garmin XT Trip Planner.

So I decided to get a new toy for routing UK Green Lanes.
Garmin Zumo XT, as it has the functionality of Off Road very similar to Off Road Mode in MRA basically its a Track but it will not Route on Roads it just puts a line between points.
I was dreading the thought of going anywhere near Basecamp.
I knew I’d seen a video here regarding using the Garmin Drive App.
Awesome!
I have the OS Maps app on my phone but prefer to use a proper Sat Nav, my trusty 550 Tom Tom doesn’t have the functionality and will always route on Roads.
I am so looking forward to getting the Honda CRF 250 Rally out on the lanes, (Covid permitting obviously) safe in the knowledge that I won’t be enduring the wrath of the walkers for accidentally going on a Restricted Byway.
I plot the green lane in the OS Maps app to ensure its correct.
Transfer to MRA, I can then transfer to the XT via the Drive app on my iPad or my Samsung S10.

Bring on the summer, I am sure I am not alone in being desperate to get some scenic miles with smiles in.

Lets hope that the lockdown will ease up and I look forward to nodding you all out on the roads.

Just came across this.
Awesome Nick.
Thanks for sharing those routes.
I did the yorkshire moors in last summers ease of the restrictions.
Will be looking at some of those others National Parks though.
Roll on the summer.

Looks good,

However on my iPad Pro the scale of the map initially showing the Track is way too small in both orientations.

I will create a support ticket.

@chris-hoskins
Some of us love those Goat Tracks

@anthony-black-0

Also if you download the “.pdf” from the “save as” menu, it will give you distance between and time between all waypoints as well as the running totals for distance and time for each waypoint

@nick-carthew

Yes I agree that the TT’s are far simpler but the XT is just so beautiful.
Despite a bit of a learning curve getting to know the XT I now have a way of working that suits me fine using the XT Trip Planner exclusively.

@nick-carthew

I have a TT 550 but the screen is a little small for my ageing eyes even with my glasses on!

I have moved to using the Connector on a PC which has no issues once Garmin Express finally……….. Connects

@reinhard-32

For me the route is correct but it is not a GPX1.1 file as it only has 2 waypoints. (Start and Finish flags.)
I’ll stick with the connector on a PC for the time being until the disappearing route line issue is fixed on iOS as this is clearly an issue.

@reinhard-32

Thanks for taking the time to test this and for your detailed explanation.
I will try using the share option to Garmin Drive instead of using the "Open In" via Chrome.

Hi,
This is linked to a previous support case on an iPad Pro where switching from the route planner to a forum post and back to the route planner caused the route line to disappear.
This was resolved but using the Garmin Drive in conjunction with the Route planner to transfer a route to my Garmin XT also removes the route line and the route is not automatically created in the Trip planner.
This is due to the track only showing the first and last via points (Hand Icons) I believe.
The link below is a YouTube video demonstrating the issue.
The video is not Public and is only available via the link below.

https://youtu.be/DZRVjF5ePDk

Below are screenshots of the Garmin XT.
Can someone with an iPad Pro test this to verify if it is just for me.
I use GPX1.1 (Route, Track, Poi) because I never use Via points apart from the obligatory first and last waypoints.

Obviously I can use the Connector which works but when on tour I don’t want to travel with a PC.

@eric-sijmons

I agree with everything that Mark said but would just add the following......
Make sure the sound is on when using the Connector, when the XT actually connects you will hear the standard sound used when you connect or un-connect any device.
Once you hear that sound, only then should you select the relevant GPX file type from the connector.

@nick-carthew

Got it now!
Thanks Nick.