I am exploring new riding areas, and it would be nice to track mileage. I'm thinking about a bicycle odometer/speedo unit but I'm not ruling out a GPS. I mainly want the odometer. Should I adapt a bicycle unit, or something from a dirt bike, or should I go for the GPS. GPS will cost more but obviously has better features. Waypoints, mileage and speed. A mounting kit would be slick, but I worry about damage in a crash. I have seen some mounting kits on the gas tank, and that is potentially a dangerous spot. I'd hate to wreck a $150+ GPS. Has anyone tried adapting an odometer from an enduro dirt bike? I'm sure a dealer would have them for a decent price, much less than a GPS. Or do the bicycle units work well? How difficult is installation (of a bicycle unit)? Thanks.

 

Im using the Cateye Enduro2, it was 30$, and gives you Max speed, Ave Speed, 2 trip meters, Odometer, Clock. It hooks up and works real nice.
However if you have the money to spend i would get a nice GPS, It will offer alot more usefull options and much better accuracy.

 

what is and where can I buy the "catseye enduro2"?

 

I bought mine from a local bike shop. The cateye home page.. http://www.cateye.com/

 

Westport,

The Cateye is simply an electronic bicycle speedometer. They are very popular, and cheap these days. There are many manufacturers, not just Cateye.

Any decent bicycle shop or outdoors shop will carry them. Around here they are about $20 and up. You get a really decent one for $20-50.

The trick with using these on a quad is calibrating them. You have to enter a number into the unit that corresponds to your wheel size. Some fiddling and testing is required to get an accurate calibration, but it is not difficult.

Excellent units, and very cheap! You can even get a heart rate monitor on them to determine if you are driving the quad for maximum excitement!

DJ

 

We use a GPS & when riding in the mountians we sometimes lose satellite coverage. At the end of the ride the GPS is always a mile or so different than the odometer on my Rancher.

I would get the odometer for the quad first, then a GPS for backup!

 

the benefit of the GPS is the option of downloading the info into mapping programs. Think about it.

 

and more importantly a trip odometer will not help you find your way home!