BEWARE If You Ride Alone ,,,,

[scott bockingMember]

tryhard wrote:

Well I’m not convinced on the spot tracker………Still think its a gimmick thats why I havent bought one!

Are you serious Tryhard?
Maybe you should read the testimonials on their website. Or how about the family floating around off North Head last weekend who clung to an esky whilst their Eperb was transmitting. It is an incredible piece of technology that has only been available to the general public for a few years and if you are the sort of person that gets out there on your own you owe it to your family to carry one if not to yourself.

STM

[alanMember]

just get an esky tryhard that will do (make sure theres some good stuff in it but)

[Steve SparkesMember]

tryhard wrote:

Well I’m not convinced on the spot tracker………Still think its a gimmick thats why I havent bought one!

Sure they’re a gimmick.

A gimmick that tells people where you are or thereabouts, in good time.

What could be more gimmicky than that.

[Ian KersleyMember]

Thought about this a bit since it happened as i to have riden a lot by my self
and love it as much as riding in a group , I do try to tell some one the direction
i’m heading but that can change and i dont realise how far off track i get
till somebody says thats a long way from where you said you were going.
But as everybody has admited we all do it .

While waiting for mate at the Wollombi tavern met a uni student from Melbourne
on an XT660 , said he camped the night a Jerry’s Plain and come through the
californian track and heading into the watigan forest ,only had two weeks
off so had to start finding his way back down . Had GPS , map and a phone .

On my way back to Singleton another time on the Stony Creek Road meet a bloke
from way down south [carn’t remember where] on a stock DR650 , said he brought
it new 10 week earlier and it had 10,000 Km on it when i met him . He had a map
and a phone and camping gear heading in no particular direction.

THis is all OK till it turn bad . Its no good telling loved ones where u were .

So a Spot Tracker is a must .

RIP old mate

bones

[mikeMember]

I used to ride alone alot also especially when I lived in Canberra. I use to enjoy it heaps but I did have a few stacks. One in particualar I was heading up a big hill in a pine fosest when I clipped a roock with the front wheel. Next thing I was flat on my back with the rear wheel spinning like mad right next to my head and all these rocks sticking out the pine mulch about 6-12 inches high. I thought man I was lucky not to hit one of them as I came down back first. :ohmy:

I generally take it a bit slower these days but still have the odd crash but they are normally slow ones :cheer:

I feel for oldmate though cause it sounds like he was pretty messed up. I don’t like seeing riders down or injured anytime. RIP

[glennMember]

Why don’t yous just get some friends then you won’t have to ride alone, hell it works for us!

Boony

[Scott SouthwellMember]

Although I think the spot tracker is a great piece off kit it is not the be all and end all.

It appears the spot could offer some a false sense of security encouraging people to do thing they may otherwise avoid.

From what I read from the original story a spot would not have necessarily helped this guy. Most I see mount their spot on the bike and this guy was found separated from the bike so most likely unable to activate.

It also appears from the story he was away on holiday with no place to be and nobody expecting him, certainly no person raised the alarm he was missing so I doubt anybody would have been checking his track if he had one.

Common sense is the key, spot or no spot.

[scott bockingMember]

Scotty wrote:

Although I think the spot tracker is a great piece off kit it is not the be all and end all.

It appears the spot could offer some a false sense of security encouraging people to do thing they may otherwise avoid.

From what I read from the original story a spot would not have necessarily helped this guy. Most I see mount their spot on the bike and this guy was found separated from the bike so most likely unable to activate.

It also appears from the story he was away on holiday with no place to be and nobody expecting him, certainly no person raised the alarm he was missing so I doubt anybody would have been checking his track if he had one.

Common sense is the key, spot or no spot.

I mount mine on the sternum strap of my hydration pack so if I am lying on my back it is pointing to the sky, I can reach it with either hand and when I look down I can see if it is transmitting. I truly hope I never have to use it but if I am separated from my bike I could.

STM

[scott bockingMember]

There may be some confusion about the functions of a Spot. On OBT we have been following the travels of adventure riders and we can see if they don’t move for a while. This tracking feature is an additional subscription but is not the main function. As Scotty says people need to be following you to see if you are stuck. I have not enabled this but use mine as a notification to my wifes mobile to let het know I am ok and if it all turns bad you have an SOS button which alerts emergency services. Your location goes directly to the nearest emergency service and has nothing to do with logging your ride. It is purely for emergency evacuation.

STM

[terryjhaynesMember]

Well I went for a ride this avo,on my own ,as usual,on the same tracks as usual,,,but i couldn’t get this guy out of my head,,every time I started to loosen up and get into it, the thought of this poor bugger laying in the bush poped into my head,,kinda stuffed the ride.
I’v got my own shit with this kind of thing,,,this time last year I had a bad off,broke my shoulder and stuffed both my hands pretty bad,, I could not ride at all. Lucky for me it was an OBT ride and needless to say the guyes got me out of there and back to the safety of the pub. So being injerd and out of action on the ground is still pretty fresh in my minde.
Like Scotty said a spot tracker is not the total solution,,,But,,,thinking about that day that I got busted up,if no other riders were there,would I have felt better with a tracker on me? I think so. At least I could walk,,,but it could have just as easily been a leg.
Any way I think that you just have to be mindfull of this without letting it effect your ride to much. Boony, riding with frends is the best,,,,but not always an option for some of us. I’d love to move up into your neck of the woods.
Cheers Teza.

[terryjhaynesMember]

King STM wrote:

There may be some confusion about the functions of a Spot. On OBT we have been following the travels of adventure riders and we can see if they don’t move for a while. This tracking feature is an additional subscription but is not the main function. As Scotty says people need to be following you to see if you are stuck. I have not enabled this but use mine as a notification to my wifes mobile to let het know I am ok and if it all turns bad you have an SOS button which alerts emergency services. Your location goes directly to the nearest emergency service and has nothing to do with logging your ride. It is purely for emergency evacuation.

STM

King,That sounds like the go,but I realy dont know anything about these things. like where do yu get em? how much do they cost?

[scott bockingMember]

teza h wrote:

King STM wrote:

There may be some confusion about the functions of a Spot. On OBT we have been following the travels of adventure riders and we can see if they don’t move for a while. This tracking feature is an additional subscription but is not the main function. As Scotty says people need to be following you to see if you are stuck. I have not enabled this but use mine as a notification to my wifes mobile to let het know I am ok and if it all turns bad you have an SOS button which alerts emergency services. Your location goes directly to the nearest emergency service and has nothing to do with logging your ride. It is purely for emergency evacuation.

STM

King,That sounds like the go,but I realy dont know anything about these things. like where do yu get em? how much do they cost?

Give Steve at Adventure Moto a call mate. He will be able to get you sorted.

STM

[Geoff ForshawMember]

Yes i really need to look into getting a Spot. I ride alone quie often and the only thing that i usually carry with me is my phone and on many occasions i have had no service and have thought to myself SHIT! i hope that i dont have an issue. Although i do tell my wife and others where I am headed. Although that may be to late in the unfortunate event of an accident. :unsure:

RIP old mate.

Lefty

[Scott SouthwellMember]

Don’t get me wrong guys I know the spot is an awesome device and I could think of many situations when they could save your arse.

That being said I get the impression some may get complacent with the knowledge they have a spot on board. I can also think of many situations where a spot will not save your arse and will only help people find your corpse.

There is no substitute for common sense.

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