What did you do to get a Twisted Sisters route on your Garmin XT?

[Revrent]

I have been trying to figure out how to get a Twisted Sisters route in Texas on my Garmin XT. I have watched several videos but it's confusing to me. Then someone told me that I should ask others what they did to get the route on their Garmin XT. I would appreciate any guidance you could give. I did find a website that says I can download the route, but each time I try it does nothing.

Thank you in advance,
John

 

[racoon]

Have you tried plotting the route in Garmin Basecamp and then transferring the GPX file to your Garmin XT?

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/software/basecamp/

 

[BCNewell]

Don’t overthink it. It’s three roads - Ranch Roads 335, 336, and 337. Two basically north/south, one basically east/west. Ride 'em in any order you see fit. Then, next day, hit the ones you really liked again - possibly in the opposite direction.

 

[Revrent]

Sorry, I should have said, we have ridden it numerous times. My wife just wants to have it in the Garmins on our next trip.

Thanks
John

 

[JayBros]

I've been using BaseCamp for years and, yes, it has a pretty steep learning curve, but there's a guy on Youtube, EZ Moto Tim, who has made a series of excellent videos that explain just every aspect of using the software. The main thing one must remember is that the Activity Profile in BaseCamp and the Navigation preferences on the Zumo must be set identically or the Zumo's settings will control. Here's a link: http://https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ez+moto+tim+basecamp+

 

[Quickdraw]

Sorry, I have no idea, but I do know this, "We're not gonna take it, no, we ain't gonna take it, we're not gonna take it anymore..." :2thumbs:

 

[Bfromla]

Sorry, I have no idea, but I do know this, "We're not gonna take it, no, we ain't gonna take it, we're not gonna take it anymore..."

:2thumbs: :yes: (air guitar) :clap:
Have done some painstakingly programming with various addresses for poker runs when out on trips - No pc & just the 660 & what it offered for keyboard. Some help was Programming some intersections, previewing google maps on phone. Not the friendliest method but could plot multiple stops & arrange in order & or default to the quickest, the shortest, & something else. It's been a min, but it did work at the time, been updated, & haven’t done agin :dontknow:

 

[pegasus1300]

Do it in My Route.Com app. Then transfer to XT.

 

[cruisinTX]

Don’t overthink it. It’s three roads - Ranch Roads 335, 336, and 337. Two basically north/south, one basically east/west. Ride 'em in any order you see fit. Then, next day, hit the ones you really liked again - possibly in the opposite direction.

Exactly! There are only 5 roads to remember. Starting in Medina take 337 west to Camp Wood, then go north on SR55 until you reach the intersection with FM335 four miles later. Take 335 north to SR41 and take it east for 14 miles where it intersects with FM336. Take that south 28 miles to Leakey and FM337. From there you can repeat the route in the opposite direction or wander around US83 up to SR39 then over to Ingram where you can see Stonehenge II.

 

[Elliott 76065]

Try this link
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lea....761448!2d29.7288351!3e0?authuser=0&entry=ttu
Ride safe

 

[racoon]

I have a Garmin Zumo XT mounted on the handlebars of my Spyder.
One of my friends suggested a place for me to visit, along with a nice little cafe near the destination. I've never been to that area, so don't know anything about the roads to or from the area.
I do have Basecamp installed on my Mac computer, but when I asked it to create a route it went crazy. It should have been a fairly straight route, as there's a state highway that runs directly from the city where I live to the area where the cafe is.
Google maps says it's about 45 miles.

Basecamp suggested an alternate route, that included detours off the state highway, often looping back to rejoin the highway prior to the place the route left the highway.
After spending way too much time trying to manually "fix" the route, often causing Basecamp to add even more off route loops, I gave up.

What I ended up doing was plotting the route using Google Maps. I logged into Google Maps, created the route, then exported it to a GPX file.
Then I imported the Google GPX file into Basecamp, and then synced it to my Garmin Zumo XT.

 

[BamaJohn]

This link is to a very good reference for GPS's and routes.
As posted above, for routes to show alike on both the Zumo XT and a computer (PC or MAC), all the settings must be exactly the same on both the Zumo and the computer (PC or MAC).
Also as posted above, Basecamp is great, but a steep learning curve.

https://www.newenglandriders.org/download-ner-rides-direct-to-gps/

 

[Bfromla]

I have a Garmin Zumo XT mounted on the handlebars of my Spyder.
One of my friends suggested a place for me to visit, along with a nice little cafe near the destination. I've never been to that area, so don't know anything about the roads to or from the area.
I do have Basecamp installed on my Mac computer, but when I asked it to create a route it went crazy. It should have been a fairly straight route, as there's a state highway that runs directly from the city where I live to the area where the cafe is.
Google maps says it's about 45 miles.

Basecamp suggested an alternate route, that included detours off the state highway, often looping back to rejoin the highway prior to the place the route left the highway.
After spending way too much time trying to manually "fix" the route, often causing Basecamp to add even more off route loops, I gave up.

What I ended up doing was plotting the route using Google Maps. I logged into Google Maps, created the route, then exported it to a GPX file.
Then I imported the Google GPX file into Basecamp, and then synced it to my Garmin Zumo XT.

not to get off thread but sound like your settings in base camp are making the changes; avoid ..., fastest route, shortest, ect Unfortunately not a simple set & forget (majority maybe ) some more remote locations do require adjustments or ignoring & just reach destination.

 

[racoon]

not to get off thread but sound like your settings in base camp are making the changes; avoid ..., fastest route, shortest, ect

Interesting idea.
I checked my preferences, and under Routing found these:

Calculation mode
Curvy Roads

Elevation Mode
Standard

Road Type Avoidance
Interstates and Unpaved Roads are selected (to avoid)

Residential Roads, Major Highways, and State Highways were _not_ selected.

Feature Type Avoidance
Carpool Lanes
U-Turns
Ferries
Seasonal Road Closures
Cable Car
Climbing Paths
Narrow Trails


The main route is a State Highway, so I fail to understand why it keep looping me off the state highway and then back on again.

 

[BamaJohn]

Interesting idea.
I checked my preferences, and under Routing found these:

Calculation mode
Curvy Roads

Elevation Mode
Standard

Road Type Avoidance
Interstates and Unpaved Roads are selected (to avoid)

Residential Roads, Major Highways, and State Highways were _not_ selected.

Feature Type Avoidance
Carpool Lanes
U-Turns
Ferries
Seasonal Road Closures
Cable Car
Climbing Paths
Narrow Trails


The main route is a State Highway, so I fail to understand why it keep looping me off the state highway and then back on again.

You might try changing "curvy roads" to "fastest route", leaving the rest unchanged.

 

[racoon]

You might try changing "curvy roads" to "fastest route", leaving the rest unchanged.

"Fastest Time" didn't help much, but changing the Preferences to "Shortest Distance" really helped.

It only has one odd little "loop" at the point you leave the state road for the final 10 or so miles, which was always going to be on small country roads.

Thanks!