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Tue, 16 Aug 2005

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My trip to Maine was great, but eventful (negative way)..

The people are very friendly, and the place is beautiful. Unfortunately, my bike got knocked over in a parking lot and about $2400 worth of damage was done to it. Also, a few days before, my GPS got flooded with water and stopped functioning..

After disassembling the GPS and drying it out, it wouldn't work anymore and required a master reset. The procedure for a Streetpilot 3 master reset is as follows:

Press and hold the following buttons at the same time:

  1. Quit, Up (on the 4-way button), & Route buttons.
  2. While doing this, press and release the Power button.
  3. Let go of the Up button (on the 4-way button). The unit will start blinking.
  4. Wait 15 seconds, then release all other buttons.

After doing the master reset, the unit started working again. Also, during my inspection of the unit I figured out how rain water got in -- during factory assembly, it appears that the gasket got pinched and water leaked in through there. It probably wouldn't have been an issue, except that the rain storm (noah's flood) came in at just the right angle..

I'm currently stretching the gasket back into the proper shape, then I'll use some silicone grease and re-seal the whole unit back up.

As for the bike, the right side fairing needs to be replaced, along with both brake levers, front cowling fairing, and I replaced a saddle bag in Maine. Total damage will be around $2400 after it's all done. Right now I'm playing phone tag with the insurance guys...

At least I don't also need to buy a new GPS after the trip; I was sweating the cost of a new 276C, which although I want one, I can wait a year until my finances are in better shape.

Posted at: 21:04 on 16/08/2005   [ /diary ] #


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