Hey Shawn got any more thoughts on the NUVIZ?
Yes sir -
So, I rode with the Nuviz in the moutains, making a few passes on the Dragon, Skyway, etc... (Charlie said he thinks I killed a robot to build my helmet). Here are my thoughts from there:
Speed can be an issue. There are couple of straight aways that you can twist the throttle in and I noticed that big time... the weight on my helmet was noticeable and wind drag pulled my head a bit... but I will say that there is no danger of that in normal highway speed ranges.
I found that the best place to mount my controller is on the left handlebar over the switch housing. With the mounting adapters that come with the NUVIZ, the controller sort of "floats" over the high/low beam switch. There is enough room for my thumb to press the switch for high beams, but the controller is close enough to easily be reached with my thumb for the push buttons. The toggle to flip through functions requires me to lift off the bar.
Photos are good, video is awesome. If you are connected with another rider via coms, the coms will come through with the video. I had music playing when I took a video of my wife riding the dragon, but it messed up the coms, so I shut it off. When watching the video, I noticed that the music did not come through at all; she and I talk through her ride came through very clearly. It seems that the NUVIZ can do two things at a time very well, but a third thing bogs everything down.
The camera is adjustable for aiming, left, right, up, down... so if you are in picture mode, you can see the picture that you are taking, but in video mode, you cannot - so before video, you have to know where the camera is pointed; I had adjusted mine for sitting up and taking pics at slow speed, not for riding position - so in the video that I took for my wife, there are some great views of my dash...
Phone calls are very clear. So is comm and so is music. There is a delay switching music, not sure why, but it is not unbearable...
The GPS works very well, especially when using a route, however, the route (destination and starting point have to be input using your phone app - so for turn by turn, you have to use the app. I found it interesting that I would receive an audible alarm if the posted speed limit was exceeded...
The function of the NUVIZ and the functions of the SENA unit cancel each other out a bit... but now that SENA and NUVIZ are partnering, I suspect that will improve quickly.
All in all, I recommend the unit for anyone who is a tech person... but first, suspension, brakes, etc... NUVIZ is proud of the HUD and I am not sure how long it will be before the price starts dropping.
Lastly, they have started selling accessories on the NUVIZ website now - additional mounts and batteries are available.
