u/HimalayanRider450

Hey all, following up on my previous post about the Raspberry pi dash — GPS is now connected and working great on the Tripper! 🎉

Map renders on the circular display with live position, heading, and speed — completely phone-free. Currently sitting a bit rough on my quad lock mount as you can see, but it does the job.

Next up:

1. Navigation using the offical RE navigation bubble.
2. Hiding the Pi under the seat for a clean install with automatic boot & connect on key turn.

I will keep you posted! Checkout the Github if you want to participate and discuss; it is still in early phase so if you want something ready to use wait a bit longer ;)

>>!Cost so far: Pi zero 2 WH 38€, Pi Cooling case 9€, 32Go SDCard Endurance 18€, GPS NEO-6M 13€, GPS Antenna 7€ so 85€ about 100$ USD or <10k INR in total. I haven't pick the cheapest parts and got what was in stock for quick delivery, so it should be cheaper especially if you are not in europe.!<

Hi guys, reposting from r/Himalayan450 because it should work with any bike using a Tripper dash ! Sharing my new weekend project I just started. Everyone here know the pain of using the bike integrated Tripper dash for navigation: phone has to stay connected the whole ride, screen always on, battery cooked by lunchtime. Stop for fuel or drop the bike while offroading and you have to reconnect the phone with a chance for a fail connection and had to relaunch the app.

The idea: a Raspberry Pi Zero mounted permanently on the bike that boots automatically when you start the engine, connects to the Tripper's WiFi, and streams a fully custom UI to the dash — no phone involved during the ride. The night before planning you'd send your GPX route from your phone via Bluetooth and that's the last time you'd need a screen !

This is very early days — next step is getting it running on the Pi Zero itself so it's fully self-contained on the bike. After that, building an actual navigation UI, then Bluetooth GPX support from the phone. No ETA, no promises — this is a nights-and-weekends project — but I'll share progress if anyone is interested.

Let me know if you like the idea and would use a custom nav or any other app ! At the end it could even stream a movie but at 4fps it won't be the best experience !

Video of my progress so far: https://streamable.com/xa5mbq

See my original reddit post here on himalayan450: https://www.reddit.com/r/Himalayan450/comments/1svd30o/tripper_dash_navigation_replacement_project/

I was please to see that some fellow riders wanted to contribute so I have drop the script I have been using on github if you want to have a look and test it ! It is super early phase so sorry if it doesn't work on your side: https://github.com/norbertFeron/better-dash and please join the discussion over there for any technical question or suggestion/

More updates to come !

Hi guys, sharing my new weekend project I just started. Everyone here know the pain of using the bike integrated Tripper dash for navigation: phone has to stay connected the whole ride, screen always on, battery cooked by lunchtime. Stop for fuel or drop the bike while offroading and you have to reconnect the phone with a chance for a fail connection and had to relaunch the app.

The idea: a Raspberry Pi Zero mounted permanently on the bike that boots automatically when you start the engine, connects to the Tripper's WiFi, and streams a fully custom UI to the dash — no phone involved during the ride. The night before planning you'd send your GPX route from your phone via Bluetooth and that's the last time you'd need a screen !

Last night I proved the core concept: using a Python script on my laptop, I can stream any video feed I want directly to the Tripper dash over WiFi, completely replacing what the RE app normally casts. The dash just... accepts it. No complaints.

Yes that's a spinning Earth on my Tripper dash and yes it's running from my laptop.

This is very early days — next step is getting it running on the Pi Zero itself so it's fully self-contained on the bike. After that, building an actual navigation UI, then Bluetooth GPX support from the phone. No ETA, no promises — this is a nights-and-weekends project — but I'll share progress if anyone is interested.

Let me know if you like the idea and would use a custom nav or any other app ! At the end it could even stream a movie but at 4fps it won't be the best experience !

More updates to come 🏍️

Edit: I'm please to see that some fellow riders want to contribute so I have drop the script I have been using on github if you want to have a look and test it ! It is super early phase so sorry if it doesn't work on your side: https://github.com/norbertFeron/better-dash