[2002CBR600F4i]

Hey gang,

I'm planning a trip down to Daytona for the AMA Superbike 200 during bike week in early March. I'm planning to ride my CBR600 down there (about a 7.5 hour ride from Atlanta) and was going to use my 5450 as my MP3 player (I have speakers in my helmet and a boostaroo) and GPS for the trip.

(See my sig for my setup). What I'm wondering is, what sort of options do I have for charging while on the road? What I've been able to come with are the following:

1) Some sort of solar cell recharging unit, plugged into the dual PC Card sleeve. Question is, can I find cells with enough capacity that can also fit on the bike? Like say magnetically attached to the side of my tank?

2) some sort of battery based charger (like a C cell 4 pack)? What sort of power requirements do I need for both the IPAQ + the dual PC Card sleeve in order to charge? And can I just leave the battery pack plugged in, or does it only really work in a "charge it and then remove it" configuration?

3) What about some sort of cigarette lighter-style charger (but to the sleeve instead of the IPAQ itself since that port will be used up with the GPS cable) ? I should be able to hook such a socket up to the battery terminals on the bike and provide a constant stream of power (just like in the car).

Are there any other options????

What power levels would I need to maintain to charge both the sleeve and the IPAQ?

If I could get away without the sleeve I would, but unfortunately I only have a 64 MB SD card, and that's not enough for music, GPS maps, and evertyhing else, and I can't afford one of those big 512 MB ones right now...

What are my options???

--Mike

Ipaq 5450
Dual PC Card Sleeve
Toshiba 5GB pc card drive
PNY 64 MB SD card
DigiTraveler GPS