I have the 08 SG and just finished my second "Road Trip", a little over 1000 miles through the North GA mountains. To often, I had to stop and refer back to my cell phone and/or map for the next "move". What are some of you guys using for NAV when you go on an extended road trip when you don't have the route memorized?

 

garmin. the car units are ok but hard to see in the direct sun,the zummo models are for bikes but expensive.i really liked the zummo 450-550, they are discontinued. now have a 390 its ok.

 

Dash mounted Zumo 665 only way to go. Smokes the new infotainment systems for nav route planning capabilities

 

I've seen more rushmores with garmins than not.

 

Yes. Just did 5610 miles out west over 17 days & the Zumo 665 proved invaluable. Word of caution though, I you pull up the gas station point of interest list & it says 20 miles to the nearest one unless you can ride a direct route (as crow, eagle, etc would fly there) plan on it being farther (possibly a lot) around the actual road. It reveals how far it is on the actual road only after you hit "GO". This made for a few unnerving miles.

 

Zumo 390 gets me around the country.

 

This is what I've got,I don't leave home without it.I sprung for a 32 gig chip so it doubles as my MP3 player. I got the mount here http://www.tandtfabrications.com/

 

I do not care for the 6 series garmins. The 4 and 5's were much better units. Haven't tried a 3.

 

Thanks guys, great info

 

with the 3 series u have to play with the zoom a lot to get hwy#s or street names , and i alway playing with the north up vs heading up. never had that with the 4 series.