GPS Navigation for bikes
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Tourer
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From: Gaylord Michigan
GPS Navigation for bikes
Can any of the cheaper touch screen navigation units for vehicles be adapted for use on a bike ? I was pricing motorcycle specific ones on Amazon.com ... $$$ ... OUCH
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I use the Garmin Nuvi 750. You can pick them up for less than $150. The Nuvi series has the brightest screen on the market.
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From: In the Pacific Northwest, a few hours east of Seattle.
Be careful of inexpensive GPS systems with speakers built into them (or telephones). Rainstorms play hell with them - the water gets into the unit through the outlets for the speakers or other recharger or headphone ports. They weren't designed to be waterproof. (Although the ziplock baggie might go a long way towards helping that!)
I just returned from a 4780 mile ride during which nearly all my navigation was by a Garmin Zumo 550. (And I rode through about 4 really good rainstorms as well as another 3 or 4 minor rain showers.) These are pretty reasonable now, as newer units have been released, and I was completely satisfied with the way mine performed. Can't say enough about the benefits of touring with the Zumo.
YMMV.
Doc
I just returned from a 4780 mile ride during which nearly all my navigation was by a Garmin Zumo 550. (And I rode through about 4 really good rainstorms as well as another 3 or 4 minor rain showers.) These are pretty reasonable now, as newer units have been released, and I was completely satisfied with the way mine performed. Can't say enough about the benefits of touring with the Zumo.
YMMV.
Doc
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I used a Nuvi 200 on a RAM mount for the Ultra. Put a ziplock over it for rain, it doesn't get a lot of rain on it behind the fairing in motion. I got the Nuvi in a pawn shop for $40 and got a second one as a backup, just in case. I used it for 5700 mile road trip this summer, just had to make sure it was set to avoid dirt roads.
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