Garmin Quest 2
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Garmin Quest 2
anyone have one mounted on a streetglide ,I've got a couple of questions. is there a mount that comes off the bike quickly . does it hook into our existing radio or is that just he hd version? if it does hook into the radio what will that do? any pictures of it mounted will be appropriated. I just want something small and relatively cheap since it will spend 99% of the time in the saddlebag. I saw it refurbed for 225 bucks , good deal ? thanks in advance.
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RE: Garmin Quest 2
I had one on my SG. Mounted it via a ram mount off the bars. Be aware you will probably spend 50-100 for a ram mount setup, unless you find some good deals. More than that for the HD faring mount. Probably close to 150-200 for that mount when your done.
If you can get one for a good price, I think it does the job. But the newer stuff is much nicer, IMHO
Things I Liked:
1. It was cheap
2. It was small enough to carry around if I was so inclined
3. It lasted several hours on battery charge (but no backlight on the screen when on battery power...hard to read)
4. It was small enough that it didn't stick out TOO bad sitting on the bike.
Things I DIDNT like:
1. It was not fast enough at recalculating*. (*see note below)
2. the screen while large enough, could be larger. However, I dunno if the larger ones would make THAT much difference.
3. Its a pain in the *** to type searches in via the "cursor key" and buttons. Touch screen is HUGELY better if your gonna be doing searches and stuff on the road. If you want to just program in a route on your computer to follow, its fine.
4. The 2D flat map is not as nice as the 3D views of the newer units, but it works.
If you can get one for $300 or less, including mountings, It MIGHT be worth it. Any more than that, Get a Zumo 450 or 550
Honestly, I have thought about getting another one, but at this point I think I am more inclined to pick up one of the cheaper Nuvi 200 units, and just take it off the bike or cover it in case of rain. I figure I can ruin 2-3 of those at $200 a pop for what that one Zumo 550 would cost. Considering how often I would even have it on the bike (only for trips) and how often it would uncovered be in the rain (the goal is never), I think I might just take a chance.
*on the recalculating, I found out after the fact that you can turn off "regions" your not going to be traveling in. So lets say your only gonna be traveling in 2 states. You can turn all the others off, so it has less data to search, which makes it faster. This is why the Quest 1 was faster, it would only HOLD about 3-4 states worth of maps (depends on the states/roads) vs the Quest 2, which has the entire US laoded in it. But I didn't get a chance to test that (turning regions off for faster calculation) as I decided to sell it.
Things I learned about a GPS:
Don't rely entirely on it telling you when to turn. If you sit and wait for it to say "TURN NOW" your gonna be making some U-turns. Use it as a GUIDE. It will tell you a turn is coming up in X-miles, then feet. Pay attention, look at the name of the street its telling you your gonna turn on, and then WATCH for that street.
If you can get one for a good price, I think it does the job. But the newer stuff is much nicer, IMHO
Things I Liked:
1. It was cheap
2. It was small enough to carry around if I was so inclined
3. It lasted several hours on battery charge (but no backlight on the screen when on battery power...hard to read)
4. It was small enough that it didn't stick out TOO bad sitting on the bike.
Things I DIDNT like:
1. It was not fast enough at recalculating*. (*see note below)
2. the screen while large enough, could be larger. However, I dunno if the larger ones would make THAT much difference.
3. Its a pain in the *** to type searches in via the "cursor key" and buttons. Touch screen is HUGELY better if your gonna be doing searches and stuff on the road. If you want to just program in a route on your computer to follow, its fine.
4. The 2D flat map is not as nice as the 3D views of the newer units, but it works.
If you can get one for $300 or less, including mountings, It MIGHT be worth it. Any more than that, Get a Zumo 450 or 550
Honestly, I have thought about getting another one, but at this point I think I am more inclined to pick up one of the cheaper Nuvi 200 units, and just take it off the bike or cover it in case of rain. I figure I can ruin 2-3 of those at $200 a pop for what that one Zumo 550 would cost. Considering how often I would even have it on the bike (only for trips) and how often it would uncovered be in the rain (the goal is never), I think I might just take a chance.
*on the recalculating, I found out after the fact that you can turn off "regions" your not going to be traveling in. So lets say your only gonna be traveling in 2 states. You can turn all the others off, so it has less data to search, which makes it faster. This is why the Quest 1 was faster, it would only HOLD about 3-4 states worth of maps (depends on the states/roads) vs the Quest 2, which has the entire US laoded in it. But I didn't get a chance to test that (turning regions off for faster calculation) as I decided to sell it.
Things I learned about a GPS:
Don't rely entirely on it telling you when to turn. If you sit and wait for it to say "TURN NOW" your gonna be making some U-turns. Use it as a GUIDE. It will tell you a turn is coming up in X-miles, then feet. Pay attention, look at the name of the street its telling you your gonna turn on, and then WATCH for that street.
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RE: Garmin Quest 2
Oh, and as far as the radio,
You can plug it into your AUX jack, and it will tell you "turn right/left in XX feet" (It does not tell you street names, just left or right. It shows the street name on the screen, but it does not speak it. Your radio has to be set to AUX input, which means no music can be playing if you want to hear the GPS speak. You can toggle to your CD/radio when on the road, and toggle to AUX if you know your getting close to a turn if you like.
Several people have tried to hack around it to allow music AND voice prompts, but I dont think anyone has been very successful, at least not without spending as much in other components as it would cost to just by the higher end Zumo that has MP3 player built in (which allows the GPS to feed music though the radios AUX jack, and interrupt it with a voice prompt when needed.
Sorry, but I don't have a photo of mine when it was installed.
You can plug it into your AUX jack, and it will tell you "turn right/left in XX feet" (It does not tell you street names, just left or right. It shows the street name on the screen, but it does not speak it. Your radio has to be set to AUX input, which means no music can be playing if you want to hear the GPS speak. You can toggle to your CD/radio when on the road, and toggle to AUX if you know your getting close to a turn if you like.
Several people have tried to hack around it to allow music AND voice prompts, but I dont think anyone has been very successful, at least not without spending as much in other components as it would cost to just by the higher end Zumo that has MP3 player built in (which allows the GPS to feed music though the radios AUX jack, and interrupt it with a voice prompt when needed.
Sorry, but I don't have a photo of mine when it was installed.
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RE: Garmin Quest 2
If you want to do it cheap and easy just buy the handle bar mount for it. I have seen them for about 12 bucks on line. You will not be able to use the audio this way but you will still get where you wanna go just as fast. I own 5 different gps units and at the end of the day, they all get me where I want to go.
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