I've been using a Magellan GPS on my Ultra, but its really meant for a car. Any suggestions. I need to get one thats easier to see in bright sunlight. I've been looking at the Garmin Zumo 660 & 550. I can use some feedback from those who are using any of these. Before I spend a ton of money for nothing

 

ZUMO 550 on Ebay! The 650 really doesn't add more for ya! You can get a great mount and ride to your hearts content!

Good Luck on your search! Mike

 

I can only tell you my experience with the 550... 100%happy with my purchase have had it close to 2 years.

 

I've recently purchased a Garman NUVI 500 and am very happy with it. Its waterproof so I don't have to worry so much about the weather. I can create routes on Google Map and download them to the unit ... which is better then sliced bread for me

 

+1 on zumo 550 - great gps, use it in my truck with the supplied car mount, added the xm antenna, tough and durable, accurate, hard wired the motorcycle mount to my accessory connector, comes with all you need to be up and running.

 

The 550 and the 650 both have bluetooth. If it connects to the AUX on the Ultra Classic, can you talk through the headset on the phone?

 

Great info, that's what I need from people that actually use them. I'm finding that the 660 is brand new, and very hard to find at this time.

 

I have the Zumo 660 for a couple of weeks now. This unit has some great features and some bugs.

Questions that I was concerned about when purchasing the Zumo:

1. Can I read the screen in full sunlight with sunglasses on and the dark tinted visor down? – YES
2. Is the screen big enough and clear enough to for these “mature eyes” to see while driving? – YES
3. Will I be able to leave my paper maps at home during a trip? – NO, the screen just does not show enough detail (no matter what the map setting) to allow you to get the big picture. I wish the Garmin would sense the fact that if the Zumo is stationary the map detail can automatically increased 10X plus.
4. Are the preloaded road maps accurate? – YES, at least for SE Minnesota.

Bugs found that if not fixed would have seen this Zumo on ebay:

1. Town names not shown no matter what the zoom level. – FIXED last week with a new firmware download from Garmin.
2. Transferring routes directly from MapSource to the Zumo resulted in the route being ignored and the waypoints connected with direct lines. – There is an easy work around and Garmin is reported to be working on the problem. Some zumoforum members are still concerned that the Zumo will still doing some “rerouting” when a route is transferred, but I haven’t seen this bug.

Other:

1. Many, many POIs, point of interest, (restaurants, gas stations, etc.) are loaded into the Zumo, but Subway restaurants are not.
2. It is very easy to add thousands of POIs to the Zumo. For example, I added all of the Harley dealers in the USA and Canada.
3. I can’t find a POI spreadsheet with all of the Subways in the USA listed.

 

Where did you download the HD Dealerships? Thanks!

 

Mud Puppy,

Try this link: http://www.zumoforums.com/index.php?...a=view;down=10

You may need to become a member of zumoforums.com to get there. It is not the one that I used, but the author says that he has just updated it.

I used one that I found here: http://www.poi-factory.com/poifiles