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Nov 19, 2009 | 05:39 PM

#31

honestbob

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From: way down upon the Suwannee River

I've had a Tom-Tom rider II for about a year now. Works great and about 1/2 the price of an over-priced Garmin.

Nov 19, 2009 | 08:21 PM

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rstekeur

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From: Ft Myers FL

I had a streetpilot 330, nuvi 200w, and now a Zumo 550. I got the 550 because I wanted to have XM on the bike and not have to have another box on the handle bars. The Xm is great and I also got weather and Traffic. It's waterproff and comes off the mount easily without having to disconnect any wires. I think the garmins are the easyest to use. I would get the Garmin and not the Harley model because the Garmin comes with 2 mounts and all the hardware.

Nov 20, 2009 | 10:13 AM

#33

Lucky1958

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From: Republic of Texas

bY THE WAY KURYAKIN MAKES A GREAT GAS CAP COVER MOUNT.
iTS VERY CLEAN EASY TO INSTALL
OUT OF THE WAY DOES NOT COVER ANYTHING LIKE THE BAR MOUNT

Nov 20, 2009 | 12:02 PM

#34

wharfrat

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Dittos on the Zumo 550. During the week I use mine in the semi. Really accurate. Garmin is tops in GPS market. I won't go on a roadtrip without mine.

Nov 20, 2009 | 01:33 PM

#35

frenchbiker

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From: The Burgh

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky1958

bY THE WAY KURYAKIN MAKES A GREAT GAS CAP COVER MOUNT.
iTS VERY CLEAN EASY TO INSTALL
OUT OF THE WAY DOES NOT COVER ANYTHING LIKE THE BAR MOUNT

How do you run the power cables from the fuel cap to the source? Can you hide them completely all the way?
Does the GPS hit the console when you open the fuel door?

Nov 22, 2009 | 08:15 AM

#36

keltonkrew

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From: Riverside, TX

I have the Garmin NUVI 550. Waterproof, easy to operate even with gloves.

Heres how I have mine mounted. first pic is just the ram ball mount, 2nd pic is with the unit

Nov 22, 2009 | 08:36 AM

#37

user 4636474738

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Garmin 550 and mount it as high up as you can. You don't want to be looking down at your gas tank to see your GPS. Mount it HIGH!!!

Nov 22, 2009 | 09:04 AM

#38

troop

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From: Stoughton, WI

I'm just gonna take my chances with an automotive GPS and either get the Garmin Nuvi 255w or 265wt. Then I'll try this mount from ebay ..http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Figure I'll have about $200 into it and like stated earlier, if it starts raining hard I'll put a baggy over it...

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Nov 22, 2009 | 09:10 AM

#39

RK96

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From: Rosenheim/Germany

TomTom Rider II

Cheaper than Garmin, waterproof, online updates, a lot of POIs, Bluetooth headset.
Tours could be created with my PC even at work by using TYRE (a freeware which uses Goggle maps as source), Tripmaster (route tracking software) additionally installed.

I have it connected to the headlight: Tomtom goes ON with the bike (and is charged) but remains ON when the bike goes OFF.

Greetings from Germany
Tom

Last edited by RK96; Nov 22, 2009 at 01:22 PM.

Nov 23, 2009 | 11:47 AM

#40

dstegjas

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From: Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Quote:

Originally Posted by keltonkrew

I have the Garmin NUVI 550. Waterproof, easy to operate even with gloves.

Heres how I have mine mounted. first pic is just the ram ball mount, 2nd pic is with the unit

Thanks for the pictures. That was my other concerns on where people mount the units. I want mine to be a quick disconnect from the handle bars as well, but I am not sure they make those.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HDrick

Garmin 550 and mount it as high up as you can. You don't want to be looking down at your gas tank to see your GPS. Mount it HIGH!!!

Good point Rick. I don't need any more surprises then usual on my bike.

Jim

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