i felt zumo 550 was overkill,purchased 3 yrs ago(714$). look at something like the zumo 450...


I already have a sat,cellphone holder,traffex sucked

 

Zumo 550 here... love it, great device. Lots of opinions on this, but I really like the fender mount for the 550, looks like it belongs on the bike. Sounds like you have, oh I dunno, 27 THOUSAND dollars wrapped up in your bike given you ride a Limited... why put some funky mount and a cheap GPS on it? Most of us here will drop 600 bucks for a chrome exhaust, but for something actually useful?... why not just spring for a GPS made for motorcycles?

 

I use the Zumo 450 (its the older model) but it works great. Some of the folks here use the standard type GPS and that's kewl too....I wouldn't want to get caught in a downpour though. I ruined my communication module that we used to talk thru because it started pouring and I couldn't get it off my helmet quick enough..that was a $75 piece of equipment....imagine that at $200. You might want to just save your money a bit more and get a ZUMO and never have to worry..but hey that's just me.

 

I was able to get a TomTom Rider 1 on closeout from Amazon for about $200 last year. Don't know if you can still do that or not. It was a nice piece of kit. The only drawback to it is 1) the on-off switch is a B_ _ _ _ h to push sometimes, and 2) it has no external speaker. You have to wear a bluetooth receiver to hear the voice instructions. I never liked those things too much. I've always thought you look like an idiot wearing one and appearing to be talking to yourself while walking down the street. Of course in this application I'm riding and just listening, not talking so that's not an issue, but on a 3,000 mile ride I did last summer we had a couple of 7-hour days in the saddle and after wearing that stupid thing for that long my ear was a little sore. On the plus side though, the screen is good, and so far, the directions have been spot on.

 

I replaced an old Nuvi with the Zumo 660 when I upgraded my 2000 Fatboy to a 2010 Ultra Limited. I'm doing more long rides and a good GPS keeps me off the highways.

I went for the non-Harley one. I read on a post that the Harley one didn't have the "go home" button, which I use alot when I'm out randomly riding country roads, then need to head home. I put a 4 Gig memory card in it and loaded it up with tunes. Ran the output cable right under the radio and have a 9 inch cable to connect into the Aux Port of the radio. Love it! Although now I'm wishing I went all out for the 665 to get XM Radio.

 

You can also pays for a lot more than you needs!!!!
Walmart online has 750's for $140.00 new. No, they're not waterproof, So don't ride in the rain without covering them. Or you can five times as much and get one that is waterproof. The 750 also has a memory card slot that you can load music on. Then when the voice prompts come on the Garmin lower the tunes and gives the voice prompts.

It's a pretty sweet set up for the money. I've heard a lot of talk about vibration too, but my Eclipse has more vibration than my StreetGlide.

 

i bought the garmin 255w and still haven't mounted it on the bike. to do it again, i'd have probably sprung the big bucks for the zumo.

 

I bought a Harley because it was a Harley, I dont think they necessarily are the best. They are a money pit. You buy a Jap bike, it will run from the factory. You buy a Harley you spend thousands more trying to get it to run with the Jap bike. I will never own another Harley.