Garmin GPS for motor bikes

[Waihou Thumper]

Bugger you JMJ you stole my thunder I was going to say the same thing but use nasty words.

Besides the search function being Fecking useless, products/ theories/ methods evolve & without the subjects being readdressed any one of us can end up without of date information.

Perhaps for some people a book would be better entertainment...

Yes, you are right...Apologies...It was unneccesary. I take it on the chin.

[NordieBoy]

I believe it is technically possible for the authorities to decide to charge import duty and the MAF fee if the total is under $400, should import duty rate be greater than zero on the item you're bringing in. But practically speaking the GST minimum collection amount of $60 is the thing. At least based on what I can find out from the govt websites.

No import duty on motorcycle parts.

[chasio]

No import duty on motorcycle parts.

Good to know. I couldn't find anything about GPS units on the list, but marine navigation is also zero rated for duty, so I was planning on claiming that if they pinged me!

[NordieBoy]

Good to know. I couldn't find anything about GPS units on the list, but marine navigation is also zero rated for duty, so I was planning on claiming that if they pinged me!

"motorcycle" gps.

[reofix]

I have the 660 with oz and nz maps ... perfect ... route planning and uploading is best feature ... follow the magenta brick road all day .. find gas or food in a flash ... it cost but it aint a halfarsed thing ... not available at the warewhare for $29.99... mate bought a "strike" or something ... half the money ... piece of shit ... mounting bracket broke on first trip ... stupid thing had to be reprogrammed after every stop ... he might as well have put the money on the ground and set fire to it ... do the research ... then buy the proper tool for the job

[Night Falcon]

I have the 660 with oz and nz maps ... perfect ... route planning and uploading is best feature ... follow the magenta brick road all day .. find gas or food in a flash ... it cost but it aint a halfarsed thing ... not available at the warewhare for $29.99... mate bought a "strike" or something ... half the money ... piece of shit ... mounting bracket broke on first trip ... stupid thing had to be reprogrammed after every stop ... he might as well have put the money on the ground and set fire to it ... do the research ... then buy the proper tool for the job

what he said....I have a zumo 550. its my first GPS so cant compare with others...but it works well for me...they are pretty reliable but I'm on my 2nd as the first one conked out. Lucky for me I bought it from Trig's who replaced it under warranty....was looking at importing one to save some cash but glad I didn't!

[NordieBoy]

My Garmin Nuvi 500 is now for sale.

Only a couple of weeks old (refurbished unit after I camera'd the last one) and NZ Open GPS mapped up.

Comes with a RAM cradle but no attachments as they're going to be used with my new GPS.

I'll put it up in the for sale section and TM soon.

[Crim]

My Garmin Nuvi 500 is now for sale.

What are ya gettin' Fran?

[NordieBoy]

Got a little Garmin Oregon 300.

The Nuvi 500/Zumo 220 are great but if my old Quest had a high sensitivity aerial, I'd still be using it.

All the features I liked from the Quest with customisable fields etc and also has "profiles" so I can select the "work" one and it instantly has only routeable roads, no tracks and time and distance to destination on top of the map.
If I pick "adventure" it has the routable maps overlaid with 10m topo, tracks turned on, elevation profiling etc.

Barometric compass etc...

Everything is customisable.

1000 waypoints vs 500 and 50 routes vs 10 and proper track management.

A lot smaller though. But I picked it up 2nd hand...

The newer Oregons have cameras too...

[Eddieb]

Another thread dedge, what the hell.

Garmin GPS with built in UHF radio.

http://www.ja-gps.com.au/Garmin/rino-650-gps-uhf-radio/

[NordieBoy]

They've finally bought out a new Rino.

The old one was illegal in NZ as the UHF radios weren't permitted.

[Eddieb]

They've finally bought out a new Rino.

The old one was illegal in NZ as the UHF radios weren't permitted.

Thats an Aussie link, I don't know if they have the same standards as here or not.

[jim.cox]

They've finally bought out a new Rino.

The old one was illegal in NZ as the UHF radios weren't permitted.

Actaully there was a special Aus version (also ok for NZ) of the old one - but they were extremely hard to find

[jim.cox]

Thats an Aussie link, I don't know if they have the same standards as here or not.

That link says it uses the FRS (USA) channels - Aus and NZ are PRS - so it is probably not legal in either country

But I note that Trig Instruments are listing it also http://www.triginstruments.co.nz/cat...roducts_id=924

Edit - Did some digging on the Garmin website - there IS an Australian version of the 650 (garmin SKU 10-00928-05 )

Appears not to have provison for external mic or speaker

[Padmei]

So the idea is to have 2 or more in a group to communicate positions? Are they able to be monitored by other people - ie someone at home? They text to each other using the uhf frequency?