Motorcycle GPS?

[SPman]

I'd prefer to have some certainty in that regard, rather than relying on chocolate-coated macadamias to navigate North America with.

At least when you're stopped, out of gas, at 2am in the middle of nowhere, with the coyotes howling and the wierdos circling in, you'd have something to eat..........

[mstriumph]

hey
wierdos need love [and chocolate macadamias] too, you know

[Dodger]

$1645! Gahh! Thud.

Hows this?

Garmin Zumo 550 GPS - US$736.74 inc shipping (NZ$960.71ish)


Mate of mine has brought from them in the past with no worrys. (you may have to pay import duty on it, but still cheaper in the long run)

[P38]

Hows this?

Garmin Zumo 550 GPS - US$736.74 inc shipping (NZ$960.71ish)


Mate of mine has brought from them in the past with no worrys. (you may have to pay import duty on it, but still cheaper in the long run)

Yep thats a good deal alright

Under $1100 including GST and the North American maps.

[Dodger]

Yep thats a good deal alright

Under $1100 including GST and the North American maps.

They also have the 450 version for US$603 inc shipping

[sefer]

I've have recommended a garmin too. If no one has mentioned it yet, be sure to check out the free NZ GPS project and see if you can use it on your unit. It's updated pretty often, and personally I find it better than the (overpriced, and pay to update) garmin maps.

[shafty]

Good choice Hitcher; I have a Garmin, not the top of the range one you have (I now wish I just spent the dosh, but am very happy still). We used ours for a month in Oz @ Xmas and it paid for itself - they SO make traversing foreign roads easy.

I spent 3 months strolling the USA a wee while ago (GL1500/Escapade trailer) and loved it as you Guys will.

My 2c worth:

- We used www.koa.com - awesome 5 star campgrounds
- If exploring Route 66, aim to include Seligman - http://www.route66giftshop.com/angel.html - we met Angel, - look for my business card on his shop wall
- We gassed up in Interstate service areas - the theory being, if we wandered in to an undesirable area by mistake at the next city - we could at least "boot it". We did have to do this once.
- You MAY need a "gas hog" for some CA gas stations (Is that right Allansz?) - a gas nozzle adapter for bikes. If you do - PM me and I'll send you mine gratus

(As if you wouldn't, but....) ENJOY!

[NordieBoy]

If no one has mentioned it yet, be sure to check out the free NZ GPS project and see if you can use it on your unit.

But not so good in the US.

[P38]

Good choice Hitcher; I have a Garmin, not the top of the range one you have (I now wish I just spent the dosh, but am very happy still). We used ours for a month in Oz @ Xmas and it paid for itself - they SO make traversing foreign roads easy.

I spent 3 months strolling the USA a wee while ago (GL1500/Escapade trailer) and loved it as you Guys will.

My 2c worth:

- We used www.koa.com - awesome 5 star campgrounds
- If exploring Route 66, aim to include Seligman - http://www.route66giftshop.com/angel.html - we met Angel, - look for my business card on his shop wall
- We gassed up in Interstate service areas - the theory being, if we wandered in to an undesirable area by mistake at the next city - we could at least "boot it". We did have to do this once.
- You MAY need a "gas hog" for some CA gas stations (Is that right Allansz?) - a gas nozzle adapter for bikes. If you do - PM me and I'll send you mine gratus

(As if you wouldn't, but....) ENJOY!

Shafty

Maybe you could help me out here.

I've been looking for some Aussi Maps.

Which one/s did you use in your Garmin?

[chrispy121]

get a black berry they have GPs and maps for the us + voda have just released a gps app for NZ

[sefer]

But not so good in the US.

But great if like me (and by the sounds of it Hitcher) you brought your unit in the US and got US maps with it as the standard. Sure beats forking out for NZ maps too once your back home

[Meanie]

Garmen Zumo 550 is the best for bikes at the moment IMO A little expensive but you get what you pay for and if your touring the states your gonna need something that works

edit Just read right through, good choice Hitcher you wont be dissapointed
The only thing thats happened to mine was it freezed and wouldnt do nothing. Read the instructions for this you just gotta push two buttons at once and it reboots. Best you know this before you head over to the states without your instruction book
Enjoy mate you lucky bugger Me and Mrs are gonna do something similar when the kids have left home

[denill]

Wow, Mr Hitcher!
You must be toldlessly wealthy....
The vifferbabe wants me to purchase a GPS unit for the Nederlands part of our Urpeen tour, but between the troglodytes that keep our bank balance low, our TV carking it, my cellular telephone carking it, #1's car overheating, #2 being unemployed, #3 being an alien (one of those blue-grey, long-limbed skinny ones), my bike battery dying, and the incessant bills for various parts of our vacation, there's not really any money available for a GPS.
Or any of the above.
Despite the vifferbabe being a Counter of Beanz.
Wait... ... that should be because the vifferbabe is a Counter of Beanz. Obviously (or perhaps not), we have Mechanic's Car Syndrome infesting our accounts...

FWIW After a bit of experience with a TomTom (in Oz, by bike) and after negotiating France for a couple of weeks (by car) without GPS, and manned with detailed Michelin Maps blown up to include our route. - I say, buy something..... Even if it's not top of the line!!!!! It would be 100% beter than no GPS.......

I will stay home if I have to negotiate a strange country sans GPS.

[mjvduc]

my 2 cents


I had a tomtom but my gadget was a bit slow if I was doing above 140km/h and the cover for Italy wasn't to good either the battery was only good for 3-4hrs (back light off), so you can't really use it without external power source

as I do a lots of hiking and cycling as well, I purchased a garmin 60csx top stuff, waterproof, easy to handle, cheep, ........compare to the rest. it runs on 2 AA batteries or rechargeables, between 10 to 16hrs you can have it just tapped to the tank, in your rucksack or even in your jacket........you could also scan maps and use it for hiking.........

have fun

mjvduc

I bought the unit last month in the states for less than 320USD with 128SD card and US base map.

[alanzs]

- You MAY need a "gas hog" for some CA gas stations (Is that right Allansz?) - a gas nozzle adapter for bikes. If you do - PM me and I'll send you mine gratus

(As if you wouldn't, but....) ENJOY!

Yes, the gas nozzles in many parts of the states California for sure) have an emission control "sleeve" on it that makes it really a hassle to fill up a bike. You have to pull the large plastic/metal sleeve back, and it will click the gas flow off if you don't do it right. Not a big deal, but the "gas hog" clip(it is a clip?) will help.