Motorcycle GPS?

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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

Just another little note, This happened to me once and I had to remove the battery. Needs a tiny allan key so maybe pack one of these.

[denill]

Anyone here who can help?

Contemplating driving (Not riding, bugger) from Paris - Austria - Croatia - Serbia - Romania.
As I said, this still in the contemplative stage and just the first step in planning is - are maps available for GPS for that route?? If so what system? TomTom?

If the answer is no, it is unlikely to happen.

[vifferman]

Contemplating driving (Not riding, bugger) from Paris - Austria - Croatia - Serbia - Romania.
As I said, this still in the contemplative stage and just the first step in planning is - are maps available for GPS for that route?? If so what system? TomTom?

Did you try googling this? Like "tom tom maps", or "garmin maps", or whatever?
Tom tom have maps for Eastern and Western Urp, so that's a possibility for you.

[Grub]

Anyone here who can help?

Contemplating driving (Not riding, bugger) from Paris - Austria - Croatia - Serbia - Romania.
As I said, this still in the contemplative stage and just the first step in planning is - are maps available for GPS for that route?? If so what system? TomTom?

If the answer is no, it is unlikely to happen.

If you read this whole thread, the discussion about what system for what circumstances is comprehensive. There's some great discussion and experiences here. Since nobody has discussed travelling where you are planning, all you need to do is go to those manufacturers websites to get the stories on the maps ....

[Hitcher]

I now have a Garmin zumo 550, complete with USA/Canada and New Zealand maps on board. The kit that comes with this is impressive: full cabling, a windscreen mounting bracket for a car AND a motorcycle mounting bracket, RAM mounting kit for that (with two bar mounting options that should work on most bikes), comprehensive user guide on CD, and the USA/Canada detailed city maps also on CD.

I went for a drive the other night after it was delivered. The zumo works pretty much straight out of the box. I still need to do a few customisations this weekend, but it's very impressive. I won't be able to do the Bluetoothing until I get to Los Angeles, as our intercoms have been shipped with the bike. I must say that the route Doris chose for me to get home from Johnsonville was "interesting" but effective.

Good service and very sharp pricing from www.logicalchoice.co.nz at Taradale, of all places.

[denill]

Did you try googling this? Like "tom tom maps", or "garmin maps", or whatever?
Tom tom have maps for Eastern and Western Urp, so that's a possibility for you.

Thanks. TomTom came up with:

With more than 75,000 km of new road coverage and 15,000 new POI, the Eastern Europe map continues to improve. Detailed door-to-door navigation is offered throughout the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Plus limited coverage of Croatia, GBP 39.95.

No coverage for Romania but that is better than I expected and within 12 mths they just may cover Romania?

Will poke around other manufacturers and see what coverage there is there.

Cheers
Bill

[sefer]

I went for a drive the other night after it was delivered. The zumo works pretty much straight out of the box. I still need to do a few customisations this weekend, but it's very impressive. I won't be able to do the Bluetoothing until I get to Los Angeles, as our intercoms have been shipped with the bike. I must say that the route Doris chose for me to get home from Johnsonville was "interesting" but effective.

Sounds like a good buy.

Yeah I find the same thing with mine regarding where it actually takes you. Flip through Fastest route and Shortest route a few times when your around areas you know and see where it takes you, and stick with the best one. Shortest route can be funny, as it's often a way you'd never think was shorter than your usual way. Fastest route will most likely always be best in the states though (though decide if you want to use toll roads and check that option or not).

[Meanie]

I must say that the route Doris chose for me to get home from Johnsonville was "interesting" but effective.

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Yep doris has taken me on a couple of intersesting routes too but still got me there

[Nordy]

bit late but I have tried navman and felt it was a bit meh. I have two garmin units, one for exercise (Garmin Forerunner 405) and one for my mountain biking (Garmin GPSMap 60Cx) and I love both. Planning to get a Zumo 550 before the end of the year (and will get it from Tony in chch (savages on tardme) "Tony Savage at KiwiGPS" who has done me proud on the last two I have bought.)

I have been using the free maps and a topo map i bought off a dude in chch. Both work awesomely, especially teh free autorouting maps. The only reason I will get the Zumo is to get the voice navigation as trying to read directions while driving is fricken distracting :P and probably as bad as texting while driving.