| Author | Message | ||
     Wrongway2 |
OLD FARKLE  Old farkle good! Used for many years. NEW FARKLE  New Farkle better! What kind of GPS's are you guys running. I just bought the Garmin Zumo 550. It works great! (Message edited by wrongway2 on March 08, 2008) | ||
| Galloper |
Garmin GPSMap 278  | ||
| Wrongway2 |
I like the mount Galloper. Touratech? | ||
| Wbrisett |
I already own the Zumo and it's mounted on my BMW RT. How did you mount it on the Ulysses? It looks like it might get somewhat crowded on the Uly with the lack of a "cockpit" like I have on the RT. Wayne | ||
| Gamdh |
I've been using the 276C for a few years. No real complaints. As for the cockpit.. there's plenty of room  | ||
| Wrongway2 |
I used a Ram mount. It is longer than the one that came with the Zumo. It was what I had my Garmin V mounted with.  This isn't a very good picture, sorry.  | ||
| Chrisgrant |
After much homework, I will be getting a Zumo. Just not sure what to get first, Zumo or Drummer. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
"After much homework, I will be getting a Zumo. Just not sure what to get first, Zumo or Drummer." If you get the Zumo, you know where you're at - if you get the Drummer, everyone else knows where you're at. . | ||
| Brown_e |
Gamdh, where did you get the cover for the XM radio? | ||
| Gamdh |
CycleGadets.com http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?I tem=ROADYXT The rain cover fits the Roady/Roady2/XT and probably a few more. | ||
| Court |
We all seem to agree on the Zumo 550. What's the skinny on the best mounting and headset. I use Bose in-ear with my walkman. I wonder how they'd work with the Zumo, Any updates on Bluetooth headsets? . . or is that too much tech at a time? | ||
| Reepicheep |
Garmin Quest in a Ram cradle. On the 9sx, it has a wire from a cut up AC charger and a home built voltage regulator (easy). On the KLR-250, I just run it off batteries. It goes 10+ hours off a charge, but you loose the backlight, though the device is smart enough to turn it on when it tells you to do something. I use the Ram cradles bolted with common (bent up) hardware store bits to attach it to the old left mirror mount on the 9sx. It bolts to the crossbar on the KLR-250, buried as deep as I could to make it more crashworthy... The little two-fiddy is now tuned pretty well, and I can power wheelie it now... so I put the quest in a safer spot  Oh, and as a side note, my mother in law had me help her get a GPS for my father in law over christmas... I was patient on Ebay, and got a Quest II factory refurb (perfect shape) with NT8 (the mapping software) for $175. She was going to get him the low end tom-tom or low end Garmin, which would have been OK, but would (at that time) have cost more money, and they do a lot of bicycling, so I also built them a bicycle mount just like the one I use on the KLR 250 (with the Ram cradle). So anyway, I would bet you could put together a complete decent quest setup with cradle ($12 or something) and full mapping software (though probably out of date) for $150 or less if you go the ebay route these days. It won't be the best setup in terms of fancy doo dads, but it just works great. (Message edited by reepicheep on March 08, 2008) | ||
| Ahowudoon |
Has anyone used the Quest offered on the Buell site? I'm thinking of getting a GPS before summer. I like the eBay idea. I might look into that as well. I just don't know if I want to spend $700+ on my first GPS.... | ||
| Froggy |
Reep, the Quest can be set to leave the backlight on. Of course it uses the battery faster, but it works. Just tap the power button, it will turn the backlight on. You might need to set it in the settings so it stays on rather than turn off at the default 2 minutes. Ahowudoon, avoid the Buell Quest. I have it, its overpriced and sucks. For $700 you can get the Zumo 550, which does everything the Quest does, plus has XM, Bluetooth, Touchscreen, better internals and maps that aren't 3 years old. | ||
| 08uly |
+1 for Garmin! Excellent equipment, customer service & support. Over the years I've had: 12XL iQue 3600 Zumo 550 The iQue is a gadget geeks dream. Many features and functions but not waterproof. The Zumo is waterproof and easy to use. After the iQue it seems really dummed-down and I miss all the features the iQue has but for the bike the Zumo is best. 08Uly | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
I have a Garmin 2820, and I just bought a RAM motorcycle mount kit for it. Never used it on a bike before. It is big, expensive, waterproof, and has no external speaker so earphones are a must. Prior to this I've been using the cheapy Mio C310X portable. I just stuff it in the tankbag map pocket. I can hear the voice prompts (even with earplugs) at anything other than highway speeds. It is a great little P.O.S. GPS, the only problem is that you can't upload custom routes, but as an on the fly navigational aid it is indispensible. | ||
| Galloper |
Yes, it's the lockable Touratech mount for the Garmin 276/278.  | ||
| Ahowudoon |
I checked eBay and saw the Quest2. It's a refurb from Garmin and looks like it does more than the Buell model. It's got about 8 hours to go and it's at like $60 + S&H. Granted, I'd still have to buy the mounting hardware.... Anybody have this model or heard anything good/bad about it? If I was looking at a new model, I can see the benefit of spending another $200 to get something better. Once you're over the $500 line, another couple for better quality shouldn't be an issue; but for probably around $120 I might be good to go with the Quest2. Any comments are definetly welcome. I'm new to the world of GPS's. | ||
| Froggy |
Quest 2 is just the Quest with more memory. Quest 1 only has 128mb of memory, so it holds only a few states. You need to upload different maps if you plan on traveling. On my quest i got a radius of about 200 miles of my home, so I am good most of the time. If i am going to be traveling a good distance, I will upload maps along the route im going. I belive Quest 2 holds the whole US, so that shouldn't be an issue. I have the instructions and part numbers for the goodies to use the OEM mount for the Ulysses. PM me, I can try to scan or photograph the instructions and part numbers for you. | ||
| Adrian_8 |
I have the Zumo 550..it is very easy to use. The cool thing is you can share a route with your buddy in McDonalds parking lot...pop in the SD card hit "share" stick the card in his Zumo and punch import...boom you both have the same map...almost that quick...I have the Camos Blue tooth setup...this wind noise in the helmet prety much negates the volume after 55mph...I even use it for Geo-Cacheing..set the GPS on "Off-Road" and take off wandering in the woods to find the treasure box...The service is great at Garmin...You get to talk to an American in Kansas in about 5 minutes that will help you with any problems..super service. NO Muhammands (Alias Charley) in India to talk to..thank goodness... | ||
| Freyke |
Garmin Street pilot for me - Ram Mount  | ||
| Wrongway2 |
Zumo 550, XM Radio subscription, Autocom audio system, Kenwood TK3131 Bike to Bike. Ah yes life is good! | ||
| Strmvt |
Zumo 550 myself as well get the Bolt out of storage I'll mount it up and get some pics. Wrongway2 hows the XM subscription working for you I find that 230$ for an antenna lil costly for me | ||
| Reepicheep |
Only downside to the Quest II over the Quest 1 is that it (for some bizzare reason) does not come with an AC charger. As stated though, it comes with enough memory for whole US. No worries though, a couple of solder joints and you can get it to charge off of any USB port, I posted a hack to do that either here or advrider (and probably both places). Its a nice little motorcycle GPS unit, weather proof and tough. The hinge joint can be fussy if it gets too dirty over time, but its easy to clean. | ||
| Jackbequick |
Here is a comparison of the features on the Garmin Quest, Quest II, 2820, zumo 450, and zumo 550: http://tinyurl.com/yo3d59 Those are all the Garmins that are worth owning IMHO. They come with mapping for a PC install and that will also give you full control of routing which seems to be something that all bikers want to have sooner or later. If you don't want to mount the XM antenna and prefer to manage your own phone calls after you stop (i.e., don't want to be bothered while riding), the zumo 450 is a better buy. The zumo 400 and 500 are European models, not sold in North America, and not fully functional here as far as FM TMC and stuff like that. I use a 2610 and will forever unless it dies (hopefully never). I also use a GPSMAP 76Cx sometimes (a go anywhere, do anything handheld). The zumos come with good RAM Mounts, those are very good mounts. To study some of the details about using the zumos, consider checking out the ZumoForums.com they have tones of good info there and seem to cater especially to bikers of all ilks. Jack | ||
| Old_mil |
Like you, I started with the Garmin V. While I liked the form factor and the screen, eventually the lack of national maps and relatively slow processor led me to replace it. I went to the 2610, which was a poor choice because its screen washed out in daylight. Then I went to the 2720, and am quite happy with it. Mounted in a locking touratech mount. | ||
| Davolous |
I'm still learning about my Zumo 550. Just the other day I setup the bluetooth with a headset and my phone. I had no clue it had all the phone numbers for all the locations. I was amazed! So basically I can be driving around in a state I've never been before: hit the phone button, then local, hotels, and it will show me the 20 (or so) closest one. Then press on the hotel and it will call them through my cell phone using my Bluetooth headset. Book a room over the phone and have the Zumo tell you how to get there. I'm excited to have it get to on my bike, but it's cool that it came with a car setup for now too. | ||
| Wrongway2 |
STRMVT: "Wrongway2 hows the XM subscription working for you I find that 230$ for an antenna lil costly for me." I agree the cost of the antenna is a bit much. I got mine at gpsdiscount.com for $209.00. I signed up for a 3 year subscription at $9.99 a month. I have no complaints. | ||
| Gotj |
Jackbequick, A slight hijack here. I too use a 2610, probably because of your strong endorsement of it. Is there a way to either incapacitate the maximum speed function or set it to always read some specific number like 57? | ||
| Strmvt |
Wrongway2, does the traffic function work decent and give you a good heads up |
