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Motorcycle Sat Nav - Does Anyone use one?

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Priddy:
I use Garmin although I find the mapping and software a bit of a faf as you are forever updating the lifetime maps!
Not yet fitted my old (660) unit to my F1 but on the list to do as I find it useful when just out for a ride to look at alternative routes as I go (and music is nice sometimes!) .

Laverda Dave:
I bought a Garmin Zumo 550 over 10 years ago.  It finally gave up last week, nothing to do with the actual sat nav but the cradle it sits in.  The connecting pins between the two are very fragile and with the old Garmin units you had to push the sat nav down onto the pins that were in the base of the cradle potentially cuasing damage if the security screw was not fully undone. Garmin knew of the problem and moved the connecting pins to the back of the cradle for the more recent models, far more robust. They have stopped making the 550 cradle now so if the pins break, that's it unless you can find a used and undamaged one on ebay but they are expensive and rare.
I've been looking at a new sat nav during the past week, they have certainly progressed since the 550 in terms of features and accuracy!
If you are not worried about getting the latest model such as the Garmin 396 or 595 there are some good deals on n.o.s 394/5 and 590. 
Two things are a must, free lifetime map updates (I paid £50 for a Garmin map update 10 years ago as I was doing a two week european trip), I havent updated it since at those prices! They may be cheaper now though.
If you are in a busy area like London and don't want to keep looking down at the device to see where you are supposed to turn factor in the cost of a bluetooth helmet intercom that way you can hear the countdown to the turn.
A mate had a TomTom, it kept losing the satalite, he switched it off in the end and followed me with my Garmin!

Johnwebley:
I have a GARMIN for the car.and a cheapo Chinese copy for the bike. With Bluetooth headset.

The bike one works well.
And even managed to get it updated from China.
They seem to pirate the maps. And the original owner will not recognize the installation to update.

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Tomb:
Garmin 52LM car one mounted on bike, and maps. I enjoy using a map when touring abroad, GPS helps, once on smaller roads looking for hotels or camp sites its invaluable. Best one is when you're getting low on fuel and it finds the nearest. Very convenient for looking for food shops when camping.

Someone said using phone - My girlfriend used her phone in a purpose made case on handlebars until someone mentioned the danger of falling off and being injured when lone riding, you may be lying away from bike and unable to reach phone to call for help. Just a thought. My girlfriend no longer uses the handlebar case.

If you have an old Garmin GPS without lifetime map updates, its still worth updating Systems, they are free and make a huge difference. I had my old Garmin give up completely after years of use, it was dead, wouldn't even turn off, just a blank screen but on until battery died, plugged into PC to charge to try resetting and it downloaded System updates and works perfectly again.

I bought the Garmin 52 LM for a few £££ more than updating the maps on my old one.

Winterfield:
I use a Garmin Zumo myself, a 345LM. I like it, but it has betrayed me more than once. I think there's something I've messed up, but when it re-routes because you go slightly off course, it decides that you're now going the adventurous route. It's how I ended up taking this narrow coastal road through Manish, instead of the slightly less narrow road around the north of Harris. https://goo.gl/maps/wDhCAmwLHBdA2LBG6

I also have a Quadlock for my phone. I've found the mount itself to be great, but in the rainy weather my phone's touch screen goes crazy, and is unusable (even without gloves).

One neat thing that Quadlock have just brought out is a wireless charging mount, which I'll be looking into.

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