Motorbike Sat Navs? - SV650.org

25-09-12, 06:27 PM

hiya all im looking into purchasing a sat nav for my SV im considering highly to go for the Garmin ZUMO 350LM has anybody got one or used on and if so how is it ? any info would be recommended, also if you have a sat nav what do you have

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Tomor · 25-09-12, 06:38 PM

I sometimes use my dads Zumo 550 and it is quite useful. Doesn't seem to realise that some petrol stations in Belgium aren't there anymore so you have to use it carefully and use your common sense sometimes.

Stuuk1 · 25-09-12, 06:42 PM

I have a TomTom rider v2. It's great, hasn't failed me yet anyway... touch wood.

Got it for £80 on eBay faulty. Changed the battery and it was as good as new

embee · 25-09-12, 10:01 PM

I have the Zumo550. Good users forum at http://www.zumoforums.com/index.php
all the info you want on issues etc. Bear in mind these forums always show all the warts, don't be too put off.

Any satnav is only as good as the database, if you don't update POI (points of interest) files they will be out of date, simple.

I've played with a 660 and it is a significantly better unit than the 550 IMO, the 350 ought to be more along the lines of the 660 in use. Also much more compact shape for pockets.

I've had almost no problems with the 550, does what it says.

Definitely worth getting the lifetime maps (LM) from the start, I haven't updated maps due to cost, and now my 550 is too old to risk paying for new maps when it'll probably die sometime. Often find I'm riding across "fields" especially in France where they build roads at the drop of a hat.
If/when it does I'll just get a new unit with LM.

26-09-12, 05:38 AM

Another vote here for the tomtom rider v2, i use mine a lot, it's done two French trips and it's been flawless.

rictus01 · 26-09-12, 06:11 AM

I've used the tom tom rider v2 before, it's alright, I like the sun shield thing, display wise a bit small though, don't like the garmin data base particularly, I've been trying to justify the cost of a bike specific satnav for some time, but I just can't, the Navman setup I currently use (S90i), does it all and that cost me £50 all in and so far I haven't found anything it won't do as well as a bike one costing at least 4 times as much, if pushed I'd have the tom tom over the Garmin as I prefer the data base and routing.

Cheers Mark.

Mark_h · 26-09-12, 08:59 AM

Rictus,

How do you get audio out of the cheepie Navman? I've using an old route 66 with a headphone socket wired into my autocom stuff but most of the car ones seem to have done away with audio ports and all the bike ones are bluetooth only.

Geodude · 26-09-12, 09:12 AM

Tomtom one v1 (first one they made) has headphone socket and are cheap on ebay but are getting harder to find.

26-09-12, 09:31 AM

I got a Zumo 550 on the Thou', got the full handlebar attachment kit from Touratech for it too.

Map in it is getting a bit old now, so, should update it, but, never let me down, is bluetooth compatable and can fit an SD card in the bottom and play music on it too. It cuts the music, tells you the information you need then plays the music again, simples.

Work really well with gloves on too

_Stretchie_ · 26-09-12, 09:40 AM

I love my 550, it got us all around the AR10 route and the reccys for it.

25-09-12, 06:27 PM	#1
Chris199 Guest Posts: n/a	Motorbike Sat Navs? hiya all im looking into purchasing a sat nav for my SV im considering highly to go for the Garmin ZUMO 350LM has anybody got one or used on and if so how is it ? any info would be recommended, also if you have a sat nav what do you have .

25-09-12, 06:38 PM	#2
Tomor Member Mega Poster Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Yateley, Hants Posts: 2,306	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs I sometimes use my dads Zumo 550 and it is quite useful. Doesn't seem to realise that some petrol stations in Belgium aren't there anymore so you have to use it carefully and use your common sense sometimes. __________________ Yam XT125R - Sold SV650 -Sold DL 650 K6 - Sold 2012 Street Triple R - For Sale - Linky here

25-09-12, 06:42 PM	#3
Stuuk1 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tunbridge Wells Posts: 494	I have a TomTom rider v2. It's great, hasn't failed me yet anyway... touch wood. Got it for £80 on eBay faulty. Changed the battery and it was as good as new __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012

25-09-12, 10:01 PM	#4
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,801	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? I have the Zumo550. Good users forum at http://www.zumoforums.com/index.php all the info you want on issues etc. Bear in mind these forums always show all the warts, don't be too put off. Any satnav is only as good as the database, if you don't update POI (points of interest) files they will be out of date, simple. I've played with a 660 and it is a significantly better unit than the 550 IMO, the 350 ought to be more along the lines of the 660 in use. Also much more compact shape for pockets. I've had almost no problems with the 550, does what it says. Definitely worth getting the lifetime maps (LM) from the start, I haven't updated maps due to cost, and now my 550 is too old to risk paying for new maps when it'll probably die sometime. Often find I'm riding across "fields" especially in France where they build roads at the drop of a hat. If/when it does I'll just get a new unit with LM. __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity" Last edited by embee; 25-09-12 at 10:05 PM.

26-09-12, 05:38 AM	#5
Specialone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? Another vote here for the tomtom rider v2, i use mine a lot, it's done two French trips and it's been flawless.

26-09-12, 06:11 AM	#6
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? I've used the tom tom rider v2 before, it's alright, I like the sun shield thing, display wise a bit small though, don't like the garmin data base particularly, I've been trying to justify the cost of a bike specific satnav for some time, but I just can't, the Navman setup I currently use (S90i), does it all and that cost me £50 all in and so far I haven't found anything it won't do as well as a bike one costing at least 4 times as much, if pushed I'd have the tom tom over the Garmin as I prefer the data base and routing. Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

26-09-12, 08:59 AM	#7
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? Rictus, How do you get audio out of the cheepie Navman? I've using an old route 66 with a headphone socket wired into my autocom stuff but most of the car ones seem to have done away with audio ports and all the bike ones are bluetooth only. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

26-09-12, 09:12 AM	#8
Geodude Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 2,669	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? Tomtom one v1 (first one they made) has headphone socket and are cheap on ebay but are getting harder to find. __________________ Black naked 1999 sv650 which im trying to keep happy Custom paintwork *Saragon Customs* Spray painting *Electrical fault finding guide* and *Regulator rectifier test* Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

26-09-12, 09:31 AM	#9
Cymraeg_Atodeg Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? I got a Zumo 550 on the Thou', got the full handlebar attachment kit from Touratech for it too. Map in it is getting a bit old now, so, should update it, but, never let me down, is bluetooth compatable and can fit an SD card in the bottom and play music on it too. It cuts the music, tells you the information you need then plays the music again, simples. Work really well with gloves on too Last edited by Cymraeg_Atodeg; 20-12-12 at 11:54 AM.

26-09-12, 09:40 AM	#10
_Stretchie_ Large Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minsterworth, Gloucester Posts: 2,353	Re: Motorbike Sat Navs? I love my 550, it got us all around the AR10 route and the reccys for it. __________________ How to amuze an idiot: Look right-> <-Look Left

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