Bike Sat Nav recommendations please

Another vote for zumo 660. tried using a car sat nav but all the faf of utting it in a bag etc was annoying. The zumo is spot on. Expensive but then I use it for music too. I spent about £500 on my last car stereo so I just look at it like i'm getting entertainment and navigation in one. I paid £400 for the zumo a year ago.

Mine was £390 earlier this year. Worth every penny and the best Sat Nav I have ever and that includes my £1500 Audi MMI.

Originally Posted by rictus01

the standard fair for motorbike specific satnavs are the TomTom Urban Rider V3/ Garmin Zumo 220 on the cheaper end, then comes the Garmin Zumo 400 / Tom Tom rider 2 on the mid range and the Garmin Zumo 550 / Tom tom rider pro (europe) as top end stuff, there is also a Zumo 660.

the cheaper end start at about £175 for the Tom Tom and £250 for the Garmin and range up to £350-£500 for the rider pro europe or garmin Zumo 550.

all the above are very good and do what they say on the box, however they are an expensive solution, unless you live and die by a satnav everyday then you'd need to use it for many years to justify the expense IMO, I do have a satnav solution, but mine was £50 all in, details can be found here and here.

Cheers Mark.

Mark the "streetline gps holder" is it fully waterproof? Therefore allowing me to put say a cheaper car satnav in to it without it being water damaged, cheers Matt.

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waterproof, no I wouldn't put it in a bucket of water, weatherproof yes, rubberized zip plastic coated material and rubber powercord inlet, that's a car satnav I have in mine and I've not had a problem in the last 40,000 miles with it.

Cheers Mark.

ive a tomtom rider on mine
Custom mounted in the d/b screen
Check my pics for reference
A well tidy job if i do say so myself lol

lol - I was going to ask the very same thing as the OP, kinda.

My 99 year old Tom Tom One is starting to annoy me now, battery is well past its best and randonly switches off. I'd like something with some more features too, like the Google Maps thing.

Off to look at your recommendations...I also have the tankbag that goes with the satnav holder Mark showed, which is a bonus.

im using an oxford tankbag with my iphone and tomtom app... not the best but the app is only £30 so cant complain

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I was close to opening a new thread and then found this one.

I am on the mooch for a Sat Nav for the bike at the moment as planning on using it for work properly again. Most of my jobs are based on Post Codes etc so hence I need a Sat Nav.

I use a TomTom in my car which I love! but have consider the Garmin 660 or Tomtom Urban Rider or TomTom Rider 2 (I used to have a Rider 2, many years ago but I sold it when I stopped riding for a few years.) Is the TomTom Urban Rider better or worse than Rider 2, then on top of that what benefits do you get with Garmin 660?

Garmin 660 is way too much cash and the tom rider 2 has feature which the black urban doesn't have.

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Originally Posted by SmudgeK3

Garmin 660 is way too much cash and the tom rider 2 has feature which the black urban doesn't have.

And what feature would that be, lol.