Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / August 2007

I recently treated myself to a Garmin Quest; I'm quite happy with
reading maps and following directions, but I like gadgets.

It got me to Chimay and back (~1000 mile round trip), and I was happy
with the way it took me. Cut a few corners off autoroutes that I
wouldn't have bothered trying if I'd been map-reading, and led me along
some interesting roads.

It hasn't got a huge amount of memory, so you'll need to just load the
detailed maps that you think you're likely to need, and use the base map
for the roads in between.

As for fitting directly to the bikes, you're a bit screwed really. You
can buy a motorcycle-mounting kit, but you still need to buy or make
something to which that can be attached[0]. You might be able to get
away with the handlebar clamp, but that leaves the problem of power, but
the Quest allegedly has ~20hr battery life.

[0] On the ZX-9R, I made up a plate that cable-ties to the screen brace,
then the motorcycle mount clamps to that.

Whereabouts and when are you going again? I'll be around Vegas in September...

The roads over there are wider :)

Several of us have Garmin 2610s and rate them. The main issue with them for
use on different bikes is that they don't have a battery. Some Harleys have
accessory sockets but I'm not sure the Softails have them. US maps can be
picked up for reasonable money on ebay US (I think I paid ~120 bux, but I had
them shipped to Ann so I only had to pay for domestic shipping).

If you want a battery-operated GPS, look at Garmin Quest and Quest 2, but
make sure you get the European version (the US ones have half the memory, and
they're non-expandable),

Tell us yer budget, and tell us whether you specifically want something
small & light or something SLR-ish.

Like others, I've got a 2610 which has done me proud on car and bike.
Catch might be the power on a rental

Hers and hers Harleys. Nice ;-)

I just bought an O2 XDA mini S (PDA/phone, with TomTom installed) and a
Bluetooth GPS.  I also have a Bluetooth earpiece to listen to the
instructions.  The problem I had was waterproofing the XDA and mounting it
to the bike.  Solution was a tank bag with map pocket.

I've also got Memory map, not only for walks in the Lakes, but it can also
record my speed/position/distance and produce interesting graphs.

The 02 XDA Orbit has a built in GPS, but at a price.

jencaprontee@googlemail.com banged the rocks together and they said :

Get one made for the job, TomTom Rider 2.

Others need water/splash proofing, buying of 3rd party mounts (cause
they will invariably only come with a windscreen suction mount), wiring
of power leads (which is a good idea actually for the TT R2)

You'll get a cheapo digicam wodge of change out of £500 I'd say.
http://www.gpsw.co.uk/details/prod3463.html

Oh, by digicam do you mean camera or camcorder? Or both?