Hi everyone, This question is no doubt a common one. But I have looked through all sorts of research and have still come to no verdict... I was wondering, what does everyone here use? Ideally I want something that allows me to enter in custom routes that I plot on the PC, allowing me to take certain roads, visit certain places and not have the route constantly trying to recalculate. I want it to be able to play music as well via bluetooth if possible. As I will have earphones (Ultimate Soundear to be exact), which will be plugged into a bluetooth receiver. Mounting would be via the handlebars and running off the bikes loom not batteries. Trips for main usage would be in the EU, some long distance journeys in the UK. Thoughts? Using my phone/maps is out of the question, it has to be a sat nav, I tried Osmand Maps with offline maps when I was in France/Belgium over the Christmas period, but in towns, I rested my tablet on my tank whilst riding to use the directions. So ultimately, a sat nav will be much better.
I had a Garmin Zumo 550(?) for work, hated it. When I came to spend my own money I got a Tom Tom Rider, and I'm very happy with it!
I'm looking at the mo, thinking a Tom Tom Rider, ideally need it to mount on my dads thruxton and my 848.
Tom Tom Rider here Had two years and been faultless - even took a spin down the road and run over by a car New ones have lifetime maps The only downside over the other 1/2s Garmin is didn't come with a car kit - but my car has built in sat nav .... Plus his Garmins gone wrong several times and had to go back to be refurbed once
I don't have a car (sold it) so will only be for the bike. Can you input maps, is it good for EU roads?
inputting maps seems to be a dark art on all platforms - I have not found anything that can be called easy but others may had sussed it ,,,,,,,,, its great for Europe - used it to WDW - although top tip - it routes completely differently to the Garmin , and having Garmin on one bike and Tom Tom on another was a complete pia as we often swapped leads (and the Garmin took us down a swiss cycle path!)
Odd that they route differently... So, Tom Tom Rider 5? This one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BQE7SC2/?tag=ducatiforum-21
get Europe TomTom Rider V5 GPS SatNav Europe | Glove-friendly GPS System for Motorcycles Yes this is the newer one than mine - bit slimmer and bit larger screen -
I've got the Rider V5 on my 1198/999. Bought the mounting kit from 'buybits'. Unlike the old Rider the V5 comes with a charging mount as standard. It does not come with bluetooth. I link mine via a bluetooth headphone adaptor to some in-ear headphones (don't bother with pairing my phone). TomTom Home now incorporates 'Tyre' for the V5. This allows route planning on the PC for upload to the V5. Map updates for life as well.
Garmin do a mapsource prog which you can plan routes then upload the, from the pc. Done loads in the past. But that was an old quest, not tried anything on my car based garmin. Btw I'm using a £100 jobbie in a waterproof case, seems to work perfectly well enough without chucking £600 at a bike one for me and used my phone before that, but you cants access iphone with gloves on
I have used the Mitac Mio C510 or C710 in the past.The nice thing about these ones are that you can plan your own route using an ordinary map and entering the route you want to take directly to the unit. Very useful when you are out and about and you find some usefull terrain that you want plan a route through. These are discontinued now but you still see them up for sale new now and again at stupid low prices.
