GPS advice? I'm lost.

[moparman70]

I find ACE hardware usually has everything in screws in the small drawer type boxes.  I even found the metric screw for the choke know there.  If you have one of these stores close to you check'em out

[Firehawk068]

I use a Garmin Zumo 550.
I like it cause it's weatherproof, has glove-friendly buttons, bluetooth, and plays mp3's from an SD card , while giving me directions verbally. It also has an internal battery that lasts a good while.
Yes, the unit itself is expensive, as well as the map upgrades(I bought the lifetime, so as to only do it once)
It does come with 2 cradles, so you can transfer it into the car, and use it there as well.
I hardwired mine to an ignition-only circuit so i wouldn't leave it on accidentally.

there's lots of good ones out there though.
Whatever one you get, make sure you come up with some way to keep water out of it in case you get caught out in the rain.

[Yamifj1200]

"Whatever one you get, make sure you come up with some way to keep water out of it in case you get caught out in the rain."


 


  I have been using Garmin Nuvi's for the past several years, for making one water proof just cary a ziplock bag and wrap it up if and when it rains. I saw somewhere on the net someone that uses a condom to cover the gps in the rain. Cheap and works.....

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186275


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Eric M 

[RACER111V]

http://advrider.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=75

My TOMTOM did the job , but was slow to start, and took forever to find a signal. The Garmin I have now starts up and finds a signal quickly. It has limited options, its either highway or no highway. I find it important to have a mix now. My next Garmin will have the ability to load a route in detail. The price starts getting up there to have these capabilities.

[baldy3853]

When I said to Klavdy and his Lady I was coming to the US for the WCR and Gunnison she said you must buy a GPS that way if you lose your way you will be able to find your way back to your accommodation, with this in mind  when I arrived at Marsh's he took me to COSTCO where I purchased a Garmin Nuvi 1390 LMT it was as it turned out a bloody godsend only got lost several times using it when my pilot (Randy & Chandra wouldn't believe the little lady kept telling us we had to turn  ) for the princely sum of $119 dollars with life time maps bloody bargin
Baldy

[Mike Ramos]

Good morning everyone,
I have had the good fortune to have traveled the Western states & to Tellico Plains & St. Louis the last several years. I use old school paper maps atop my tank bag and haven't got lost yet...
Just a thought,
Mike Ramos.

[moparman70]

To Mikes point - I don't really use my GPS to find or tell me how to go for the most part.  The biggest part of using a GPS is for time management on a ride.  If you know where you are going you can plug in your final destination and then just get lost until the little device says the time of arrival you want to arrive then you know its time to move on.  Its great for getting the stats for the ride as well -- all the stuff I used to keep in my head.

[SlowOldGuy]

Maps are great at telling you where you started from and where you want to end up.  I use them because I can't get good enough detail on the GPS unless I'm zoomed in way too far to see the big picture.

What I use my GPS for is to tell me "where I am" along my route.  A map doesn't tell you where you are.  Or when you are expected to get to your destination.

DavidR.