Man!!! If I would have known the higher-priced Garmins could do all that I probably would have spent more. I just have the Garmin 205W. How are you mounting the GPS on the bike??
Paul On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Montepaulsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have the Garmin Zumo 550. I bought the package with all options, and > frequently switch it between my car and my motorcycle. Works well with > gloves on, and if you have speakers in your helmet, or connect some > earbuds to it, it will talk to you and tell you to "turn left in 1 > mile" or whatever, so you don't have to always look at the screen. I > bought a satellite antenna (extra charge) and signed up for XM > satellite radio, and make use of it, both on the motorcycle and in the > car. You can put music or audiobooks on an SD disc and play it through > your garmin. It'll take up to a 4GB disc. Some people say 8gb and > higher works, but 8GB didn't work for me. So I bring along a handful > of 4GB discs when I travel. Music or Satelite radio or driving > instructions come out the tinny little speaker on the car mount, or if > you have an audio cable, you can patch it through to your helmet on > the motorcycle, or plug it into the car stereo. I use the Garmin in > place of an Ipod for my car. It works just as well. It's fairly easy > to switch between bikes (I have two) and cars, so even though it's > expensive, the one device handles all my needs on all vehicles. I'm > happy with it. I take it with me when I travel, and use it in rental > cars or while hiking around a city (battery life is about 2 hours, so > I turn it on only when I'm lost). It will only play music when the > thing is hooked up to live power, not while on battery power, so > you'll still need an Ipod if you want music on the go. > > There are entire websites and hundreds of chats out there discussing > the relative safety or danger of listening to music while riding. I'll > leave all of that to different forums. > > Another benefit or feature - I can sync my blackberry phone to the > garmin via bluetooth, and thus can receive phone calls while riding. I > use Autocomm for my motorcycle sound system, which works well for > passenger-driver communication. I then plug the Garmin into the > autocomm, which controls the speakers in the helmet, and I'm > completely wired. > > On Jun 8, 2:10 pm, "Aldo" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The touch screen works fine with gloves and I mount it right in the > middle > > of the handlebars near the key. > > > > _____ > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick MacInnes > > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:19 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: GPS > > > > How well does the touch screen work with gloves?? And which side do you > > prefer for the mount? > > > > Dick MacInnes > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.57/2163 - Release Date: > 06/08/09 > > 12:30:00 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
