fastfraser
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Garmin has a mail-in rebate of $100 on any Zumo 220,550,660 or 665 bought before July 4/10. Just bought the Zumo 550 with XM.
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Are U going to install the GPS on your Spyder?
I thought the price of the GPS when I was purchasing my Spyders was absolute robbery so I figured I'd just take my Garmin Nuvi and stick it on my console with its suction cup mount. I did it and it works awesome. I am worried that one day the suction cup will fail and my Nuvi will splatter on the highway, especially becouse here in the VA-MD-Wash. DC area the roads are the worst! Not like our beautiful smooth roads in FL. Hopefully I will get stationed back at MacDill AFB.
Are U going to install the GPS on your Spyder?
I thought the price of the GPS when I was purchasing my Spyders was absolute robbery so I figured I'd just take my Garmin Nuvi and stick it on my console with its suction cup mount. I did it and it works awesome. I am worried that one day the suction cup will fail and my Nuvi will splatter on the highway, especially becouse here in the VA-MD-Wash. DC area the roads are the worst! Not like our beautiful smooth roads in FL. Hopefully I will get stationed back at MacDill AFB.
Jornie1
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Nuvi's
I don't think Nuvi's are waterproof...like the Zumo 550 - 660's are, and you know it's going to rain on you out there somewhere!! There are ways around the BRP GPS outlandish prices for the 660...Len
I don't think Nuvi's are waterproof...like the Zumo 550 - 660's are, and you know it's going to rain on you out there somewhere!! There are ways around the BRP GPS outlandish prices for the 660...Len
bruceofthebronx
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fastfraser
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fastfraser
Blazing Member
I have the Nuvi now and for sure isn't water proof as well mine isn't wired to the :spyder2:so on a long trip I run out of juice and have to recharge. The Zumo will be wired to the :spyder2: with a rechargeable battery so I can take it in and program a route off the computer.
Star Cruiser
New member
You can get a "RAM" Mount for your Nuvi (or most other Garmins).
http://www.ram-mount.com/Products/GPSMounts/tabid/135/Default.aspx
I have one for my GPS V (really old but still works well) the Ram mount is SUPER. You won't worry about loosing your NUVI. A lot of people cover it with a ZIP LOC bag or shower cap. I usually just take it off and put it in the saddlebag until the rain stops. It's not hard to remember the next few turns. (I just pretend that I checked out a map and got back on the bike - LOL)
Nuvi Hard Wire
I run a Nuvi 255W ($149.00) on my RT. Mounted it with a RAM mount on one of the handlebar bolts and hard wired it to my switched fuse block in the front trunk using a Gilsson Bare Wire GPS transformer that I purchased from GPS City. The wire is approximately 6 feet long.
Like others, I put a zip lock bag over it when it rains or simply remove it from the cradle and shove it in the glove compartment until the rain stops. I do like the shower cap idea and will see if that works as a rain cover.
I run a Nuvi 255W ($149.00) on my RT. Mounted it with a RAM mount on one of the handlebar bolts and hard wired it to my switched fuse block in the front trunk using a Gilsson Bare Wire GPS transformer that I purchased from GPS City. The wire is approximately 6 feet long.
Like others, I put a zip lock bag over it when it rains or simply remove it from the cradle and shove it in the glove compartment until the rain stops. I do like the shower cap idea and will see if that works as a rain cover.
ataDude
Mod Maniac
Well, not quite... I have a smaller screen Nuvi 550 on the Triumph and it is waterproof AND "motorcycle friendly". It may be the only Nuvi that's waterproof but...
For less than $250, it doesn't do BlueTooth, MP3s or anything special... just GPS. I do have a Nuvi 660 in my car with all of the goodies.
Clicky: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=27442
Firefly
Active member
It's not IF it will come undone and take a road bounce--- it's WHEN. Trust me on this one......
Get some ram mounts and fix it on there good.:thumbup:
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BillGargan
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For new RT buyers that choose to get the integrated 660, I see no exceptions on the rebate form. So, I think y'all can get the $100 rebate for the direct BRP purchase.
bone crusher
Alignment Specialist
direct brp purchase is significantly more...you can go to amazon and get the 660 for almost half the price of the brp offering...before the rebate...
Aussie spyder
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garmin GPS
i use the nuvi 500, it is waterproof.
greetings from down under.
henk
i use the nuvi 500, it is waterproof.
greetings from down under.
henk
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BillGargan
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bone crusher
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BillGargan
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Aesthetics -- no, except in photography. Except that of me . . .
But, when it comes to techie stuff, I want it all -- and want it all to work together.
If I trade up to an RT in the next year or two I WILL suffer the +$500 cost of the integrated GPS rather than one that works just as good but is not integrated.
Right now my Droid, my Zumo 660 and my Scala Q2 are playing nice with each other -- and that is fine on THIS Spyder.
But, when it comes to techie stuff, I want it all -- and want it all to work together.
If I trade up to an RT in the next year or two I WILL suffer the +$500 cost of the integrated GPS rather than one that works just as good but is not integrated.
Right now my Droid, my Zumo 660 and my Scala Q2 are playing nice with each other -- and that is fine on THIS Spyder.
Bill,
You didn't strike me as a guy who was so concerned with aesthetics!
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