What GPS

I know this question gets asked all the time, but as technology seems to be
moving on quite rapidly in the GPS area, what model do the FOAK recommend
that fulfils the following criteria:
Simple to use.
Suitable for car or bike
Not massively expensive (around a few hundred quid).

TIA

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Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

WhereTF is the GPS area?
Do I need to move house[1]?

[1] Why don't moving house get called "flitting" anymore?

Dave

 

ISTR Staples are doing the Garmin i3 for about 130 quid at the moment.

 

Duh, obviously Mars.

Dunno.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

In a car maybe adequate, but on a bike..? I think not

 

I've got:

iPAQ 4150 (small, bluetooth, WiFi)
TomTom GPS software & bluetooth GPS receiver

I did need a PDA anyway, so all I had to pay for was the TomTom package.

You can pick them up off EBay quite cheap - it's amazing how many iPAQs
are available in boxed, new (or hardly used) condition as unwanted
presents. I suspect there's also lots of cheap (and possibly dodgy)
TomTom software too.

You can get mounting kits for cars and bikes.

I put mine on the bike last night, pictures here (needs a plastic bag in
case of rain):

http://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=801416&highlight=#801416

 

From what I've seen, there's very little out there that's *really*
suitable for use on a bike.

I use my iPaq in the top of a tankbag.

 

I get on fine with the Garmin 2610; far from state of the art these
days, but it is designed to be water resistant. As is the Garmin Quest.

And Ram make brackets to make them easy to fit

And Garmin sell wiring harnesses to allow you to connect it properly to
the bike battery...

I'd suggest the tiny screen and lack of water resistance would count
against the little i3

 

Cheers Steve, not too sure about bike usage though, looks a bit chunky.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Plenty of bikes ride with a Garmin, the positive is that contrary to
the PDA stuff mentioned in other posts you do not need to encase the
Garmin's in a box.
(the only ones that are not suitable are the C and I series, they are
specifically for car use and the ones with a harddrive as it cannot
handle vibrations. But all the others: 2610, 2720, Quest, 276C,
GPSMAP60 ... are water/weather proof and can stand the vibrations)

Myself I have a 2610 on my R1100RT.
Here's a forum dedicated to GS's
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=46
Here's someone explaining how he mounted it:
http://www.crypticide.com/dropsafe/articles/bikes/post20051228084039.html

This is the absolute top:
http://www.perfectpilot.nl/html/switch_to_english.html
It's a Garmin 2610 in a cradle that adds extra buttons.

 

Only if you haven't paid the rent.

 

Unlike top-posting which doesn't work very well round these parts. Try
reading the FFAQ and then when you next post please reply below the text to
which you are replying. Its also considered good form to snip any sigs and
irrelevant material, but to ensure that you maintain attributions relevant
to the quoted text. Thanks.

 

Bollox. I've been using a Garmin Legend for years without any trouble at
all.

 

Garmin Legend and a RAM mount, works super.
I'm selling mine BTW and upgrading to a Garmin GPSmap 76CS.

 

Which is a fine GPS and I use one myself.

I suspect the OP wants a Sat-Nav rather than just a GPS though.

 

*ding*

I have an old Garmin eMap which is fine for use on a bike, but only as a
GPS.... if I'm on a rented bike I hook the eMap up to my iPaq for SatNav
- on my own bike, I have wired in my GPS 'mouse'.

 

But the Legend isn't Sat Nav, which is what I suspect Dan wants.

There's very little in the way of proper Sat Nav kit available to use on
a bike.

 

The Garmin Streetpilot 3 is still _the_ best AFAIC!
It's waterproof enough and certainly rugged enough for the bike. I've used
mine daily now for over 4 years.
I've just bought an Ipaq thingy with TomTom 5 on it, to see if it's any
good. Bloody Naf really, compared to the SP3. The routing is about the same,
and TT has some good ideas, but for house to house navigating, the SP3 beats
it hands down.!
That said, the Ipaq/TT is quite good for general nav and will be easier to
use hand held than the SP3. Certainly not weatherproof though. But, I do
believe you can get some sort of splashproof case gizmo thing.

Just my humble opinion, but I have used my SP3 all over the civilised world,
(USA. Spain, France & good old Blighty) with no problems that need to be
worried about.

HTH.

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Greybeard

FLHRCI -01 UK ( 95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -91, for rainy days

nntp@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Do my posts not make it to where you live?

 

They do..... but your solutions are stupidly expensive.

There seems to be a 'motorcycle tax' on anything that's designed to sort
of be suitable for bikes.