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Offline basmntdweller

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Non-motorcycle GPS units
« on: July 29, 2011, 11:50:00 AM »
After a small amount of research, I have come to the conclusion that I will not pay the prices for cycling specific GPS units. I have a Tomtom 340XL in my truck and have been happy with it. Are there any others I should look into? I won't spend over $200 for one so that is my limit.
Besides weatherproofing, screen visibility and headset com links, do the motorcycle specific units offer any other features I have missed?
Woot! Had a Tomtom on sale yesterday for $69. It was a 5" screen and sounded like all the same features my 340 has. I am sorry I didn't grab one now.

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Offline TRBN

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Re: Non-motorcycle GPS units
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2011, 11:55:35 AM »
Usually motorcycle GPS units have the following feature sets:

Water resistant/proof
Vibration resistant
Designed for left hand use
Designed for use with gloves
Wireless headset linking
Brighter and/or glare resistant displays

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Offline stevewfl

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Re: Non-motorcycle GPS units
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2011, 12:09:43 PM »
I have my EVO phone wired into my bike and a mount for it.  I use it for GPS, MP3, TV, Internet, email, text, FB, and a host of other things.

On my recent trip it proved it can hold up to monsoon storm rains, snow/arctic temps, desert sand/dust, off-road vibration, etc etc. 

It was mounted on the bike every time I was mounted on the bike during this nut-zo trip:

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=2298.0
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Offline So Cal Joe

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Re: Non-motorcycle GPS units
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2011, 03:03:24 PM »
I had a Garmin 200W on my bike for a couple years and no problems, Last year I sold it and now have a Garmin 755WT and no problems. A motorcycle specific GPS is not necessary IMHO.  If you get into a bad rain either cover it with a baggie or remove it. The 755 and many others have an external jack, I plug mine into my J&M CB unit and it comes through my headset. Also the 755 has the ability to play MP3's so I have everything in 1 unit.
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Re: Non-motorcycle GPS units
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2011, 04:59:20 PM »
Yep, Nuvi 765T here, built in mp3 and blue-tooth music in stereo, I love it for only $130!  :thumbs:
 
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Re: Non-motorcycle GPS units
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 05:29:39 PM »
I have the same setup as zg and it seems to work for me. Its my 1st gps though and dont have anything to compare it to and the $130 was hard to beat. I did get an aquabox though for it but have'nt tried it much
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