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I don't do many road trips but like having a GPS on the bike.
Finally broke down and bought a Garmin 590LM motorcycle specific GPS for the bike; https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/prod145273.html
I got 20% off from Garmin as I had an old SPIII that is un-supported.
I was very concerned about being able to see it bright daylight. Needless to say, it has the best screen picture and is considerably easier to navigate/use.
It has a built in digital song player, (I have about 14 full albums loaded with NO additional SD cards). It can play wireless or in my case, a standard head phone jack (as I have speakers in my helmet).
I wired it into the ft running light to power up with the ignition and turn off with the ignition.
I had to make a special bracket to set it nice and low (on a stem mount bolted to a custom center triple nut) so I could see ALL my dash including the low set idiot lights... I put rubber washers in-between all the brackets, stem mount, etc, so it a fairly good amount of cushion for bumps..
Anyway, some pic's. Highly recommended GPS / stereo if you have some $ to burn...
BTW, if you have an un-supported Garmin GPS, you can get up to 40% off a new unit. I sold my old unit about two years ago, however if I traded it in, it would have been 40% off. My SPIII was still registered to Garmin..
Finally broke down and bought a Garmin 590LM motorcycle specific GPS for the bike; https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/prod145273.html
I got 20% off from Garmin as I had an old SPIII that is un-supported.
I was very concerned about being able to see it bright daylight. Needless to say, it has the best screen picture and is considerably easier to navigate/use.
It has a built in digital song player, (I have about 14 full albums loaded with NO additional SD cards). It can play wireless or in my case, a standard head phone jack (as I have speakers in my helmet).
I wired it into the ft running light to power up with the ignition and turn off with the ignition.
I had to make a special bracket to set it nice and low (on a stem mount bolted to a custom center triple nut) so I could see ALL my dash including the low set idiot lights... I put rubber washers in-between all the brackets, stem mount, etc, so it a fairly good amount of cushion for bumps..
Anyway, some pic's. Highly recommended GPS / stereo if you have some $ to burn...
BTW, if you have an un-supported Garmin GPS, you can get up to 40% off a new unit. I sold my old unit about two years ago, however if I traded it in, it would have been 40% off. My SPIII was still registered to Garmin..
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