Which GPS?

[chilli]

Morning all,
I'm looking for a GPS, mainly for the bike, but also for the car. Can anyone advise which one to get. Don't really wanna spend thousands, but I must have European maps.

Many thanks.

[a2z]

Tom Tom do one called Rider especially for bikes.

[racefan_uk]

Garmin Quest. Get a Ram mount for it. Good for about 7-9 hours on the bike on just battery, or you can wire it in and it'll stay fully charged from the bike.

I have one and its great to be able to just take it from the car to the bike whenever I need to. Also handy to see exactly what real spead you're doing (my speedo on my car and bike are well out)

Great european mapping, only hazard is that it needs to be uploaded if you go to different places, but it's only a 20 minute job and it means you can add the level of detail you want for where you're going.

[chilli]

racefan_uk said:

Garmin Quest. Get a Ram mount for it. Good for about 7-9 hours on the bike on just battery, or you can wire it in and it'll stay fully charged from the bike. I have one and its great to be able to just take it from the car to the bike whenever I need to. Also handy to see exactly what real spead you're doing (my speedo on my car and bike are well out) Great european mapping, only hazard is that it needs to be uploaded if you go to different places, but it's only a 20 minute job and it means you can add the level of detail you want for where you're going.

Excellent, thanks.
Would you hesitate getting a second hand one from E-bay?

[racefan_uk]

I bought mine from a 'Buy it Now' ebay shop. Reason being that I knew it was new and had everything in the box. They're cheaper now than when I bought mine just over a year ago. (£350) I also timed it right that when they brought out the latest software update I was able to claim a free copy of that too (you have to register on the Garmin website, helps loads!) which was a bonus!

[Devils Advocate]

I have been looking at the Quest II, not sure what the difference is from the Quest but it comes with street level mapping all loaded for most of Europe (waterproof too).

Quest II thread here [url]www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=243143&f=153&h=0[/url]

>> Edited by Devils Advocate on Monday 20th February 18:55

[fredd1e]

some talk on the UKGSER forums that the quest II is slower than the quest 1 ! either that or both are slow (to screen refresh). Personally I went for a 276c with authomotic kit. This with a ram mount bolted on the back fits quite neatly on my 1000ss just in front and above the clocks(obscures the warning lamps a little.