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Michael J Carroll

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Michael J Carroll says:

BMW team up with Garmin to create motorcycle-specific sat-nav

BMW has teamed up with satellite navigation firm Garmin to create a bike-specific sat-nav unit. Shop for GPS systems The Zumo BMW’s Navigator III, in the GPS range and features full European maps, Bluetooth to enable you to hear directions or answer your mobile phone, and a points of interest database to steer you to local sights and sounds. BMWs for sale Bike-specific features include a...

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 August 2008 14:14)

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barnesst

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barnesst says:

Why are bike specific GPS units so damned expensive? I can now go out and buy a 3.5" touchscreen sat-nav for £50. It certainly can't cost £400 to waterproof it! I've been using a cheapie for a couple of years now with a modified car mount. Cling-film stretched over the front and elastic banded at the back has worked very well so far. TMC was less that a quarter of the price of the Garmin too. A ready made waterproof unit would be slightly less hassle, but considering I can buy 9 cheapies for the price of 1 Garmin it's no contest as far as I'm concerned. I have little worry if it gets nicked or dropped or left behind somewhere either.

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 August 2008 14:53)
anthod1982

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anthod1982 says:

Expensive!

I bought a car sat-nav off ebay, a waterproof see-through pouch and a bluetooth sender/reciever from amazon (plugs into headphone socket on satnav). Total £125 does a waterproof housing really add 300 quid to the price?

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 August 2008 16:49)
RobertJFlook

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RobertJFlook says:

Zumo

SO what's new? It sounds (and looks) like a re-badged Garmin Zumo 550 or 500!

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 August 2008 21:46)
kestrel69

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kestrel69 says:

ripping us off!!

Looked at the Garmin Zumo & the Tom Tom Rider but found them to be way to expensive for what they are.

I bought a cheap PDA with GPS installed from Ebay for less than £50. It sits in the map pocket of a tank bag with a £3.99 earpiece plugged in & it works.

If it gats dropped or nicked I haven't lost much & has the added advantage of the PDA facility.

 

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 August 2008 23:08)
Phat Bob

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Phat Bob says:

The BMW Tax

Typical BMW; stick a badge on it and charge an extra 100 quid or more...

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  • Posted 5 years ago (14 August 2008 08:55)
1000TT

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1000TT says:

Do I look Stupid? Do I?

What do they think they are doing? The components in this kit are readily available for less than £70.00. Yes there is a lot of R&D in making one of these but if they ever want to recover those costs they would need to price it lower than the new Tom Tom. A second hand and well proven tom tom rider is only £150.00ish. Get on your bike..Garmin.

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  • Posted 5 years ago (15 August 2008 08:23)
Nigeldav

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Nigeldav says:

Buy the standard on

The standard Zumo 550 is exactly the same. I've had one for a year after doing it on the cheap with a PDA running TOMTom in a plastic bag. Infintely better solution, the screen dialog is design for use with gloves on. The MP3 features are great, I've just returned from a journey to Greece and loaded a number of audio books onto mine to listen. Just buy the standard one, it comes with two cradles one for the car and one for the bike. Brilliant product

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  • Posted 5 years ago (13 September 2008 10:01)

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