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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not sure about which to avoid and why because there is so much subjectivity= on these units. I called one of the owners at Touratech and Fred at offro= ute.com and they schooled me on which not to get. Both had they same thing= to say about which to get; The Garmin 60CSx. Among the many reasons to ge= t the 60 is that is has the best external power supply hookup and it runs o= n 12v just like your bike. It also has the best features and tools for mot= orcyclists. It also has the best chip receiver set Garmin makes. Which not to get? They both said to avoid the larger units with nice scree= ns I'd be likely to pay too much attention to instead of the road or trail.= .. The best mount IMHO is the Techmounts stuff. Good luck. --- In yamahafj@yahoogroups.com, "George Bowers" <g_bowersjr_99@...> wrote: > > A lot of the new phones have GPS built-in, so I'm starting to see a lot o= f people selling their GPS units on Craigslist. I'm watching it daily for a= good deal (under $50 for a nice one). I'm sure a lot of you guys have real= ly expensive GPS's that you love, so I'm not going to ask for recommendatio= ns on what one to buy. What I'm looking for is people that have had units t= hat they absolutely hated, so I'll know which ones to avoid no matter what = the price is. >=20 > I've seen a lot of Garmin C330's and TomTom One's for around $30, but the= y only have a 3.2" screen. After seeing one in person at Walmart I realized= just how small that is. I don't think I could see that small of a screen w= hile riding and with my big fingers I'd never be able to use it. >=20 > I'm leaning towards a TomTom unit, mostly because of how the mount attach= es to the unit. Most of the Garmin units have a bracket that snaps into lit= tle notches on top/bottom of the unit. It doesn't take much force to knock = one of them out of their mount. I don't want something that's going to fall= off and bounce down the road if I hit a big pothole or happen to bump it w= hile trying to use it. >=20 > I'm not looking for one that has bluetooth, plays music, views pictures, = etc. I just need one that works and that I can plan out routes at home on m= y computer and upload them into the unit. >=20 > So, any that I should avoid and why? >=20 >=20 > George '90 FJ1200 > --IKXzVstMapFv1zzGJjaZNYDv72lxmQSvT9kXSCx Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p>Not sure about which to avoid and why because there is so much subjectivity on these units. I called one of the owners at Touratech and Fred at offroute.com and they schooled me on which not to get. Both had they same thing to say about which to get; The Garmin 60CSx. Among the many reasons to get the 60 is that is has the best external power supply hookup and it runs on 12v just like your bike. It also has the best features and tools for motorcyclists. It also has the best chip receiver set Garmin makes.<br> Which not to get? They both said to avoid the larger units with nice screens I'd be likely to pay too much attention to instead of the road or trail...<br> The best mount IMHO is the Techmounts stuff.<br> Good luck.<br> <br> --- In <a href="mailto:yamahafj%40yahoogroups.com">yamahafj@yahoogroups.com<;/a>, "George Bowers" <g_bowersjr_99@...>; wrote:<br> ><br> > A lot of the new phones have GPS built-in, so I'm starting to see a lot of people selling their GPS units on Craigslist. I'm watching it daily for a good deal (under $50 for a nice one). I'm sure a lot of you guys have really expensive GPS's that you love, so I'm not going to ask for recommendations on what one to buy. What I'm looking for is people that have had units that they absolutely hated, so I'll know which ones to avoid no matter what the price is.<br> > <br> > I've seen a lot of Garmin C330's and TomTom One's for around $30, but they only have a 3.2" screen. After seeing one in person at Walmart I realized just how small that is. I don't think I could see that small of a screen while riding and with my big fingers I'd never be able to use it.<br> > <br> > I'm leaning towards a TomTom unit, mostly because of how the mount attaches to the unit. Most of the Garmin units have a bracket that snaps into little notches on top/bottom of the unit. It doesn't take much force to knock one of them out of their mount. I don't want something that's going to fall off and bounce down the road if I hit a big pothole or happen to bump it while trying to use it.<br> > <br> > I'm not looking for one that has bluetooth, plays music, views pictures, etc. I just need one that works and that I can plan out routes at home on my computer and upload them into the unit.<br> > <br> > So, any that I should avoid and why?<br> > <br> > <br> > George '90 FJ1200<br> ><br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <div id="ygrp-actbar" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; white-space: nowrap; color: #666; padding-top: 15px;"> <div> <a href="mailto:patwmartin@yahoo.com?subject=Re: GPS Opinions?" style="margin-right: 0; padding-right: 0;"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">sender</span></a> | <a href="mailto:yamahafj@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re: GPS Opinions?"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">group</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyaXA3a2IxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BG1zZ0lkAzE0NTc1MQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyODA1MDE1MjI-?act=reply&messageNum=145751">Reply <span style="font-weight: 700;">via web post</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaDhjbzQ3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI4MDUwMTUyMg--" style="font-weight: 700;">Start a New Topic</a> </div> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/message/145741;_ylc=X3oDMTM4dGllMjA4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BG1zZ0lkAzE0NTc1MQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyODA1MDE1MjIEdHBjSWQDMTQ1NzQx">Messages in this topic</a> (<span style="font-weight: 700;">10</span>) </div> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #e0ecee; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;"> <li style="border-right: 1px solid #000; font-weight: 700; display: inline; padding: 0 5px; margin-left: 0;"> <span class="cat"> |
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