I've been lusting after the new Montana from Garmin...
Note my post above concerning the 2610. Still a great GPS , IMHO. A couple quirks, but still a good one. Mine died (the screen delaminated) in '07 while on a trip in Alaska.toompine said:I wanted to jump in but not get stuck with a big inital cost while I figured out what I was doing. Bought a garmin 2610 on eBay for $75 early this year and it has been great. Was planning to upgrade but am not sure why I would want to now.
+1 I've had mine on three bikes now. Works as advertisedwarnabrother said:WOW.. no one has mentioned my Nuvi 500
100% waterproof (tested).. can load tracks easily, good size and cheap..
but no bluetooth.. but it doesn't bother me one bit to be honest.. I just follow the arrows..
awesome little units IMO.. much cheaper than the Zumo's and nearly as motorcycle friendly..
The Montana still interests me as a possible replacement when my Zumo 550 dies.keeponriding said:After scanning available options, I decided on the Montana 600...also purchased City Maps navigator, as well as the DVD of US topo.
Actually I think I wasn't clear in my post - it was an even better deal than the $589 at GPScity.com - I paid $480 for a montana 650t at ems.com. But that deal is gone now...keeponriding said:Wow That is a great deal...same price I paid for the 600...good score!
Did you get the Zumo 660 or 665? The 660 is listed at $649 and the 665 is listed at $799.99. Not sure what the difference is between the two? I have a Zumo 550 now and have been wanting to upgrade but not sure yet is the price of admission to the 660/665 is worth it.stevepsd said:If anyone is interested, thru midnight tonight (Sunday 27 Nov), Bike Bandit (www.bikebandit.com) is running a special on Garmin GPS's...most of them are $100 off, and if you are a AMA member you get an additional 10% off. Plus free shipping.
I just bought a Zumo 665 for $629.99 delivered. Amazon is $800.
I had a cheap nuvi for a while but sent it back - very difficult to see in full sun. That was one attempt to get a newer GPS for the bike without spending the big bucks. After that I decided to stick with my old 2610 (did I mention it's for sale?) and see if anything comes out that's does what I want, is affordable, and works on a bike. There are a few that would work (Garmin 62 series for example) except the screen is way too small for me. Eventually it became clear that to get what I want I needed to bite the bullet and pay the money - and so ended up with the Montana. It'll be here today. Report soon on the blog http://supertenere1200.comCheckswrecks said:But the nearly disposable refurbished Nuvi is hard to beat. My Nuvi 885 can do all the routing, music, etc, and I just hold a baggie on it with a rubber band on it in the rain.
Microcenter.com and their brick stores were recently selling these as refurbs for a whopping $85 with a warranty.