£125? That's more than my GPS -- some sales manager is clearly getting high on his own supply...

FWIW, I had the So Easy Rider v3 pointed out to me the other day; here's a review.

Just a follow up...
 

Well I'm back after a wee tour of Europe and thought I would let you know how the waterproof case worked along with the TomTom Go 730.

The case was really good and held the gps inplace without problems. It only rains when we were at standstill so the gps was removed anyway for security. So no idea if my holes would give problems :rolleyes2:

There were two problems I had, first was difficulty in seeing the screen in bright sunlight. The cover's flexible front reflected a lot of light and I imagine the item Jumile suggests will also - but a shield might help.

The second problem was the backlights on the TomTom gave up :(, luckily on the way back and after most of the good riding was over. Took maps with us and also used the phone as back up.

Spoke to a guy on the eurotunnel on the way back and he used a Garmin zumo which was bike dedicated and he had no problems. Maybe a brighter screen?!

At £450 I'd want the zumo to ride my bike as well :rolleyes2:

My little nuvi worked brilliantly in France regardless of sunshine :thumbup1:

What was the outcome of this thread ?

I am after a satnav for my Tenere (and not one costing > £ 400..), and have read all about the Nuvi 250 etc. Semms you can pick one up for around £ 100 with full coverage of Europe.

Some questions :

- Can these be loaded with maps of Morocco, Mali, Senegal, Mauratania ? (apologies if that a silly question..)

- Can these units withstand all the vibrations of bike riding, bit in desert etc ?

- Any similar, better alternatives ?

- Any good waterproof kits ?

Any other comments welcome.

Thanks in advance.

I've been away from the HUBB for a while, so if this has been mentioned before I apologise, but following a thread on the BMW Owners Club I rigged up a cheap system as follows. I put a Garmin Nuvo 250 in my tank bag and linked it to a cheap intercom. I taped one mic to the 250 and stuck the other earpiece in my helmet. I did only a quick test and it worked - but I now need to set up the earpiece etc properly. The intercom was a Chatterbox around £20 from Maplin. May be worth a look.

I would say that it is possible to go down the route of non bike GPS on a bike. But the biggest problem is going to be screen brightness. I'm changing the bike soon and will be looking at an adventure tourer, road or dirt biased I'm not sure of.

The advantage will be that I can mount the screen more vertically and this should help with reflection. Vibration should be Ok if you can keep the mountings isolated with rubber at all points.

The Garmin units seem to be the only devices that have the ability to load third party maps of the rest of the world.

The givi GPS case and the item posted earlier in this thread ( So Easy Rider v3) both look pretty good and should keep the water out of the electrics.

No sure how well the chatter box will perform once the speed gets over 40\50mph I have tried similar in the past and found they were not suitable for extended use.

simon