Garmin i3 - Cheap sat nav

Neo · Post by **Neo** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:12 pm

show us a pic of it installed on you bike plodder,particularly the mirror bracket.
cheers
Neo

plodder · Post by **plodder** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:02 pm

Wife's nicked camera so will do later.

Note that the bracket's a Heath Robinson affair but it's hidden by the screen so I don't really care.

plodder · Post by **plodder** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:00 pm

Here ya go Neo:

Bracket (red stuff on ball is red Hematite to stop the unit rotating down the ball due to vibration). This is just a temporary bracket... Honest

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Ready to roll (socket on top is for earpiece):

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:23 am

none of that Heath Robinson stuff for the Monkey

Proper job: Garmin Quest GPS fitted on me R1 with RAM mount
[looks like it obscures the speedo in the pic but it doesn't when you're sat on the bike]

GPS on the bike is definitely the way to go - it's fookin brilliant. I got the Quest from Halfrauds last year and the RAM mounting bits from http://www.ram-mount-uk.com/ and http://www.gpsw.co.uk/index.html

handy GPS fitting tips at http://www.ram-mount-uk.com/customer-gallery.htm

EA · Post by EA » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:35 am

how do you rate those units against the tomtom go's ??

plodder · Post by **plodder** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:36 pm

monkey wrote:none of that Heath Robinson stuff for the Monkey

Lucky you. I aint got that kind of cash, so Heath and Robinson are very good friends of mine

EA · Post by EA » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:03 pm

Wow Monkey couldnt realy ask for a more indepth reply than that
Quest it is then - I borrow my mates go atm and have a pile of crap for Ipaq that works when it wants - and not at all since I upgraded to tomtom v6

Im in Bedford & regularly work in Luton so a meet for a pint and a natter would be quite nice

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:58 am

EA wrote:Wow Monkey couldnt realy ask for a more indepth reply than that
Quest it is then - I borrow my mates go atm and have a pile of crap for Ipaq that works when it wants - and not at all since I upgraded to tomtom v6

Im in Bedford & regularly work in Luton so a meet for a pint and a natter would be quite nice

No worries, sorry I probably went into too much detail

hope it helps you make the right decision. Ultimately I'm sure whichever you buy you won't be disappointed, either is a massive improvement over a map in a tankbag

I live in St Albans but work @ Luton Airport, & have a couple of mates in Bedford too so I'm up that way from time to time...

pint sounds good.. you have PM

Plastic Scouser · Post by **Plastic Scouser** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:41 am

I use a seperate bluetooth GPS unit and have TomTom V6 on my Nokia N73 - Works brilliantly.

If anyone would like some additional voice files, I have the following:

Dr Evil
Knightrider
C-3PO
Arnie
Austin Powers
Clint Eastwood
Homer
Ozzy
Sean Connery
Sharon Osbourne
Yoda
Robot
Steven Hawking
Al Pacino
Darth Vader
De Niro
Elvis
George Dubya
Hispanic
Joanna Lumley
Joe Pesci
Monroe
Michael Caine
Mick Jagger
Patrick Stewart
R2D2
Sarah Michele Gellar
Manc Chav
Sven
Daleks
The Queen
Tony Blair
Victoria Beckham

Just PM me a mail address I can send zip files to (like a google mail account) and list the ones you are after

Grim Reaper · Post by **Grim Reaper** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:25 am

I was looking in Halfrauds today for a unit that I could use in the car and also on the bike. They told me that the Tomtom Rider has been discontinued because of a reliability problem...apparently the mounting bracket is sh*t and has broken on most of them. He also told me that there are some units that dont require any wiring at all, all you do is charge it like a mobile phone. You dont even have to mount it on the bike...you can put it in a pocket and use it with a bluetooth earpiece. After this he started to fix his hair in the mirror and touch his spots so I left rapidly.

If anyone has some updated info on this can they help please...cos I tend to get lost any time I leave my street

itsnotagenesis · Post by **itsnotagenesis** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:40 am

Its a big street, just don' t leave it

Post by **Stig** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:58 pm

itsnotagenesis wrote:Its a big street, just don' t leave it

do you live on the M1??

sound writeup Mr monkey...very informative

certainly helps if you're after a nav sysytem

itsnotagenesis · Post by **itsnotagenesis** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:38 pm

How did you manage to get to Halfords and back?
Did a big boy show you the way?
Or were you not planning on going to Halfords , but when you got lost there just happened to be a Halfords next to you?

Grim Reaper · Post by **Grim Reaper** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:44 pm

kiwi_r1 · Post by **kiwi_r1** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:52 pm

ooooooooooooh low blow !!

itsnotagenesis wrote:How did you manage to get to Halfords and back?
Did a big boy show you the way?
Or were you not planning on going to Halfords , but when you got lost there just happened to be a Halfords next to you?