Took the plunge and purchased a 590 LM, so now it need s fitting to the bike...........any ideas I might have had about it snapping into the existing Zumo 660 cradle have been squashed....unsurprisingly it doesn't fit.............. I kinda suspected it wouldn't :no:
An initial play with the device last night tells me that this is a massive improvement, but as yet I've not put it to the test on the bike :smiley:
I'll report back when its installed and tested
Looking forward to the report OC, I'm tempted to get one
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Tempted myself, touratech gear can't be beat from my previous experiences
Quote from: Alfor on March 19, 2016, 03:54:31 PM
Tempted myself, touratech gear can't be beat from my previous experiences
did you mean Garmin :smiley:
Might of miss understood the question. I'm getting one of these to mount the garmin when it arrives ....
http://shop.touratech.co.uk/handlebar-mount-for-garmin-zumo-590-595-lm-lockable-natural-anodised-aluminium.html
Quote from: Alfor on March 20, 2016, 12:57:33 AM
Might of miss understood the question. I'm getting one of these to mount the garmin when it arrives ....
http://shop.touratech.co.uk/handlebar-mount-for-garmin-zumo-590-595-lm-lockable-natural-anodised-aluminium.html
gotcha :clap:
I've just fitted a new Garmin Zumo 590 LM, very impressed, always had Garmin's!
Easy to install after searching on here, £380 from amazon.
Off to France in June for 10 days ish, touring around the sunny spots I hope!
:clap:
I have the 390LM myself. Get ready for some "interesting" route choices when you ask it to get you from A to B in a foreign country! :mfr_lol:
Cheers
Paul B.
Quote from: PaulB on March 20, 2016, 05:36:21 PM
I have the 390LM myself. Get ready for some "interesting" route choices when you ask it to get you from A to B in a foreign country! :mfr_lol:
Cheers
Paul B.
Paul thanks, I have experienced exactly that whilst touring in Belgium, my Zumo 660 took us down the main routes into Bruges and through a farm yard, LITERALLY, on the return journey., and, yes, there were chickens on the track :mfr_lol:
Quote from: O.C. on March 20, 2016, 06:31:21 PM
Paul thanks, I have experienced exactly that whilst touring in Belgium, my Zumo 660 took us down the main routes into Bruges and through a farm yard, LITERALLY, on the return journey., and, yes, there were chickens on the track :mfr_lol:
looking forward to that with my 660 :yes:
Same thing happened to me in angouleme in France. Took us down passageway on
Y to be confronted with French family having dinner at table in passage way. Only just got by . Prob put them off their past is.
Had similar experiences with the 660 when travelling down to sorrento and back whenever I didn't use the planned route. Lost count how many farm tracks I went down in France. When you change to car mode it definitely looks for major roads rather than minor ones in bike mode. Maybe it's a little like a poor man's version of the curvy roads option on some other sat nav models? I quite enjoyed the variation and the adventure! Only changed to car mode when I needed to get a shift on.... or fed up with the smell of cow sh#t lol
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Quote from: shaggs147 on March 20, 2016, 11:17:01 PM
Only changed to car mode when I needed to get a shift on.... or fed up with the smell of cow sh#t lol
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
That does seem to be the cure; tell it you're in a car. I set out to do an A-road (equivalent) in the mountains in Portugal which itself was a wonderful twisty. Good old Garmin decided to tell me to take every side track it could find and actually wanted me to cross said A-road to do some more side tracks... That's about when I told it I was a car.
I think the Garmin "bike" algorithm was written by guys who go green-laning at weekends...
Cheers
Paul B.
finished fitting my new 590 yesterday and had a 100 mile ride out this morning, the screen is clear and offers pkenty adjustment for different light levels, I'm still familiarising myself with all the settings but they do seem very intuitive
The instructions are clear, and coincidentally I received a telephone call whilst on my way home and the screen message made handling the call dead easy.
I haven't had chance to put the route planning/directions to the test as yet, apart from using the 'home' facility and it brought me to my front door
So far so good :yes:
Better than the 660 then?
I think the 660 is great as long as you know its little quirks, and it served me well down to italy and back, but I do like the look of the 590 with its extra features etc. I'm just trying to decide if I can justify the extra cost..... decisions
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Quote from: Birdpilot on March 23, 2016, 09:49:22 PM
Better than the 660 then?
Yes I think so, obviously its very early days yet, but so far it seems better.
I'm hoping that the latest curvy roads etc route options on the 590 will either reduce or eliminate the 660s quirky planning.
I purchased my 590 LM through Amazon for £369.00 :clap:
Wow that is a good price!
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Quote from: shaggs147 on March 24, 2016, 07:27:14 AM
Wow that is a good price!
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Cheaper than fleabay :yes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Motorbike-Lifetime-Updates-Bluetooth/dp/B00JJ1RXB0?ie=UTF8&keywords=590lm&qid=1458808277&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
here's a couple of pictures showing the installation, the first picture shows the 590 fitted in a high position which obstructed the speedo so wasn't suitable, (this picture also shows the old mounting for the 660)
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/2016-03-22%2009.45.27_zps1lu4wgy3.jpg)
The device is now mounted in the 'traditional' position as shown here, sorry about the dark picture
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/2016-03-22%2013.26.23_zpsg23mbzlj.jpg)
Well that offer didn't last long!
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Mine arrived yesterday from Amazon, just waiting for the touratech bracket one 👍
Quote from: shaggs147 on March 25, 2016, 07:03:04 PM
Well that offer didn't last long!
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Blimey it really didn't, I must say I'm surprised, maybe they initially priced it wrong :no:
I had a run out today and covered about 140 miles, so not too far, a pleasant trip over Sutton Bank in a balmy 11 degrees and it was lovely apart from some of the usual Bank Holiday chumps, some were on two wheels....bloody idiots :gun_bandana:
The Garmin 590 performed very well and didn't choose any crazy routes, so that was good, although it did choose a different route home, which was fine, I purposely ignored its return route choice and went my own way, which the device handled very well by re calculating.
But, ......I'm just not sure about its mounting position on my bike, as it's too low down between the bars. The handle bar handy stick option will probably have to be re deployed onto the right side bar, the problem with that is the securing bolt has been over zealously thread locked and is an absolute b*tch to shift. I think that I'd rather the device slightly obstructed the Rev counter than my speedo.
Its forecast rain tomorrow so ill have a go at swapping things around..
I have now moved the 590 to a more visible location which doesn't obscure the Speedo, the bar securing bolt on the right side was a proper barsteward to remove. but perseverance paid off and the whole assembly is now on the right side :clap:
This is the initial left side installation which wasn't good
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/2016-03-22%2009.45.27_zps1lu4wgy3.jpg)
Central location, also not great ....too low
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/2016-03-22%2013.26.23_zpsg23mbzlj.jpg)
And finally right side installation (Sat Nav shown with Glare stomper fitted ) which is much better :yes:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/2016-03-26%2013.32.19_zpsyejgzxah.jpg)
I found these links if anyone still wants a bargain..
http://thurgo.co.uk/item-40409-garmin-zumo-590lm-motorcycle-sat-nav-gps-uk-eu-010-01232-02?source=googleps&gclid=Cj0KEQjwid63BRCswIGqyOubtrUBEiQAvTol0esDRdsjpG8JnMZwG38ArLHM-_PtouSXjNWJ0TRq2EYaAqoJ8P8HAQ
http://www.handtec.co.uk/garmin-zumo-590lm.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwid63BRCswIGqyOubtrUBEiQAvTol0cev1PfWsyaed0jLsRoF8UT2LrRTmZO8E_tr9wTz9eMaArBO8P8HAQ
http://www.justthelook.co.uk/products/garmin-zumo-590lm-eu-motorcycle-gps-sat-nav-with-lifetime-maps?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=7580592579&gclid=Cj0KEQjwid63BRCswIGqyOubtrUBEiQAvTol0V6olp7xAZWFrEAuRIAckroP2CHkr14ouGuLXndl290aAqce8P8HAQ
This isn't helpful with me trying to resist temptation lol
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Some good deals there Debs, I reckon I was just lucky as I paid 369.99 :smiley: