Zumo 450 in Europe I bought the Zumo 450 for use on a recent motorcycle trip through Europe (Italy, Switzerland and France) I bought the Euro data base, which seemed quite pricey at $240, but I it turned out to be the best investment of the entire trip. The Zumo worked perfectly, although some of the route building methods seemed a little qwirky (it may also be that I spent no time learning it before the trip and everything was done virtually on the bike). Without the Zumo on this trip, I would likely still be won...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 8.0 |  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/17/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (26 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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1st 1000 miles with my Zumo
Received my Garmin Zumo 450 on a Tuesday and promptly unpacked it. My first impression was "This is different". Hope I didn't waste my hard earned cash for this gadget. I connected the Zumo to the computer and checked for updates. One was available so I downloaded it.
Next I attached the supplied RAM mount to my BMW R1150GS and hardwired the dc cord to an appropriate place. The first couple of days of commuting to work with this GPS I noted my likes and dislikes of this Zumo. At...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/04/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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BEST GPS solution for bikers I had been looking at the Zumo for quite some time before I finally decided to purchase it. I had been using a Magellan Meridian Color with a bike mount on my Harley. It did turn by turn but had no auto-rerouting and the routing was extremely SLOW (like I had passed the next turn before it registered it).
After scoping out EBay for a couple of weeks I found it more feasible to purchase my 450 on Amazon. The price was pretty close to the EBay listings that I was watching and the ship...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/26/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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7,000 miles and all smiles! I bought the Zumo 450 a month ago and promptly mounted it to my 2003 Goldwing. The supplied RAM mount is excellent and provides for a variety of mounting positions. Wiring was made simple by Honda, as there is a fused auxiliary power supply under the left cubby.
The Zumo is exceptionally intuitive and easy to use. I played around with the unit for about a week while commuting to and from work. Then the fun began. I took a trip on the motorcycle from Seattle, WA to Blandon, PA a...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/27/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Very nice unit for bike or car, in the US or abroad I bought the Garmin Zumo 450 as my first GPS. I had contemplated getting a GPS for years. I've always been a `map guy' and was reluctant to make the leap to GPS. I had plans for a few motorcycle trips this year and saw the Zumo line. I also had a car trip through France planned and when I realized I could buy a France map card for the Zumo, that sealed the deal. I've used the 450 on three motorcycle trips already and just got back from France. The Zumo was a real nice addition. Apart from...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 8.0 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/01/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great GPS for bike and car I was looking for a mobil GPS unit that I could use on my bike, car or when exploring unknown ground on foot. Doing some research and reading the reviews on Amazon.com the Zumo 450 seemed to be the right choice. Out of the box it has everything you need to install it on your motorcycle. I believe in manuals and read through it, however, if you among those who can't wait for the hands-on approach the Zumo 450 is very intuative to use. For my first trip I actually used it in my car. For that I had...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/16/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (31 of 32) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Does not live up to expectations! After hearing good things about the Zumo product line from Garmin and owning another Garmin GPS unit I purchased the 450 model because I did not need all the features and the expense of the 550. First off there is no owners manual in the box only a "quick start" card and a cd containing a pdf manual which does not print on standard size paper. This doesn't work out so well if your on the road without a laptop to view the manual. The unit does seem to be well built and installation was pretty sim...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 6.0 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/03/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (21 of 22) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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At The Risk Of Sounding Like Every Other Reviewer I too, highly recommend this unit.
Very intuitive and easy to use and even more so if you take a quick look at the manual. Fast re-routing, and extremely close GPS resolution - especially in WAAS mode. Good database of gas, food and other facilities.
The included mapping software allows creation of routes on your PC and upload to the Zumo. Data can also be downloaded from the Zumo allowing a visual representation of your ride either of graph form or through Google Ear...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (9 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Convenient but question the reliability I had a Garmin 2610 for several years and mounted it in my cars, my Goldwing, my Suzuki, etc. The 2610 is NOT an ideal motorcycle GPS but is great for a car because of its remote.
On the other hand, the Zumo is really convenient for both types of vehicles. The Zumo is my first experience with a 3-D, what-you're-pointing-at-is-up display; after a couple thousand miles I've grown to like it. I'm not sure that the Zumo has auto-zoom, but whatever it is doing is far superior to the a...
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 8.0 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/26/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (9 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Zumo 450 Very easy to use, easy to mount. Best feature is the database that stores such things nearest places to eat and type of food, gas stations, parks, movie theaters...basically anything you can imagine. You can easily pick the place you want to go to, and the Zumo takes you there. VERY COOL!!! It's very easy to create routes on the computer and way points...even easier downloading them to your Zumo.
[Garmin Zumo 450 Motocycle GPS (010-00567-05) review can be read at Amazon.com] | Overall Rating: 10 | |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/13/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (8 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |