Taken a shine to Quadlock, running TomTom Go on Android phone. Quadlock is tbh more adaptable for mounting than the many varieties of Garmin/Tomtom, which, lets face it, are in the dark ages compared to smart phones, nav apps and quadlock. I also have an old Garmin 395 (or similar?) mounted on the GS accessory bar. This means searching for petrol, food etc does not interfere with any routes. Mount for that was cobbled together with many years worth of left over 350lm satnav parts and some bespoke garage tinkering.. Old news, off tangent, but we use Myroute app for route planning and have had good results (with much cross referencing) with some riders using Garmin while I used Tomtomgo app on the phone…with matching routes. Result! Basically, everywhere there is a junction, you place a waypoint to force the route. Without the many waypoints the satnavs can make different choices. * We make complex routes with in excess of 100 waypoints over a days riding ( 300-400 miles in Pyrenees, rural Germany/France typical). What is worthwhile is splitting the routes. Unknown road closures and accidents can cause havoc…at least a great days riding can normally be rescued if the whole route is not lost! *This never causes arguments
There's plenty of options to mount a Sat Nav, but it depends on the bike and Sat Nav. On my Multistrada I use an Evotech mount above the clocks so it's almost in my line of sight (or just require a quick glance downwards). https://evotech-performance.com/col...-nav-mount-ducati-multistrada-v2-2022-onwards Iconic Parts also make a similar model https://iconicparts.uk/shop/ols/products/multistrada-2015-gpsnav-mount Mounting it lower, or on the handle bars on a RAM Ball mount is an option, but just watch the mount doesn't foul the fairing on full lock. Something like this mount can be used to replace a handlebar bolt. https://www.ram-mount.co.uk/shop-al...m8-screw?sort=p.sort_order&order=ASC&limit=20 The Garmin Zumo XT comes with a selection of mounts in the box.
Not sure if this applies to Garmin - but happened with my Tomtom - a recent model. Riding around Germany, Switzerland, France and Austria using the Tomtom - last summer - the Tomtom eventually died 100% completely and utterly - absolutely lifeless, stone dead. Tracked down a big motorcycle store in Austria - using road signs and directions given to me ! - went in and asked for a brand new Tomtom please because mine had died. I explained to the very helpful lady that my Tomtom was kaput. So we went and had a look at the sat nav on the bike and she noticed mine was plugged into the USB socket of the bike and into the corresponding socket in the Tomtom - there is the problem she explained. It was explained that the Sat Nav uses more power than is provided by the connection to the USB socket - this being only for charging when not in use. Eventually, over a two week trip and daily use, the power used was not sufficiently being charged by the device being plugged into the bike's USB socket - and the Tomtom gradually ran down to 0.00% power eventually - even when plugged into the USB socket on the bike. That is what threw me, and I figured it was a dud. She explained that if I was going to use it in this way plugged into the USB socket then the Tomtom should be charged overnight in the Hotel room to make sure it had a full charge at the start of each day and then being plugged into the USB socket would help it along. That saved the day, but when I got home I bought a Garmin XT and had it properly wired into the bike. It does explain previous problems with sat navs, always at the end of the day when trying to find the hotel - sometimes in the rain !! - and the sat nav deciding to check out already just as you approach city limits ! Just thought I would mention it - the lovely lady in the bike shop could have sold me a new sat nav and I would have been none the wiser, but I learnt something instead.
It’s taken a few years but I think I’ve finally got the hang of using mine properly, but it still sometimes throws a curve ball! It’s worth spending some time watching YouTube videos and doing tutorials, it really helps.
