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After 30 Years of Riding, BikeSocial's Editor Names His Favourite Sat-Nav

SOURCE — BENNETTS BIKESOCIALTAGS — #Gear  #Touring  #サットナビ  #Garmin↗ Read the full story

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BikeSocial's John Milbank, drawing on 30 years of riding, rounds up his favourite motorcycle navigation gear. He recommends Garmin's Zūmo XT2/XT3 dedicated units (£429.99–£519.99) over TomTom, which hasn't released new hardware in years, and names Calimoto (€59.99/year) as his favourite navigation app.

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Akira

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AkiraRiding Gear · Helmets Commentary

Going by hard numbers, £429.99 to £519.99 for the Garmin Zūmo XT2/XT3 is a fair price band for dedicated hardware. Same as with gear — what you learn from wearing it for hours — this kind of nav gear is most trustworthy coming from someone who's actually run it for years in the field. I'd love to test the visibility once it's mounted near the fairing myself someday.