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Cruiser
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Apopka, FL | If you had to choose between the Zumo 660 and the CB unit? |
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Visionary
Posts: 1359
New Bohemia, Va | breaker, breaker |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 30
Warrenton, VA | I think you would get more practical utility from a Zumo GPS. You can get "lost" with GPS but also find Points of Interest like food, gas, hotels and ATM's etc., as you find your way back to civilization.
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New user
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| I would go for the GPS - You can find some great roads to ride on that you might have overlooked without it. Plus I've worked in the Trucking Industry for 26 years and you will grow to hate a CB Radio. |
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Tourer
Posts: 411
Dallas, Texas | IMHO..these days with cell phones..most bang for buck would be the GPS..I know that cell phones have some dead zones..if that's a problem, then go with a satellite phone...now there's the way to communicate with anyone, anywhere
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | I agree with Vision--ary. just like in the past, a lot of truckers WILL NOT respond if they don't hear that diesel roaring in the background of a call, they'll dismiss you a 'a four wheeler' or think you're a bear. Go with the GPS, CB is the Flintstones- |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, Va | to clarify, I use a GPS in my car just to get the timing down as it shows speed, ETA, and distance remaining. I've never truthfully thought of seriously getting a GPS for my bike as I consider it a BIG distraction for me. I won't diss anyone who has one, but I'm not grown up enough to pay a hundred percent of my attention to the road and to something else at the same time. If I get "lost", cool! I stop, recollect my bearings and then travel on. If I'm going to unfamiliar territory I have studied the area prior to my departure to include "driving" the route several times and even alternatives. So far that has worked extermely well for me and I can usually go straight to my destination without problems and I've gone across some very unfamiliar territory at that.
With the CB, yeah, truckers are annoying sometimes, but I like to listen to them when I roll past them. Then I like to mess with them when they say something stupid about me like, "did you see that a--hole riding in the freezing pouring rain at 70 miles an hour?" to his buddy. I usually get a laugh back at them when they are shock to know I've got my "ears on". But more importantly, you can often hear of traffic problems and speed traps long before you get to them. But I've not used my CB in over a year since the antenna broke, nor the comms since victory sells very poor headsets.
By all means, spend your dollar on the GPS, you'll probably be happier.
Edited by Cap'n Nemo 2011-04-02 11:09 AM
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Tourer
Posts: 323
Troy, NY | GPS all the way. Not sure how usefull the CB is with the technology we have now. You can also do wireless intercom, cell phone...etc. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 965
New York State | GPS the CB set up is not great because of antenna placement. |
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Visionary
Posts: 3773
Pittsburgh, PA | The gps is actually a useful tool, the cb is a toy for when your bored. I'd pick that gps any day over a glorified walkie talkie. Lol |
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Cruiser
Posts: 113
East Ohio | the cb is required before you can get the intercom, which is why i got the cb, however it is a blast to hear the truckers talk about what the h??? just passed them |
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Cruiser
Posts: 251
| Never really had a CB, but I've seen all of the trucker movies... They do look like a cool idea... I have used my GPS and would not trade it for the world... Especially with cell phone nowadays... Yup definately vote for the GPS... |
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Tourer
Posts: 374
Tucson, AZ | I must be old school. I say dont get either of them. Thats why they make locals. All roads are signed. And ya cant get lost if ya dont know where your going. Of course I live in Az. where there arent alot of citys connected to others, and theres usually along way between. Just never found the use for em.
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Iron Butt
Posts: 825
, WI | If you need to go somewhere get a GPS.
I think the GPS adds a safety factor. I know what my next turn is and what lane I need to be in. |
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Visionary
Posts: 1632
Jasper, MO | Get 'em both. You can get refurbished or used Garmin 660s for $200 or less all over Ebay. The CB is very useful when riding with others who also have CB radios. Most of my riding buddies have CBs on their bikes and we visit constantly while riding. We find an unused channel to talk on. We don't run channel 19. The CB also has FAR more range than those Scala Rider or Chatterbox units, even with the poor groundplane our bikes offer. We regularly talk 2 to 3 miles apart when the day's ride is over and we go separate directions. We can be strung out a couple of miles apart in the mountains and still talk to each other. That ability has come in handy a couple of times when somebody had to pull over because of a flat, and one time when one of the bikes went down. We have, at times, been able to talk 7 miles apart. Of course, on the Vision, you get the intercom with the CB unit. I actually like to talk to my wife. YMMV.
The CB/Intercom unit also gives you all the audio functions of your bike in your helmet. The stereo sounds MUCH better with both the fairing speakers and the helmet speakers running at the same time. If you go that route, get the J&M headsets. The ones Victory sells are not very good in comparison.
I'm a trucker and I almost never have my CB on in the truck, unless I see something is going on ahead that I need to know about, or I meet somebody I know and I'll just turn it on to say Hi, then turn it off again. Too many clowns who are bored and just want to start an argument for entertainment are on the CB radio these days. I don't want to hear it.
I've never had a GPS on a bike, in a car, or in a truck. I have watched a couple of my riding buddies damn near run off the road while they were fiddling with theirs, several times. That said, I do see their usefulness, and may get one, but I'll try to resist the urge to use it while moving.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2011-04-03 1:18 PM
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Iron Butt
Posts: 965
New York State | The Garmin 2720 will not accept commands while moving if it is in safe mode. |
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Tourer
Posts: 554
2 mi from Jim Beam n KY | GPS and wireless (bluetooth) headsets. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 204
West Knoxville TN | I have both and use both. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 154
Danbury, Connecticut | I bought a Zumo 550 about 5 years ago. I would consider that the single best accessory I ever added to a bike. Not so much in terms of getting lost, but the map software that comes with it allows you to look at area roads and find a lot of great ones. I preplan just about all of my rides on the computer now. I feel like it opened up so many new rides that I never considered in my "local region" that it's like new adventures in your back yard. Just keep in mind that they lie sometimes and you occasionally get mis-directed, just use common sense. I was actually just looking at the Zumo 660 this past weekend - I like the fact that you can have the weather map overlayed on you're route map. I've been caught in some pretty ugly storms. |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 38
NW Jersey | I have both. I utilized a RAM ball mount, customized the dash for my trusty Garmin 450 (I know ancient but I update it) it is a great tool. I also got a great buy off E-Bay for the CB and installed it myself (swapped the button controls position too as per a thread on this site). I used both CB & GPS going cross country. My wife rides a Road King Classic with a J&M handlebar CB, we just turn up the squelch pick a "thirties" number and used it to communicate. The CB also comes in handy in a group ride. The "point" and the "tail" can have como to make safe lane changes, etc ie; the tail can change to the center lane on the Interstate (creating a block, then alert the point to move on over)...... But if you aren't into any comms with others by all means go with a GPS. My experience is with Garmin and the motocycle models are rugged and waterproof. Also utilizing a J&M replacement antenna, it is shorter. |
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Tourer
Posts: 506
Woodland Hills, CA | GPS! |
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What would you choose?