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Old 06-05-2017, 01:20 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by pyoungbl View Post
BB, I tried using a Nuvi (car GPS) on a previous motorcycle with bad results. After getting caught in a frog strangler rain storm the screen itself took on water and stopped working. I had the unit in a zip lock bag but evidently there was still enough moisture in the air to partially kill the screen. The good news was that the Nuvi was inexpensive and thus not a big loss. Now I use a much more expensive Garmin and swap it from bike to bike. Recently I saw that someone in China is selling a motorcycle specific GPS for about $100. That might be worth looking into.

Peter Y.
I believe I also heard of an inexpensive GPS unit from China. If anyone knows a link to the vendor, please post it.
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