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Originally posted by sehyde I have read all of this with interest as I have been eyeing up a Garmin Quest. I bought some stuff from Touratech and the delivery was to say the least extended, but the quality is good. Anyway is there any chance of a couple of photos of your set-up. |
I'll take a couple of photo's as soon as I can and post them here. You'll have to excuse the state of the bike as it's just done a 2,500 mile trip and I haven't cleaned it yet!
I have just got back from Mugello and the Quest performed perfectly throughout, except when I forgot to charge it up!
The only criticisms I would have are that it is quite a small screen to be looking at when you are doing over 150 kph (I realise there is a cure for this
) and that the mounting system I have used sets the unit quite low. This means that you have to glance down in order to look at it.
On the plus side the time saving when not having to stop and consult maps or getting lost was huge. It mean't we arrived directly at hotels with no worry and even used it to find the parking spaces that we used the previous day at the GP.
The Touratech bracket gives you a great feeling of security when you leave the bike for a couple of minutes. The Quest is locked to the bike which is a good thing as it does attract a lot of attention. I had problems with Touratech on delivery as well. They don't seem to pick up orders from the web very well and it was only after I rang them that the bracket turned up. Good quality kit though.
Next time I wouldn't bother with using the Gadget Guy web site as, whilst the service was good and the bracket of excellent quality, the postage costs were more than the bracket. The guys at Ducati Wolverhampton said they could have made something up for half the price!