I don't have a new Harley so i can't comment on their nav but hearing a lot of the chatter on here, it sounds like they are a little deficient in more ways then one. Me, i just have the Garmin 665 with Sirius radio.....love it. had one now for at least 5 years. love it. i do all my route planning on an obsolete Microsoft Streets and Trips. Wish they still made the program. easy to pick a route, add waypoints and adjust it. i have base map but find it hard to use.

 

I think you meant Basecamp and it does have a steep learning curve. It's a shame Garmin stopped developing Mapsource.

 

And your Garmin can (and sometimes will) do the exact same thing.

All GPS units use their own internal mapping software algorithms to calculate the route to take in order to get you where you want.
Your HD Nav has quite a few more options for how to do this.
You just need to play with those options more.

But you will very rarely ever get to different brand GPS units to take the exact same roads to any one destination.
The exception to that would be when there are only one or two ways to get to where your going.

Since you admit you don't have one, you don't really know.

The HD Nave system works just fine.
The biggest issue is people not taking the time to learn all the options it has.

I have a stand alone Garmin (used on my previous Street Glide and in my Truck), and now the new HD Nav system.
After spending the time to get to know it, I now like the HD system better overall.
Of course thee are some things that each do different and you might like the way one or the other does it better.

 

I have one on a 14 Limited, has a lot of quirks as far as i'm concerned, Not a tech person, but the Garmins have always worked much better to me, JMO

 

+1 on the if every.. It's got to be the worst GPS I've every used. I put my Garmin on a ram mount and use that.

The best feature of a GPS isn't on the HD one, The Current Speed Limit vs your actual speed. It's saved my butt many times..

 

Yeah, that is one feature I do miss with the HD unit.

With that said though, I have seen my Garmin display the wrong speed limit a few times because the city/town changed the speed limit (lowered it).

 

Maybe over the winter I'll have to play with mine while it is hooked to a tricker charger and figure it out. To me right now the Garmin is much more user friendly. Right now I'm not sold on it for sure.

 

That's why you can upgrade a Garmin four time a year for free. Then you don't have this issue.

 

Although true, you have to have a Garmin unit that supports "Lifetime" updates.

They don't all do that by default.
I purchased the lifetime update option for mine after I bought the unit, so I can get updates.
But they were not "free".

 

You'll have to dig deeper into the settings.
Like avoid major hwys or toll high ways etc....
But, my gps are like 1996 and 2003 technology.
Best to avoid them if you dont need to find an obscure address is my advice.
Rob