Here is a pic of my Zumo 550 installed.

 

I'm sold, guys!
Hey, PFD161, thanks for the great pics... you too, Easyglide!
Anybody else got pics of a zumo mounted to their batwing or handlebars, we'd like to see them.
The zumo looks big, and it is, but not so big that it hides gages.
Think I'm gonna have to get up off my wallet and buy one.
Thanks again,
The EGK

 

Here's a link to some very useful Zumo installation notes: http://www.zumoforums.com/zumo/viewtopic.php?t=226

 

Could anyone show me a picture of the back of the 550 and the rear of the bike mount that it goes in, I'd like to see if I could adapt my Batwing mount idea to work with the Zumo 450/550 it would have to look good and I think it would. Thanks in advance

 

I have a ram mount for my Quest 2 on My Springer classic, it doesnt go anywhere super secure, The Quest 2 also has all the maps it works great!

 

Eglidekid; gilbos440rt--

This site has excellent pics of the Garmin 550 and all the installation ram mount hardware. It tells you just about everything you could want to know about the Zumo in text and pictures. In case this link does not work, you can go to gpsinformation.net and scroll down to the Zumo450/550 line.

http://gpsinformation.org/zumo/zumo.html

 

Do you have any trouble seeing it in direct sunlight? How easy is it to work while wearing gloves?

 

I also own a Quest with the fairing mount. You can operate it with fingerless gloves but you have to push the small buttons, versus the bigger touch screen of the Zumo. I had no trouble seeing the screen most of the time.If I had known the Zumo was coming out, I would not have installed the faring mount for the quest. Nothing against the Quest--it was my unit of choice for two years--until the zumo came out.

 

i have talked to some guys who have complained that whith the zumo attached to the fairing it shakes real bad and some have had their fairing crack.

 

OK, guys... I just pulled the trigger on a zumo 450. Ordered it this past monday from buydig.com for $485 delivered. It got here today, and it took me only about 90 minutes to pull the front of the batwing off and hardwire it into the extra leads coming off the wiring harness. I have a comagination headlight modulator but checked the extra two leads and they're not being modulated. they're upstream of the headlight harness and are not affected by the in-line harness near as i can tell.
I used the supplied handlebar mount and was off and riding in no time. I love this thing! It is truly plug and play, and if you have any knowledge (it helps to download the owners manual from the garmin site while you're waiting on it to come in, that way when it arrives, your ready to start using it.
It is pretty intuitive to use and really works well. In just two hours of using it, I can't imaging why i waited so long to buy it. It acquired a signal while still in the house, probably took 30 seconds or less, and since then it only seems to take about 10+ seconds to acquire your position.
It is a beefy unit, no lightweight, and extremely full featured. I havent had a chance to plug in routes and waypoints, but I can already see that this thing is definitely going to make trips a LOT more fun and successful, and even our evening rides will be more fun.
If you want to see pics, let me know and i'll try to figure out how to upload them.
EGK