What is the cost of the GPS option on the 2010 tri glides? Is it worth it or are the Garmins etc. better and at lower cost. Is there an additional screen included with the Tri Glide GPS? The radio screen seems rather small for a proper map. Thanks.........Alan

 

Throw away your watch, to hell with the GPS, Just Ride man....Its all about the journey, not the destination....LOL....Hb

 

Just point it west and roll that power on! A compass is all you need!

Young riders pick a destination and go, old rider's pick a direction and go!

 

Get the Garmin, much better display and more options.

 

I have the H&K GPS installed in my radio. Its great for seeing how far to your destination and finding gas station hotels, dealers and such. The screen will split for the radio display on one side and your direction arrow on the other. It gives your voice promts over the radio when your coming close to your turns.

It has some draw backs, such as no large screen and it wont let you put actual home addresses. You have to load a disk for the region your riding in.

I like it because its not mounted to the handlebar and I dont have to think about removing it. Overall Im really happy with it and what it offers. I still take a map with me to pick a destination and then load that into the memory to get my distance to my next stop

 

I have a ZUMO 550 and love it. It not only functions very well on my TG but also in my car.

 

I have an iPhone with the AT&T GPS app that I can enable for $9.99/month. I bought the HD iPhone case w/magnetic tank mount and can plug it into the aux stereo jack for voice commands. I'll probably try it on a trip this summer. One big draw-back is I'm not sure the case will water-proof the iPhone. If it turns out to be a crappy GPS setup, I'll just drop the subscription and consider the Zumo.

 

I also use mine in the car. I have a 6mb memory filled with music. I don't even use the HD cd player any more.

 

My wife also has this type in the radio of her 09 TG, and we like it, too. The voice prompts are very effective, and just what we need on a moving vehicle. I have been told that this type is not available on the 2010 TG, by the way.

We would not look at a display anyway, while riding, like we used to with the big Garmin on our boat. There's too much going on while riding the trike to look at the GPS, no matter how big the screen is, at least for us.

I'm not sure why you can't put in street adresses on yours, though; we have done that several times, successfully. Although, the database is very limited as to what addresses it will recognize, at least in some areas. It sometimes says we are going "cross country" when we are on a very old, very well established road.

Do you have any idea whether an update CD can be obtained? I have not been able to find one, and ours is dated 2007.

 

I have been told that the GPS integral to the HK radio is not available any more. Our 09 TG has one. It uses the regular radio display. We just use the voice prompts, which are very good. I don't think we would look at a GPS display while moving, no matter how large. I think that the handlebar mount type of GPS costs about $800 or $900. The integral type used to cost $1000 when it was available. Maybe you could find a large dealer who still has one of the integral type in stock from the '08 or '09 touring model year.