Tom Tom

Elffie01 · Nova Slayer Joined: 30 Jan 2012 Karma :

So we are looking at getting a Tom Tom
....well OH is as he likes the idea ....personally I dont give a monkies lol Laughing

He is looking at a Tom Tom EU rider as opposed to an Urban rider as the EU one has a 'Winding Roads allows you to select the route with the most curves for the ultimate adrenaline rush' feature....

So any opinions ? The EU is out of stock at Halfords except daaan saaf and we arent going there for one.

Also anyone have a clue as where we can pick one up that might have shelf stock ? As he watns one tomorrow before a trip uo to Yorkshire Question

raesewell · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Oct 2012 Karma :

Urban Rider has winding road option too
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Elffie01 · Nova Slayer Joined: 30 Jan 2012 Karma :

ahh cool thanks

Though he has just realised that the battery life on the Urban rider is half the quoted one on the EU ..... sigh

A bit of paper n a tank bag would do me and less hassle lol Shocked

raesewell · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Oct 2012 Karma :

I have my Urban Rider hard wired to the bike, but on battery it lasts about 5 hours, you can extend this by altering the battery saving preferences.
Where in Yorkshire are you off to?
I'll get the kettle on Smile

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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

willis1337 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 06 May 2009 Karma :

Do you mean these ones?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tomtom-Rider-Europe-Motorbike-Lifetime/dp/B00BQE7SC2

https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/products/customised-navigation/motorbike-rider-series/

It's called a tomtom rider v5.

I have one, it pretty good, the winding routes does allow you to find some interesting roads. I don't use a headset or mobile with it, but I do use Tyre (google tyre for travel) software which is good for making route files. Also easy to share these with mates with the same unit as you can bluetooth the units together to share files very easily.

I would say buy it direct from tomtom as if anything goes wrong it'll be easier to return for replacement. Mine let in water and the screen went misty on the inside in the first month. Got the unit replaced. Now six months old and the usual thing of the mount failing is happening (typical of tomtom units) and my mate has the same problem with his. You wouldn't notice unless you have "switch off when power is lost" option selected as it only cuts the power very briefly now and again, but it gets progressively worse until the mount fails.

I had the previous tomtom rider and over five years got through 3 mounts, two of which I had to buy they failed more than 12 months from the last replacement. The mounts IIRC are around £40.

Other than the above they're good units, a shame they can't get the mount right.
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raesewell · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Oct 2012 Karma :

Have you tried ITN Converter for planning routes I prefer it to Tyre it saves files in many more formats than Tyre
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Elffie01 · Nova Slayer Joined: 30 Jan 2012 Karma :

yup thats the one

Thanks for the review Smile

v5 is the one he was after. Looks like we will give in for getting one tomorrow and he will prob get direct from Tomtom to be on the safe side Thumbs Up

Off to Bradford to return a faulty PSU, owt for an excuse to go for a ride. So thats a couple of hours ride, then a couple of hours sat in ccl waiting for the damnt hing to be tested lol Sick