“the Garmin zūmo® 550 Motorbike Sat Nav (EU) is the ultimate biking GPS”

What's The Script?:

The Garmin zūmo® 550 Sat Nav (EU) is a rugged and super sleek GPS designed specifically for motorbikes. With some awesome features including an MP3 player and Bluetooth for wireless phonecalls and also a rugged, waterproof case and a glove friendly interface, it's ideal for any biker hitting the road. It also comes with full street level mapping of Europe.

What We're Loving:

The Garmin zumo 550 Motorbike Sat Nav has been designed for bikers by bikers, so they know what's needed in a GPS. We're loving the built in MP3 player- with the wireless technology you can have your earpiece in your helmet and have tunes pumping in while you're speeding along. It's also really easy to use with the large icons and buttons, and you can read the high brightness display even in glaring sunlight.

The Wow Factor:

As well the awesome route planning features, when you get home you also can see your whole journey using Google Earth, or use Garmin Connect to access a huge online community of bikers to share tips and info or compare tracks and routes. This is an awesome machine that will quickly become an indispensable tool for any biker.

In the video clip below you can review the Garmin zumo 550 Motorbike Sat Nav GPS (EU) in full moving picture!

What You Get:

• Garmin zumo® 550

• Preloaded City Navigator® NT for North America or Europe (full coverage)

• MapSource® City Navigator North America NT DVD or City Navigator Europe NT DVD (full unlock)

• Motorcycle mount with mounting hardware

• Vehicle suction cup mount with integrated speaker

• Dashboard disk

• Carrying case

• AC charger

• Vehicle power cable

• Motorcycle power cable

• USB cable

• Security screwdriver

• Custom caps (silver and black)

• Garmin stickers

• Quick reference guide

• 12 Months Manufacturers Warranty

• FREE P&P

What Garmin Say:

Navigate the Open Road

zūmo 550 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps and a massive points of interest (POIs) database, including hotels, restaurants, fuel stations, ATMs and much, much more. Simply enter a destination, and zūmo takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions that speak street names and places. In addition, zūmo accepts custom points of interest such as school zones and safety cameras and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. The zūmo 550 also comes with a rechargeable, removable lithium-ion battery a for trip planning or use on foot, and even accepts additional maps.

Add Traffic, Weather and Radio

With optional XM subscriptions and an XM antenna, you can check the weather, move ahead of traffic and listen to the radio when you travel with zūmo in the U.S. As an alternative in Europe, zūmo can receive optional TMC traffic alerts (in select cities) when used with a compatible traffic receiver. Simply press a button on the screen, and zūmo recalculates your route to avoid traffic jams or congestion.

Talk and Listen Wirelessly

With zūmo 550's Bluetooth wireless technology, you can talk on the phone safely without removing your gloves or helmet. Connect zūmo to your Bluetooth-enabled headset/helmet and cell phone to make and receive hands-free calls whilst on the move. You can even make phone calls to POIs such as restaurants or hotels through zūmo's Bluetooth interface. In addition, zūmo transmits navigation voice prompts to your headset so you can listen wirelessly.

Plan Your Trips and Share Your Rides

zūmo 550 makes it easy to plan your next trip and share routes with your riding buddies. Plan trips on your computer before you start, with the CN Navigator Europe mapping provided on CD ROM. Search for food and fuel stops and local attractions. Then, transfer your route to zūmo and go.

At the end of the day, share your favourite places and rides with other z?mo riders, and review your travels in Google™ Earth. SD card expansion makes it easy for storage and route sharing. Download routes to share with your riding buddies — even load mp3 files to your unit to enjoy tunes on the road. In addition, JPEG picture viewer lets you share photos of your adventures with friends and family.

zūmo 550: The navigator that's born to ride.

The Techie Bit:

Physical & Performance

• Unit dimensions, WxHxD: 4.8"W x 3.9"H x 1.6"D (12.2 x 9.9 x 4.1 cm)

• Display size, WxH: 2.8"W x 2.1"H (7.2 x 5.4 cm); 3.5 diag (8.9 cm)

• Display resolution, WxH: 320 x 240 pixels

• Display type: QVGA color TFT with white backlight

• Weight: 10.6 ounces (300.5 g)

• Battery: removable, rechargeable lithium-ion

• Battery life: up to 4 hours

• Waterproof: yes (IPX7)

• High-sensitivity receiver: yes

• RoHS version available: yes

Maps & Memory

• Basemap: yes

• Preloaded street maps: yes

• Ability to add maps: yes

• Built-in memory: internal solid state

• Accepts data cards: SD card (not included)

• Waypoints/favorites/locations: 500

• Routes: 50

Features

• Voice prompts (e.g. "Turn right in 500 ft."): yes (using included mount(s))

• Speaks street names (e.g. "Turn right ON ELM STREET in 500 ft."): yes

• Voice-activated navigation (operate device with spoken commands): no

• Lane assist (guides you to the proper lane for navigation): no

• 3-D building view (displays buildings in 3-D): no

• Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): yes

• Auto re-route (fast off-route and detour recalculation): yes

• Choice of route setup (faster time, shorter distance, off road): yes

• Route avoidance (avoid highways, tolls etc.): yes

• Bluetooth® wireless technology (connect to your phone for hands-free calling): yes

• FM traffic compatible: yes

• MSN® Direct compatible: no

• XM® Navtraffic & Radio for U.S. compatible: yes

• Speed limit indicator (displays speed limit for most major roads in the U.S. and Europe): no

• Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection): no

• Garmin Locate™ (marks position when removed from windshield mount): no

• ecoRoute™ (calculates a more fuel-efficient route) : no

• Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout): no

• Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest): yes

• Garmin Garage™ vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device): yes

• Garmin Garage™ voices compatible (download custom voices to your device): no

• Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos): no

• World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator: no

• Picture viewer: yes

• MP3 player: yes

• Audio book player: yes

• FM transmitter: no

• Headphone jack/audio line-out: yes

• Garmin Lock™ (anti-theft feature): yes

• Touchscreen: yes

• Dead reckoning: no

• Motorcycle-friendly: yes

• Trucking-friendly: no

• Geocaching-friendly: no

• Marine-friendly: no

• Additional: This USB mass storage device is compatible with Windows® XP or newer and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later.