Trail bike gps

Murray,

both Garmin and Magellan have a variety of models that will suit the bill. It's really up to your young bloke to determine his exact use for the unit and how much he wants to spend. I use a Garmin Etrex Vista HCX which you can load up with topo and road maps. I use this both in vehicle and on my ATV (Quad bike). I use a handlebar mount with reticulating ball unit and holder from RAM mounts. Good robust unit that is dust and waterproof (within limits),

Good places to start are the GPS Australia site for info (they have an associated e-store which has good prices) or GPS OZ who have a couple of stores in sydney but can offer a wealth of info. Check out the RAM mounts on their website.

Hope this is a start for you.

Mick

I use my Garmin GPSMap60CS on my bike with a RAM handlebar mount, it fits the bill

I use a Garmin on a KTM200EXC. I had it mounted on the bars but it didn't last too long due to vibration. But the guys with four strokes don't seem to have the same problems, mounting them to the bars without dramas.
Cheers
Dion
mycampgear.com

Murray, have a look in Trader on ExplorOz as there is often one there.

Hi Murray

We use both our old Garmin gps 111 and Garmin Quest on bikes , in each case we have removed the speedo and made aluminium brackets to hold the GPS.

The gps 111 runs direct of 12 volts and quest via a little 12v adaptor.
They both are held in place with velcro plus a cable tie.
We did this despite having regular mounts for these units.

The horizontal layout of these gpses has allowed them to be mounted low, parallel with the bars and hence the have survived falls quite well.

Important - both these Gpses are waterproof.

The gps 11 suffered from vibration issues which caused the heavy AA batteries to sometimes loose contact and hence permanent 12v solved this.

Both gps'es have there sensitivity reduced because of spark interference from the bikes and the bikes needed supressors for best performance.

The Quests in particular are designed for this type of use and have a 1 touch button that switches modes between map display and a dashboard trip computer display which allows you to easily use it as a speedo when riding.
You need high output display for bike work and Quests have this and they can even be operated with gloves on.
(Ours 2nd had from ebay US - $200 A$)

The mapping side never really worked for us on the bikes are proved to much trouble, even best maps are often not suitable for bike trails.
To much detail is a problem wearing a helmet/goggles

We tend to rely on a downloaded database of our waypoints backed up with thegeneral GPS basemaps.

I use a garmin 60csx with ram mount and touratech holder combination and hardwire kit.

thanks for all the replies good to see some are into over forms of bush recreation as well as 4wding.I have emailed him your comments and opinions which have been very helpful.

regards murray