TomTom Rider 2 GPS Navigator for Motorcycles and Scooters

Manufacturer: TomTom Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$699.95 Our Price:$649.00 Features: Switch on and go right out of the box Preloaded maps of US and Canada on SD card Rugged and waterproof Universal RAM® mounting kit In-helmet spoken instructions with Cardo scala-rider® wireless Bluetooth¿ headset Description:

Reviews:

Not enough features for the price class
My wife gave me this unit for Christmas. Over it are a doll and I love it much, but it was not which, to buy for or from government inspection department a unit to expect very much versed. I used the unit now some hours during the journeys and used the blue Zahnkonnektivitaet with my cell telephone and contained headphones within my fall helmet. Ive used it also in the car much. It means this unit by the motorradfahrern was sketched, but obviously the cyclists TomTom, which was advised, knew very little about minimum expectations for the characteristics, which were particularly required in acceptable government inspection department a unit... one, which costs much this. I go to the collapse my report into two parts....what, which he has, which is good... and which he that to marks it not competing government inspection department a unit in US lacks. I used government inspection department technology at the work and at the play for years. Most of my background with consumer degrees of government inspection departments units is with the min mark. Like that it is to this mark, which I form most for my comparisons, because min leaves, in most cases, it to correct and it quite! (imho)I have no financial or personal relationship to min, more whatsoever. Ok roofridge for the positive... is it water resistant/proof (you really do not know it in the proving express cause I had havent in the pouring rain yet)... quick processor out and fast acquisition of good screen graphics of the government inspection departments constellation... and brightness... the acceptable battery life... the sensitive capable tooth of the note screen technology....blue... Their memory of the prospect contact data base....decent internal... High speed RAM assembly small articles for your Konnektivitaet of the bicycle handle staffs....USB to your computer for Diagrammdownloads downloaden can, etc......a., if you are in directions from the unit, it, have some male and female voices, from which select. Now for the characteristics it should not, has however: - a travel computer with travel parameters such as maximum speed -, average-mobile speed, time moving, time, which still sit, should have rangefinder, travel rangefinder, vertical and horizontal elevator, etc.. None of this exists from tomtom the passenger. - should a rail or a Brotkrumespur leave, since you ride along. Missing on the TTRider. This is a material disappointment. - should larger writing cones for speed, arrival time, etc. have. Way to small a motorcycle... even if sentence to the largest writing cone on employ must. - should not "tear" to the next road, around you into thinking its low diagram to be deceptive is exactly..., because it is not that, which is exact in the reality. - should not come with a Cigfeuerzeugstecker for propelling, but it. - permits no preference to attitude during in the motion. They must stop, before you can do everything with this unit outside of some limited functions. Apology: a security characteristic - cannot a call when moving form. They know recieve only calls when moving. What approximate is that???? (yea, which I know, security) - it has to receive annoying icons on the screen, if the telephone and the headphones are not attached and there is no way, away from the screen to!! - you to elections up to the screen determining position regarding is your clearance direction does not give... It shows always above. Thats are called most the time well, but we earn to have a choice in this price category. - can fall away from the ball verge and, if it to the bicycle or assembly lower surface is not limited, strikes it the soil and is lost. - no existing elevator... for of us that the travel in the mountains and are use for seeing this on government inspection department units, it is undoubted a supervision by the TTRider. Government inspection department derived elevator is not that, which is exact in the first place, but measured values are relative and give a pretty good announcement over changes of elevator, since you ride. - direct daylight forms the screen totally for INVISIBLE. If I could send it back to Amazon, I became. I plan to give it by the woman for their car and to buy government inspection department a unit that my necessities than more bereisenmotorradfahrer and than consumer fits more exactly, that rejects, to agree for the insufficient and badly sketched products.


Tom Tom Rider 2
This is our first GPS and as much as it cost you would think it would have more on it. You pay a lot just for the water-proof case! I would think they could include some of the options that you find on non-water proof GPS for the about the same price. We got it about 2 months ago and since we live in Ohio we haven't tried it on the bike yet. We haven't gone out of town yet so we have been using it around home to get use to it. It works well in the car but we have been using a styles to type and select the options, that will be a problem on the bike. Also when you look up a point of intrest it doesn't give you the address so if you're going to a chain store for example, it gives you the closest one and out from there but if that's not the one you want you don't know where the next one is without selecting it and looking at the directions. It would be nice to have the address or at least the street name so you can select the one you want. We were very tempted to return it and get a non-water-proof one and take or chances. Either way is a lot of money to spend and not have what you want.


Beware of Tom Tom
I writting this report forty four days, after I received my TomTom passenger II for Christmas. Unfortunately I am not capable of repeating the device because I still in the situation do not ge$$$WESEN am, it to see real to work. Z.Z. I was on influence for 58 minutes and thirty eight seconds with Tom Tom support a trying to determine when the device is returned to me. I have over six hours at the telephone with its support crew in an effort to receive the government inspection departments device repaired spent. I dispatched it to the support center, as, to my own expenses and one month later require I too still wait me to be decreased/gone back her. As soon as the device is returned, if it is at all returned, I plan, to send and ask for a full rueckerstattung it back to Amazon. This is not acceptable totally. The people, which I spoke also in the support center, were, friendly however much assistance available did not make. Customer fit, Tom Tom support are the worst up.


TomTom Rider 2
Ehrfuerchtiges product; perfect government inspection department the tool for motorcycle enthusiasts, enjoys to bereisen, but hate, which keeps lost. To use simply, easily attached; simply enough, so that everyone attaches.


Good GPS, OK interface, horrible tech support...
my unit arrived with a defective memory card. from my computer i was able to access the data on the card and copy it to a new one which worked fine... i feel sorry for the more computer illiterate who wouldn't have figured that out. the Backup and Restore feature of the TomTom software doesn't do what it is supposed to... unless it's supposed to crash the application, then it's pure gold.

a call to tomtom customer support had me on hold for 2 hours before i was told that they wouldn't replace the defective card. i was told reformat it and see if that worked, if not, i would have to buy a new SD card at my own expense and download the data files from their website. a nice work around, but why should i have to pony up the additional cost due to their negligence on a brand new product? turns out the reformat did the trick.

over the next two days i spent an additional 5 hours on the phone between hold and actual tech support trying to figure out why the car mount speaker wasn't working. turns out it was defective, and the level of bureaucracy in getting the unit replaced was excrutiating. i ended up sending it back to the retailer since the recommended and proper channels were painfully inefficient.

i have to say if you DO have to deal with tech support, all 3 people i spoke with were very helpful and friendly, even if they weren't immediately knowledgeable with their products ("oh, the car mount has a speaker built in? are you sure?")

yes, the power button is a pain, you have no idea whether you've actually triggered something or not. it feels like magic when the unit actually pops on because by that point you just aren't expecting the effort is doing any good.

the Rider 2 does have a trip meter and a speedometer... not sure what other reviewers are talking about.

the only thing missing for me is an altimeter. not necessary, but for geeky fun, i wanted to know just how far below sea level i was in death valley... seems like with all the other unnecessary (to me) frills, the addition of this would have been a no-brainer.

navigating the menus is kind of clumsy without a "back" button. for example, when choosing a destination i had several options come up that began "Joshua Tree National Park" and the rest of the information ran off the page so i couldn't immediately tell which one was North entrance, West Entrance, South Entrance until selecting it (i have since discovered by holding the selection for a few seconds, it would show the entire name) but if i selected North Entrance and realized once i saw it on the map that it wasn't the one i wanted, there was no option to go back and select one of the others. i had to select Done, which took me back to the main display, and then start over with my search.

was able to sync with my iPhone, though the tomtom recognized it as "localhost". the headset works fine, but the earpiece distorts when loud enough to actually hear while riding.

all in all i'm happy with it, but then it's my first GPS and i have no comparison. my brother bought the Garmin Zumo 550, so once i have a chance to compare the two, i'll return and update my review.


An excellent GPS for bike or car
I received this unit for Christmas primarily for my bike, but once I purchase the car mount adapter it will be used in the car as well.

This is an excellent unit, to say the least. One reviewer mentioned that it's too difficult to turn the unit on- I say "hogwash". The pushbutton is stiff, yes, but that's done to keep the unit from turning on accidentally while in your jacket pocket or carry bag (and with a touch screen, you can well imagine how much mischief one could accidentally create if it turned on without your knowledge). Ditto with the Scala Rider headset- you don't want the thing accidentally turning on, running the battery down, do you?

Another reviewer mentioned that it doesn't have a "speedometer" or trip meter function- it most certainly does have a speedometer, and what I assume is the "trip meter"- but since TomTom set the unit from the factory to eliminate as much extraneous information as possible, you have to activate it in the menus. Once that has been activated, it'll be there until you turn that feature off. In fact, there are a great number of features you can turn on and off in the menus.

I found the documentation to be adequate, and to the point. The printed documentation is to get you up to speed until you charge the units and turn them on- it's easy sailing after that. The unit is very easy to use, and it has tutorials right on the unit, so in my opinion further paper documentation is rather redundant- actually, I think it's pretty smart on TomTom's part to include tutorials on the unit itself rather than supply a printed book- that way I don't have to carry around the book, as all of the information is already on the unit! They really don't say much about the bike power cable, but I can certainly understand why- it's not possible to provide information about every bike out there, and if you aren't familiar enough with your bike, or can't figure out how to install it, it's probably best to get someone who is (like your bike dealer) to do the installation.

I've got a Motorolla Razr phone, and the TomTom easily hooked up to my phone via Bluetooth, and it painlessly downloaded all of my phone numbers I have stored on the phone (thank you for providing this helpful feature!).

I do wish that it gave the street name when it gives you instructions to turn, but I soon got used to how it works- not only does the display give you very clear instructions on where to turn, it also gives you the street name. Once you get used to it, it's easy. But I would like the option of hearing the street name (my PDA does, but the map display isn't as easy to see as the TomTom). While playing with the unit as my father-in-law drove the car, I discovered one potential issue with having the street name spoken to you- what happens when the street name is changed, but your maps haven't been updated? If you rely on the spoken street name, you might miss it- it's best to take a glance at the screen to make sure you're taking the correct turn (I found one such road- the name has recently been changed, but the map showed the old name instead). Still, I'd prefer to have it spoken, and visually double-check the map.

Overall, I give the TomTom an A-. TomTom, if you're reading this, I'll give you an A+ if you guys update the software so that it'll give you the street name by voice- then you'll have the best bike GPS available! However, I'd still buy the unit as is. It would just increase the functionality by including this feature.


TomTom for Motorcycles
Wows, this was a weihnachtsgeschenk, which mean real married man surprised. He loves it absolutely! The assembly for the motorcycle was simple to attach. This help out us reliably, if we mention... I it can into a car in addition are attached to travel. We become very excited that we do not have more rueber to pull, in order to read a diagram more.


Tom Tom Rider 2
A really good GPS, but does not have the "speedometer" and trip meter features that my Garmin Street Pilot has. These are really missed on this unit.


TomTom rider 2
Extremely dissatisfied made with this unit. According to my opinion the unit is Troedel. The unit AN/AUS to turn is very more difficult, much pressure must be used. The road directions revolution, no road names are left/right. Documents are at best difficult. The maintenance with manufactur was a waist of the time. Totally indifferently with my interests on there product, paying nearly $600,00, I expected many more than, what I received. I not recomment this product to nobody!



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