Yamaha 1300 Tourer - Yamaha 1300 Tourer Fansite

Well I decided before my Grand Canyon trip this spring to have the best equipment available, so I purchased a Zumo 665 and installed it on my 1300. Just like the 1300, it ran flawlessly. Get into a new town for the first time? No problem, hit motels and it will take you to the nearest Days Inn. Need a place to have a steak or Mexican food? No problem. Find the nearest gas station or coffee shop? Its a breeze! I installed a 16 gig memory card in it, and jammed it with MP3's, for my Bluetooth helmet. Even activated the satellite radio. It worked like a charm. Along with my 3G iPAD I was as connected as anyone could be with the best technology available anywhere . . .
Unfortunately, about two weeks after my return from my Grand Canyon trip out of Iowa, I set the unit on my motorcycle seat and it fell off on the gravel and cracked the unit's screen.(:>( Pure carelessness, no doubt about it. I only got two months of use out of it before the accident. No problem I thought, it should still be under warranty the first year, so I will just send it in for a new one . . . not so fast, I was told. You must call Garmin and get a RMA number, to send it back, which I did, and no, a broken unit was not covered by the, "Limited" warranty. In fact I was going to have to pay $180 flat replacement fee . . . Okay, a $1200 unit (I paid a lot less, BTW), not much choice, is there?
Can't say enough about this Zumo 665 though, just be careful once you get it out of the box . . . Don't be careless because the screen is the weak point, & has to be very delicate to work at all. My new one should be on the way as I speak. I will probably buy the software update next spring as well, for another $99 . . . Jeesh! No problems with this unit other than my own carelessness(:>)

Paddleranger (1300tourer with 13,000 miles in the first 12 months!)

"I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers. Most of what I love about the country is a gift of the rivers. . . . America is a great story, and there is a river on every page of it."
Charles Kuralt, On the Road With Charles Kuralt