Garmin Brings Motorcycle GPS Up to Speed

By Nick Mokey
January 09, 2009

The Zumo 660 brings a number of much-needed updates to Garmin's tired and bulky old Zumo 550, but the price hasn't dropped.

As most tech-savvy motorcyclists know, there aren’t all that many options out there when it comes to buying a GPS for a bike. While a handful of manufacturers offer them, the models are few and far between, and seem to lag behind conventional in-car systems when it comes to features.

I was quite relieved, then, to see that Garmin had finally updated its two-year-old Zumo 550 motorcycle GPS with the new Zumo 660, a skinnier, sleeker, and more capable motorcycle GPS that finally brings two-wheeled navigation up to speed.

Putting the new Zumo side by side with the old, they almost look like two entirely different devices from two entirely different companies. The 550 is so bulky, thick and complex-looking, that by ...

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