For all you motorcycle enthusiasts out there, why not take a ride on a new route and explore the open road with the zumo 665, a motorcycle-friendly navigator with stereo Bluetooth® and XM® satellite radio, weather and traffic. Whether you’re on a weekday ride just across town or a week long trip to an annual rally with friends, the Zumo 665 is ready to show you the way. After a recent weekend "bike run" to Pennsylvania, Zumo owner Avrom Brown from Toronto, Canada shared this:

Back roads of Pennsylvania: We were gone for 3 days and covered 1400 kilometres (870 miles), on my  Kawasaki KLR650, of which half were on forest and fire roads. The Zumo 665 performed flawlessly just as our motorcycles did. We travelled on many back roads that we could not find on a paper map but the 665 picked them up with ease.  This made our adventure even more exciting. 

With the aid of the 665, we discovered areas that have had little travel so far this season. To break new ground makes one feel like a modern day explorer. At times when we thought we were lost, the 665 came through with is compass feature and route home feature. The 665 is a very durable unit as the banging around it took would have lesser brands left for dead at the side of the road. I am still discovering features of the 665 that allow our trips to even more exciting.      

Keep up the good work and kudos to Garmin for a superior product.

Best Regards,

Avrom Brown

With Garmin StreetPilot for Windows Phone, you’ll have access to Google Local Search integrated with navigation so you easily can find new restaurants, businesses and more. You even can place calls directly from the search listing. You’ll also have access to current weather conditions and forecast details around your current location, destination or other locales. With the flight status feature, you’ll be able to look up flights by airport, airline or flight number, and get up-to-date arrival, departure and gate information.

In most metropolitan areas, you can steer clear of traffic with the integrated traffic updates, and you can simply touch the screen to view the traffic details. Receive alerts about traffic delays and road construction that lie ahead on your route along with an estimate of the delay.

So because neighborhoods grow and roads can change, our periodic map updates give you the most accurate, most detailed map data available from NAVTEQ with more than 8 million miles of road coverage and nearly 6 million points of interest across North America. Updating your maps is quick and easy, and we offer two great update options from which to choose - and if you're within the first 60 days since first acquiring satellites with your Garmin, check out our nüMaps Guarantee to see if a free map update is available. Whichever option you choose, have a safe and wonderful weekend!!

nüMaps Lifetime: This single purchase lets you download the most up-to-date map information available...for the lifetime of your Garmin device. No monthly fees, no maintenance costs. You can update every time a quarterly map update is released and not pay again. Visit our nüMaps Lifetime page for plan details.

nüMaps Onetime: Just want the most recent update available? nüMaps Onetime lets you buy only the most current update for maps and POI data for your Garmin GPS. Visit our nüMaps Onetime page for plan details.

Our periodic map updates give you the most accurate, most detailed map data available from NAVTEQ with more than 8 million miles of road coverage and nearly 6 million points of interest across North America. Updating your maps is quick and easy, and we offer two great update options from which to choose (read more below for details). And if you're within the first 60 days since first acquiring satellites with your Garmin, check out our nüMaps Guarantee to see if a free map update is available.

nüMaps Lifetime: This single purchase lets you download the most up-to-date map information available...for the lifetime of your Garmin device. No monthly fees, no maintenance costs. You can update every time a quarterly map update is released and not pay again. Visit our nüMaps Lifetime page for plan details.

nüMaps Onetime: Just want the most recent update available? nüMaps Onetime lets you buy only the most current update for maps and POI data for your Garmin GPS. Visit our nüMaps Onetime page for plan details.

Father’s Day is June 19, so place your order by June 10 for guaranteed delivery by June 17. Just call (312) 787-3221 and be sure to mention “Go-Garmin-Ground” to get free ground shipping on your order of $100 or more. 

Renting is easy! Just follow the steps below:
1.  Choose the unit you want to try. 
2.  Put down a $150 deposit (that’s fully refundable upon return on your unit). 
3.  Pay the daily rental charge or choose from 3-day and 7-day specials. 
4.  Have fun exploring Chicago with a Garmin unit!

Should you decide to purchase the device you're trying out, the deposit and rental fees will be credited directly towards your purchase. It’s as simple as that!  Follow the Chicago Store on Twitter for announcements on more Rental Program additions.

National Geographic has recently selected GTU 10 for their well respected Gear of the Year review and says, "Garmin’s GTU 10 Locator GPS transceiver is like LoJack for your gear. Tuck the 1.7-ounce device into the bottom of your bag, attach it to your dog’s collar, or put it inside your kid’s ski jacket."  

Let us know how you use your GTU 10 by sending an email to  garminblogs@garmin.com and we'll feature the most unique on the blog!