You can use a GPS in different ways.
You can sit behind the computer and program your whole trip in the GPS. That is fine if you always stick to your original plan.
The other way of using it (the way I do) is using it as an addition to a paper map. Every few hours, I look on the map from where to where I want to go and then use the GPS instead of notes on a piece of paper in the tankbag. I think it is much safer to listen to the directions my Tomtom gives me then to look down at the notes in the tankbag. I plan my trip in little parts while on the road and sometimes I change my mind if I see a nice road.
That is for the open road.
In cities like Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, nothing beats a GPS.In heavy traffic, you don't have the time to look at a map in your tankbag but it's no problem to listen to the directions of the GPS.
I use a Tomtom Rider 2, hardwired to the accessoires contact on my (old) GoldWing. It costs me € 599 including the Ram mount and the bluetooth headset and maps of Western Europe. It does not have all the bells and whistles most Garmins have but I don't need them so why pay for it.
I'm thinking about buying a second Ram mount and power cable for my BMW.
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Jan Krijtenburg
My bikes are a Honda GoldWing GL1200 and a Harley-Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide
My personal homepage with trip reports: https://www.krijtenburg.nl/
YouTube channel (that I do together with one of my sons): motormobilist.nl
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