Looking for thoughts on choosing between the Zumo XT and the Montana 700. Plans are for a unit that will do well both off-road and on-road across multiple bikes. Starting with “casual” trail riding on a CRF300L but also moving to something like a Rally Connex event (Dacre is on my sooner than later bucket list). I want to be able to share it to a larger adventure bike for a more adventure touring, road oriented riding style. Also willing to look at the Zumo XT2, though reviews seem to be that most are saying the XT2 isn’t a worthy successor to the XT
Hey Chris, Here is a thread from Adventure Rider that you may find helpful that discusses those two units. https://advrider.com/f/threads/garmin-zumo-xt-better-then-montana-for-off-road-use.1448160/ This is a great forum, with a dedicated thread for the CRF300L/Rally that's almost 900 pages! I have no experience with the Montana 700 but I do have the Zumo XT on my CRF300L I have the Backroads Maps sd card and it works great with that, not to mention the supplied City Navigator 2025. Also, Zumo XT mount is solid. Since the CRF300L has it own auxillary switched plug behind the headlight (let me know if you don't know what I'm talking about) I just wired in a double USB plug on the handlebar and then us a USB cord to power the Zumo (or anything else like phone, camera etc) rather than the supplied power plug in the mount....does that make sense?
Hey Tony, thanks for the link, I'll check out that comparison thread. Thanks also for sharing your insight on the Zumo XT. I did find the info on the switched aux plug and am planning to do a similar setup depending on which GPS I pick up.
Oh and one other thing. I got my Zumo last year from Amazon. It was a "refurbished" unit and saved me an extra $100. It works great....so far so good.
Running the Zumo XT on my Tenere 700 last year through central Ontario, works very well so far. Have a hand held GPS but find it to hard for my 54 yr old eyes to see when on the trails. What did you end up going with in the end CHRISMAY?
Haven't made any purchase yet, and didn't make the Dacre last year either...fingers are crossed for this year.
might be some deals out on the ZUMO XT now that the XT2 is out. I looked at both and for the price difference I went with the original. So far very happy with it and the way it syncs with the iphone and cardo headset is amazing. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
Thanks for the extra info, just upgraded to a new cardo last year, so it's good to know the original xt plays nice
