Garmin Partners with Harley-Davidson Over Road Tech Zumo

The need to provide Harley-Davidson with a customized GPS product has necessitated the partnership between the company and Garmin International, a GPS manufacturing company.  The Road Tech Zumo is a customized version of Garmin's popular motorcycle-specific GPS device specially enhanced for Harley owners.

The device comes with an extensive directory and has a database preloaded with over six million points of interests that include hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. A custom handlebar mount quickly secures the Road Tech Zumo while providing the option of easily transferring the Road Tech Zumo to your car or truck for four-wheel navigation. Those who love adventures will also find the device very useful, this is because the ride planner at Harley will help them find, create and adapt great rides and easily download them to the Road Tech Zumo. In addition, riders can swap routes and waypoints with other Zumo owners via the unit's SD card slot.

 According to Dan Bartel, Garmin's vice president of worldwide sales "The Road Tech Zumo helps Harley riders plan and navigate their route with ease. Packed with all of the preloaded features that Zumo users have come to expect and appreciate, the Road Tech Zumo anticipates the needs of Harley riders everywhere."

 Other interesting features of the device include; a glove-friendly design with left-handed controls and oversized touchscreen buttons, XM subscriptions (optional), XM antenna, and the Bluetooth wireless technology which makes it easy to talk on the phone safely without removing gloves or helmet. It also has many security features.

 Road Tech Zumo owners can also access trip information directly from the zumo's trip information page. The bright display shows the rider their speed, heading and a customizable fuel gauge that lets them define the motorcycle's maximum fuel range and find a gas station when necessary.