Motorcycle Electronics

I purchased this last minute before a 9 day trip to the Alps. I have a Garmin Zumo XT, which is a great piece of kit, however inputting a destination is a bit of a faff and planning a route in advance is even harder so in thought I’d try the new 6” Carpuride for BMW. I read there are some issues with the new BMW GS1300 cradles and I experienced the issues. The whole time on my trip the unit connected and disconnected every couple of minutes or so, the display still kept showing the map etc but the ability to control it from the wonder wheel etc kept stopping. This was annoying but I got used to it in the trip. I tried and update while in was away but it didn’t made any difference.
I managed with it and it still did the job of displaying Apple Maps etc the whole time. When I got come I contacted Carpuride by email and the responded immediately. They emailed me a new firmware with simple instructions to put onto a micro SD card and pop it into the unit which automatically updated it to a lot higher firmware version.
This solved the issue immediately and I can know use the wonder wheel etc to control the unit as well as touch screen. It’s a shame I didn’t have time to sort it before my trip but I literally purchased it the day before we set off and had no time to look at it.
It’s working perfect now and I must admit it’s great to have Waze, Google maps, Apple Maps, YouTube music etc all on the screen. I downloaded the map I needed before we set off so I didn’t need to worry about signal.
I thing I like the most is that I can now plan a route the night before and save it then in the morning just click navigate that route and it pops up on the Carpuride. So much easier and it shows live traffic date as long as you have data turned in your phone.
I was going to give it a four star rating. But the fact Carpuride were so swift at replying to me and have the issue under control and I’m guessing are working on an OTA update, I feel that their service alone deserves a 5 star rating. The unit feels very well built, I’d say the screen quality isn’t quite as good as my Garmin, but it’s easily good enough and it was half the price of my Garmin so no complaints there.

Excellent customer service
I ordered the wrong lead and after a fone call there was a replacement in the post at no extra cost
Impecable service and very helpful I will always use sportsbikeshop in future

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