Rugged and ready to ride, Garmin Zumo 450 is your faithful guide to the open road. With glove-friendly, left-handed controls, preloaded street maps and a sunlight-readable screen, this waterproof navigator is made for motorcycles. Garmin Zumo 450 includes many of the Garmin Zumo 550's motorcycle-friendly features, minus bluetooth wireless technology, text-to-speech and XM Satellite, at a price that won't break your budget.

Enjoy Bike-Friendly Design

Tough and dependable, Garmin Zumo is built for motorcycles:

• Glove-friendly touch screen with left-handed controls makes it easy to operate
• High brightness, sunlight-readable, UV-resistant display makes it easy to view your screen
• Motorcycle console for trip information, including resettable fuel gauge to warn you when it's time to fill up
• Motorcycle mount with universal mounting hardware so you can mount it anywhere
• Vibration-tested, waterproof and built with fuel-resistant plastics to withstand the elements

Navigate the Open Road

Garmin Zumo 450 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps and a hefty points of interest (POIs) database, including motels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. Simply enter a destination, and Garmin Zumo takes you there with turn-by-turn voice directions. In addition, Garmin Zumo accepts custom points of interest such as school zones and safety cameras, and lets you set proximity alerts to warn you of upcoming POIs. The Garmin Zumo 450 also comes with a rechargeable, removable lithium-ion battery a for trip planning or use on foot, and even accepts additional maps.

Avoid Traffic Tie-ups

Monitor traffic tie-ups with the addition of an optional FM TMC traffic receiver. By adding traffic services and a receiver, your  Garmin Zumo 450 notifies you of upcoming accidents or road construction ahead on your route. Simply touch the screen to view traffic details or recalculate your route to avoid traffic.

Plan Your Trips and Share Your Rides

Garmin Zumo 450 makes it easy to plan your next trip and share routes with your riding buddies. Plan trips on your computer before you start. Search for food and fuel stops and local attractions. Then, transfer your route to Garmin Zumo and go.

At the end of the day, share your favorite places and rides with other Garmin Zumo riders and review your travels in Google Earth.  SD card expansion makes it easy to store data and share routes. Download routes to share with your riding buddies — even load Mp3 files to your unit to enjoy tunes on the road. In addition, JPEG Picture Viewer lets you share photos of your adventures with friends and family. 

Garmin Zumo 450:  The navigator that's born to ride

Expected Availability:
1st Quarter, 2007