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[Fired00d]

Why would you need another subscription?  A subscription follows the reciever, not the vehicle or where it is being used.

Z mzn

If the 665 is like the 550 the "antenna is the receiver".

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Z man]

Now that SUCKS!

[dayne66]

Nope...subscription follows the antenna...just went through this with xM & Sirius.

Why would you need another subscription?  A subscription follows the reciever, not the vehicle or where it is being used.

Z mzn

[Z man]

How does this antenna attach? Is it magnetic where it could be moved from one vehicle to another?  I wanted to purchase the 665 and use both the GPS & XM (with a lifetime subscription) on the bike during the summer riding season and also use it in my car when I needed it there.

[dayne66]

It gets mounted in the fairing...not too bad to swap out twice a year......but, I would be swapping way too often,like twice a month! And...no new lifetime subscriptions available up here in Canada anymore.

[Z man]

I'm thinking. . . . could you not mount it perhaps on the dashboard or other place near the handle bars with some kind of magnetic mount base and have it available for easy removal?

[Midnight Rider]

I'm thinking. . . . could you not mount it perhaps on the dashboard or other place near the handle bars with some kind of magnetic mount base and have it available for easy removal?

There are ways to do that, but the XM antenna is a big 'ol thing for the 665, with a bunch of wire, all of which would be sitting wherever you mount it.  In a word, it's ugly as chit.

[bissjim]

I am following this thread.
What is NIM?
I have a Garmin Nuiv 550 with a handlebar mount from my sold Road King.
Thanks

Yes the part # on the box will have the "-11A" on the box.

Sorry I did not designate between the box and the unit in my reply. I spoke with a person a few days before this post. He was attempting to figure out if he had a new or old NIM already installed in his bike by the factory. He did not have the box so I told him to look for the A3 on the white tag on the unit itself. Me bad.

Jim

[charles05663]

If the 665 is like the 550 the "antenna is the receiver".

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

I know that I was looking at a 665.  What stopped me was the antenna/subscription issue.  It really sucks that you cannot just switch this between the bike/car and have you XM and weather.

[Ticitme]

Ticitme

Here is a picture of the latest NIM. (note the date on the box)
If you have the 11A you should have the latest one.

SBB

click on picture to enlarge

Yes the part # on the box will have the "-11A" on the box.




Sorry I did not designate between the box and the unit in my reply. I spoke with a person a few days before this post. He was attempting to figure out if he had a new or old NIM already installed in his bike by the factory. He did not have the box so I told him to look for the A3 on the white tag on the unit itself. Me bad.

Jim

Thanks for the clarification. I DO have the most current part #!

[SBB]

Thanks for the clarification. I DO have the most current part #!

THAT is the most important thing.

 

SBB

[TheLoneWolfPack]

I had the HK nav on my 09 Ultra, and now have the 665 on my 11 FLHXSE2, and in my humble opinion, the 665 kicks-buttocks -- works flawlessly.  I have the paid weather service as well, and this summer it saved my dry butt about 15 times -- i was able to outrun some storms, pulling over and the let fly by, reroute my trip for others, -- I'm trying to figure out what took Harley so long to provide the weather service on any nav device.

I have XM radio paid subscription, I use it on long trips, but have most of the songs played on XM either on the Ipod or in the  665 itself.  Sometimes I use it to listen to talk radio and the weather channel, because I can only listen to Free Bird so many times.  LOL

In sum, I would highly recommend it, and get the fairing mount -- less vibration so you can read it standing still.

[guppytrash]

I had the HK nav on my 09 Ultra, and now have the 665 on my 11 FLHXSE2, and in my humble opinion, the 665 kicks-buttocks -- works flawlessly.  I have the paid weather service as well, and this summer it saved my dry butt about 15 times -- i was able to outrun some storms, pulling over and the let fly by, reroute my trip for others, -- I'm trying to figure out what took Harley so long to provide the weather service on any nav device.

I have XM radio paid subscription, I use it on long trips, but have most of the songs played on XM either on the Ipod or in the  665 itself.  Sometimes I use it to listen to talk radio and the weather channel, because I can only listen to Free Bird so many times.  LOL

In sum, I would highly recommend it, and get the fairing mount -- less vibration so you can read it standing still.

So is this pretty much the general results.  The 665 is working flawless and the 660 has some glitches?

[bissjim]

They all have glitches if you get a bad one contact your dealer. If they replace it you will get a new one. If you go thru Garmin you will get a refurbished one, which sucks because you bought new and they should replace it with new. For the most part they are good units.

Jim

[TheLoneWolfPack]

So is this pretty much the general results.  The 665 is working flawless and the 660 has some glitches?

I never had a glitch on the HK Radio Nav or the 665.  However, my current FLHXSE2 HK boom system has already had an amp replaced, and going in a second time for the same or different fix.  From what I read, the Boom audio is junk -- I don't there is a problem with the HK head unit in this bike, but we shall see.  IMO, the Garmin 665 is an excellent product.