Corporate
May 22, 2006
More Harley-Davidson® Motorcycles Compatible With GarminŽ-Built Navigator
OLATHE, Kan./May 22, 2006/ — Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced that Harley-Davidson is now offering a new handlebar mounting kit for the Roadtech™ Quest™, allowing thousands of additional motorcycles to take advantage of GPS navigation.
The Roadtech Quest will now fit all 1996 or later models (except the VRSCR Street Rod), providing premium road navigation capabilities – including automatic route calculation and turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions to addresses or points of interest like lodging, restaurants, and Harley-Davidson dealers and service centers. Owners of 1998 or later FLTR Road Glide® models must purchase an additional audio cable to make the Roadtech Quest compatible.
The unit contains 114MB of internal memory for loading detailed map information in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The unit is sold with Garmin’s MapSource City Select CD-ROM and a PC interface cable, so riders can customize their map data for wherever they’re traveling.
Rugged and waterproof, the Roadtech Quest can be removed from the motorcycle’s mount and stowed in a pocket for safekeeping. Turn-by-turn audible voice prompts are delivered through the bike’s audio system or an included earbud.
With the Roadtech Quest navigation system, riders can choose convenience and peace-of-mind – built by Garmin, a company that is a respected leader in GPS navigation.
Additional features of the Roadtech Quest include:
- High-resolution 256-color TFT color display that’s easy to see in day or night
- Turn-by-turn voice prompted directions
- Calculates shortest or fastest routes to addresses or points of interest
- Automatically recalculates a route if the rider misses a turn
- USB connection for fast detail map downloads from CD-ROM
- Features an internal lithium-ion battery for on-foot adventures
- Also available with European and Australian map data
The Roadtech Quest is available now. See Harley-Davidson dealers for pricing and installation, or visit www.harley-davidson.com for more details.
About Garmin International Inc.
Garmin International Inc. is a member of the Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN) group of companies, which designs and manufactures navigation, communication and information devices - most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin is a leader in the general aviation and consumer GPS markets and its products serve aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, automotive, wireless and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, MapSource, and City Select are registered trademarks, and Quest is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. Anticipated product availability dates are based on management's current expectations and are not guaranteed.
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This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. All statements regarding the company’s future product introductions and expected product availability dates are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). A copy of Garmin’s Form 10-K can be downloaded at www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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