The TomTom Rider is water resistant and the mobile phone hands free feature means that you can pair the Rider with a compatible Bluetooth headset to receive and deliver calls. When using this feature, you will hear the sound in your Bluetooth helmet headset and the telephone number and caller's name will appear on the display.

While the display is a LCD touch screen, if you wear thick motorcycle gloves you may have some difficulty in using the TomTom's more detailed screens. Screens affected by this include the one where you input the address you wish to travel to. The solution in this case would be to input the information before you begin your trip with bare hands and then put your gloves on before you take off.

The Rider ships with the following: a screen wipe cloth, wired headset, a SD card, an AC adapter, USB cable, mounting kit, 12 volt-power cable, carrying pouch, Bluetooth headset and required reference material.

The Rider can be securely mounted to your bike's handlebars, mirror or any flat service. The mounting kit, when done properly, will ensure that the GPS unit stays on even when you are traveling over the most roughest terrain you can find. If you also wish, the mounting kit enables you to install the 12 volt-power cable so that you can have constant battery life to your GPS unit.

Its downsides? The TomTom Rider's POI database is out-of-date and occasionally inaccurate by giving wrong street names or no street at all for some side streets. What's more, the included Bluetooth headset has less than average sound quality. The screen could also have been a little larger in order to be able to see the icons more clearly when riding.

The TomTom Rider can sustain five hours of battery life, and that's possible on a single charge. If you let it sit for a week without powering up, it will still have a half-charge left the next time you turn it on. The Rider feels like it can surpass knocks and bumps that it is inevitably expected to experience due to daily use.

While the TomTom rider does have some issues, it is a very tough, hardy and capable navigation unit for use on a motorcycle. The Bluetooth integration is a nice touch that will probably be soon picked up by other brands. Its just a pity that the Bluetooth headset is of average quality. But all in all, the TomTom rider is very much worth it and you should do some investigating for yourself.