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Evening all

Tomorrow I need to travel nearly 400 km's one way to relocate my R12 RS to my new abode and the weather forecast is atrocious with heavy rain warnings and the like

The weather people don't usually issue warnings unless it is possible it will be really bad

Just wondering how waterproof is the navigator Vl ,I know BMW reckon it is IPX7 rated meaning submersed in 3 foot of water for a short while

But what about 100km/h driving rain and cross wind driven rains

No option but to ride the bike to destination as due to my location I have been quoted $1100 and up to $1700 to get it professionally relocated

I cannot speak for the Nav VI, but my Nav V has been through all sorts and survived no problem. In fact it probably won't get as hammered by the rain as you think being behind the screen with the bike going forward at speed most of the time. Just don't use it to navigate while scuba diving and I think you'll be fine.

IPX7 is rated for submersion. No amount of rain can come close. It’s about pressure on the casing. Garmin motorcycle products were IPX7 for decades. My old StreetPilot was IPX7, and my biggest issue is that there were vent holes on the back (small enough that water could not pass), but that didn’t mean moisture couldn’t get in. So, I learned to never leave the GPS on the bike overnight because sometimes you’d have fogging inside the display…requiring that you leave the GPS in a dry place until the moisture worked out of the unit.

If torrential rains do damage the Navigator VI, it’s inherently defective.

Never had a problem with water resistance.

Have ridden a few times in rain of “biblical proportions”.

And lots of “normal” rain.

I never leave the mount uncovered when removing the GPS.