Coming soon - motorcyle mode in google maps

Not available in America yet.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...-now-just-launched-in-more-markets/ar-BBY2KSs

 

All the folks I know that ride bikes in heavily congested areas... dont need an "app".
My buddy in NJ has a GS so changing from express to local isnt an issue on the turnpikc, it once was, with his Concours. Even navigating from Staten Island is drama free.
A couple friends in CA just zip right between cars or use the shoulders. Traffic in LA is so dense you could get by riding a Grom at near full speed on the 5 during peak hours.

 

If Google is your guide you're already toast.

 

I don't think that would be relevant for North America, where we have a very different use of motorcycles than most places in the world. Here, most places don't even allow lane spliting and filtering through at traffic lights. In Thaïland, for example, you can use a motorcycle at its maximum urban potential and they are an extremely efficient way to work through traffic. Here, you'll have assholes trying to block your way or even run you off the road for trying stuff like that...

 

The only Google maps feature for motorcycles that I would like to see is more preferences for "unpaved" and "twisties".

 

I wonder if the app has road signage that will inform you of the possible road hazards

 

Who uses a cell phone on their bike? Especially in the rain.

 

I asked this question on a scooter forum and the mileage queens all use a dedicated gps vs a phone.

 

I do.

 

How about something useful, like "I'm towing a big fucking trailer mode"...so it doesn't try to get you to turn off the highway 3 exits early, make 16,000 turns down town, cross 2 sets of rail road tracks, drive over a single lane bridge and hit 23 redlights...all because it thought it would save you 13 seconds of driving compared to just taking the exit you should have.

 

Many people use both.

 

I’d like to see these nav options

Least turns
Maintain designated highway
Highway route higherarchy
Most elevation change
Most twisty roads
Least stopligghts
Least towns

 

I was recently in Vietnam, Saigon and Hanoi, and Google had a "scooter" option for maps. Super useful as some of the "roads" it took you down are nothing more than 3' wide alleyways

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TomTom Rider 550

 

Until recently I didn’t. So, because I was bored, I set it up. I still don’t ride in the rain.

 

I ride with my phone on my street bike all the time. Waze is great at letting me know when I should be paying more attention to my "surroundings". I have it set up to run powered, or not, and I can swap between my phone and my garmin or run both if I want to. With RAM mounts I can move it all between bikes as well (they all have SAE connectors at the front, so the SAE -> USB charger or Garmin powered mount works on any of them. Pretty simple.

 

Biggest fault with Google maps is you can't built a route with waypoints.

 

Huh? I do it all the time. Mainly from my Mac tho... can you not do it on mobile?