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How to plan a curvy motorcycle route (that's actually good to ride)
A step-by-step method for building a day ride worth the fuel — choosing anchors, dialling curviness, placing fuel and food, and the mistakes that ruin good routes.
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How to plan, ride, record and share a better ride — whichever app you use.
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How to plan a group motorcycle ride that doesn't fall apart
Groups fragment, riders get lost, and the fast ones vanish. Here's the planning and the on-road system that keeps six bikes together without radios or shouting.
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How to record a motorcycle ride with GPS (without gaps)
Phones suspend apps, batteries die and tunnels eat signal. Here's how to get a clean GPS recording of a ride, and what to do about the gaps you do get.
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Phone mount and power for motorcycle navigation: the practical guide
Vibration kills phone cameras, glare makes screens useless and weak USB ports lose the battery race. Here's how to mount and power a phone so it survives.
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GPX files for motorcyclists: import, export and why they matter
GPX is the format that makes your routes yours. Here's what's actually inside one, the difference between a route and a track, and how to move rides between apps.
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Fuel range planning for motorcycle rides: the maths riders skip
Curvy riding drinks more fuel than the highway, country pumps keep country hours, and your range is not your tank size. How to plan fuel so it never ruins a ride.
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Gravel on a road bike: how to decide before the route decides for you
Unsealed surprises are how good rides end badly. Here's how routing apps handle surface, how much gravel is acceptable, and how to ride the bit you can't avoid.
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Helmet comms and voice navigation: getting prompts you can actually use
Turn instructions that arrive at the apex are useless. Here's how to set up helmet comms, pairing and prompt timing so navigation works at riding speed.
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Your first big day ride: planning a 300 km day that doesn't break you
A first long day out is won in the planning. Here's how to structure the distance, the stops, the gear and the pace so you get home tired in the good way.
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