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iPhone apps for motorcyclists


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Figured we didn't have a list going that I could find, so I'm starting one. Feel free to add to the list.

Bike Bandit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bikebandit/id355969512

Kinda cool. Has the parts diagrams and everything.

Greatest Road: http://www.greatestroad.com/

Not bad.

Track Day: http://tomatounion.com/

Pretty cool. Has speedo, laptimer, maps the track, etc.

Harry's GPS Lap Timer: http://web.me.com/hschlangmann/LapTimer_Homepage/Home.html

Lots of features.

Lapping Coach Timer: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lapping-coach-lap-timer/id315914877?mt=8

This one's freaking awesome. All kinds of features.

MotoGP 2010: http://www.motogp.com/en/Fan+Zone/MotoGP+Mobile/MotoGP+Mobile+iPhone

Live lap times

AccuFuel: http://www.appigo.com/accufuel

Track your fuel mileage. Puts it on a graph.

Motorcycle Minder: http://jgmapps.com/motorcycle-minder/

Track all of your motorcycle maintenance.

EveryTrail: http://www.everytrail.com/iphone.php

Allows you to track your trips, then upload them to EveryTrail.com. You can attach photos, videos, etc to the trip. Once uploaded, you can edit it (add/delete stops, etc). Then you can share the trip with everyone else. Find a trip on EveryTrail.com you want to do? You can sync it with your phone to use as a GPS. Pretty cool.

TomTom: http://www.tomtom.com/products/product.php?ID=940&

Probably my favorite app. Has saved my ass from being lost more times than I can count.

Wordpress: http://iphone.wordpress.org/

If you're into uploading pics and misc while on a trip, setup a Wordpress blog and get this app. Works great.

GPS Kit: http://www.garafa.com/GPSKit/Home.html

Another GPS tracking app. Lets you email yourself the GPX/KML/XML files. Pretty nice.

TWC Max: http://www.weather.com/mobile/pda/iphone/

My favorite weather app. Awesome radar does past and future tracks.

Cycle World: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cycle-world/id332675076?mt=8

Not the full magazine obviously, but gives you something to read. They are the full articles with pictures too.

AroundMe: http://www.tweakersoft.com/mobile/aroundme.html

Awesome. Find anything around you from bars to gas stations to churches.

First Aid and CPR from American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3067191

Pretty obvious.

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Get a droid... APPLE BLOWS!!!!

i have an htc hero.. android phone

i like the android, but iphone has more and better apps

i really dont want an apple but the more and more i see apps and shit on them the more its pushing me that way

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I use this on my droid, they have an iphone version. Track your trips...it realtimes back to a website so you can share it with people that want to see where you are going.

http://www.instamapper.com/

Yeah, Instamapper's iPhone app is GPS Tracker. I forgot to add that one. Instamapper is good. iLocalis is a really good one too, but only works on jailbroken phones.

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  • 1 year later...
kick ass... this will work great when we are on our 10 day trip in july

I use this for theft tracking on my bike. Plus I have it dormant on my droidx so I can find my phone if I lose it by sending an SMS message to make it start tracking.

Battery life is about 4-6 hours when running constantly so find a way of plugging the phone in. I installed a couple of 12v sockets under my seat for this kind of thing.

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  • 3 years later...

Just downloaded Harry's GPS lap timer and have the external GPS antenna.

 

Having some trouble understanding the whole thing right now, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.  Anyone already using it?

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Backcountry Navigator

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator.license&hl=en

Easily the best offroad/trail GPS solution out there...rivals the best Garmin standalone unit, free maps or the AccuTerra Topo maps (which have every trail known to man on them). Read/write .gpx-trails-tracks, pre-cache areas when out of data coverage, etc.

 

Ulysses Speedometer

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.binarytoys.speedometerpro&hl=en

My favorite speedo/multi-display. Great when in standalone mode, tons and tons of options, but can also overlay a speedo on any app you're running, even HUD capabilities. The pro-version is worth the small fee.

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As a side note, I recently decided to run a dedicated/sacrificial smart phone without any data service to see if I could replace my TomTom rider in use and functionality. I bought a second phone of my primary (LG Volt) for all of $40 without a simcard. Put it in airplane mode, use Wifi to get into Google or Amazon for app downloading and file management, and no data needed. Between the two apps listed above, and TomTom's mobile service (which is fully offline capable), it's doing an awesome job. It was tricky at first getting used to the capacitance screen, my touch-sensor finger tip wasn't precise enough for me so I opted for a little stylus I clip to the tank bag. Grab it, use it for button pushing, back it goes.

 

It's working very well, and unlike a dedicated GPS which is expensive and tethered to the OS/Interface of the company, I can modify to my heart's content or switch primary apps or tether between them at will, even dual-boot if I want to. Plus, it'll stay powered on all day long without 12v power so no need to shut if off at stops or worry about battery life like my woefully short Rider's.

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