hello riders and welcome back today we're gonna be talking about the top apps that you need to
have as a motorcycle rider make sure you stick around for the end to hear the best app on this
list now I've split these five maps up into three categories first is navigation the second one is
social and the third is useful tools let's jump right in and start with the navigation app Waze
Waze is basically like Google Maps on steroids you can get reports of cops that are on your
route you can also get reports of hazards on the road like roadkill potholes and if you
have a Bluetooth communication device I recommend Cardo you can get the audio alerts in your helmet
if you're trying to get from point A to point B and you want to avoid traffic Waze will calculate
different routes for you and tell you the speed of the traffic that's happening on your route so
you can avoid that route so altogether having an app like Waze is super useful because not
only do you get navigation on your phone and you can get it in your ear with a Bluetooth
communication device but you also get reports of hazards on the road including cops not that
you're doing anything illegal right right the second app on my list falls under the social
category and it's called ton it I recently made a profile on tonight you can go and follow me there
if you like the username is lolly I'll leave a link in the description to my profile basically
the app is like an Instagram feed combined with Facebook groups but only for motorcycle riders
you can share pictures of your ride or videos of your ride I believe in the future they're
gonna let people upload much longer videos but currently there is a 60 second limit I've talked
to the founder of the app Jason and I think they have been plans for the app in the future to get
a larger audience on there but on top of that you have a local and you have a global feed so
when you sign up for the app you can input where you're from and based on that information it'll
show you other local riders in your area and with that feature you can start scheduling meetups see
who wants to go for a ride on a nice day and things like that if you have a biker group or
just some people that you always ride with you can create biker groups there's also a feature
where you can share some rides that you've done I haven't personally shared any rides on there yet
but if you live near a really cool twisty road that you don't think other people might know
about and you want to share I think that would be a cool place to go and share that information so
if you're trying to connect with local riders and see who else wants to go and meet up for a
ride I think tunne is a good app to try out again I'll leave my link in the description if you want
to go follow me on there alright third app on list Falls them of a category of useful tools
and that is Gas Buddy this app helps you find the lowest gas prices around you that's it no
I'm just kidding but the app you can select if you want to display regular mid grade or
premium prices around you you can also filter gas stations by whether they have a restroom or
not so if you're going on long trips with your motorcycle also if you report gas prices using
the app you get points that you can put towards winning gift cards on their platform which is a
nice incentive for them to add for other people to report prices plus it helps out everybody
including your fellow riders not really sure on my ninja 250 I can really save much more on
gas than I already am 16 miles to the gallon yeah moving on the fourth that falls under the social
category bear with me here it's Facebook but but I only recommend Facebook you don't even need it
on your phone but I keep Facebook for the group's feature because there's lots of motorcycle groups
that are still local to me that I can use either for finding bike parts or selling by parts finding
bikes or selling bikes and a lot of people still use Facebook groups to plan meetups and stuff like
that so I recommend that you keep Facebook just for the group's feature because there's lots of
groups that post rides on there if you want to find local motorcycle groups using Facebook just
type in name of your city plus riders or a name of your city plus motorcycle riders and something
will come up for you alright and the holy grail the best for last under useful tools we have dark
sky dark sky is a godsend for motorcycle riders if you don't want to get stuck in the rain where you
don't want to ride when it's gonna rain get this app there is a free version but I like the app so
much that I have the premium version it's only 399 by gear I have the paid version of this app
because it lets me use the radar maps in real time and also project them into the future so
I can track storms if they're coming I can also set alerts with the app so if I want it to give
me an alert when there's above a 30% chance of a rain that day the app can do that for you you can
also set it to give you an alert if it's gonna be too hot or too cold you can also use it to report
the weather at your current location which makes it even more accurate for others I know a lot of
people have AccuWeather on their phones which i think is just like a default for a lot of phones
that come installed with it but I've never found AccuWeather to be accurate dark sky on the other
hand is accurate almost all the time and pretty much any time that I want to go for a ride I do
a quick check on my phone to see if it's got a and that they or not alright that's the end of
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