The Essential Apps for Motorcycle Riders

When motorcycle riding is your lifestyle, you spend plenty of time aboard your bike. Make the most of this time with various smartphone apps. These help you work smarter instead of harder, make your trip more fun, and keep you safe on the road. We rounded up the most useful apps below. For all your motorcycle needs, visit Biggs Harley-Davidson®. We proudly serve those in San Marcos, San Diego, Oceanside, and Poway, California.

Organize Your Ride Details

If you love embarking on longer rides, you know that these require the coordination of several different details. What route will you be taking? What stops are you looking to make? Where will you be spending the night? What do you need to pack? It can be nearly impossible to keep this in your memory. A bunch of scattered notes on your phone is not efficient and it’s all too easy to lose track of important information.

Enter Evernote. This app is designed to make organization a breeze. You can keep everything related to your trip in one easy-to-access location. Evernote offers plenty of features such as web clippings, voice recordings, notes, maps, photos, and so on. It'll hold everything you need to keep track of your destinations, local restaurants, etc. You will have everything you need to know about your ride right at your fingertips.

Save Money

When you ride motorcycles, you inevitably need to fill up the gas tank—and that isn't cheap! Gas prices also fluctuate and are often higher in the summer because it’s the best time to take long rides. Riders are always looking for ways to penny-pinch with gas so that they can spend that money on gear, motorcycle upgrades, and road trips.

That's where Gas Buddy becomes a great resource. This app tells you what the cheapest options nearby you are so that you can head to the gas station with the lowest prices. It’s also useful to find out when you need to stop for gas. You don't want to put yourself in a situation where you are running low, skip a stop, and then are stuck in the middle of nowhere on an empty tank with no gas station in sight!

Navigate with Ease

Yes, your phone already comes with a map app. But there are some features it lacks - and Waze offers those missing features. Waze tells you where to go. It also predicts how bad traffic will be at certain times of the day, which helps you proactively avoid it. It'll tell you the speed limit to help you from accidentally going over (and potentially getting a ticket). Users also self-report information such as an obstacle on the road or a speed trap ahead. Make your navigation much easier with Waze.

Respond to Medical Emergencies

Hopefully, you will never need this app. But you will be glad you have it if the situation arises! First Aid By Red Cross guides you in responding to a variety of scenarios from head injuries to heart attacks. All the information is already loaded into the app, so you won't have to stress about poor internet connection or maxed-out data keeping you from accessing crucial information.

Get Weather Advice

Motorcycle Weather is a weather app made with riders in mind. Get more than just the forecast. You can pre-program the weather conditions that you feel confident riding in. The app will then tell you if the current weather conditions meet or fall short of your preferences. This is much more useful than trying to decode the weather forecast and decide whether it's safe or not to ride. Motorcycle Weather does all that work for you.

The perfect motorcycle trip is all about bringing along the right tools. Luckily, some of those tools can conveniently stay right in your phone. Try out some of these apps and let us know what you think. You can also stop by Biggs Harley-Davidson® to check out some Harley-Davidson® motorcycles for sale near San Marcos, San Diego, Oceanside, and Poway, California.