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LAB-315-Minnesota Motorcycle Trip With The Sworn Few Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club | Part 2 of 2

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Oscar and Joker Eating ChallengeThis is part two of a two-part series about our 2022 Midwest motorcycle trip. In June 2022, members of Law Abiding Biker™ Media along with members of the Sworn Few LEMC embarked on a 10-day, 4000-mile, 5-state cross-country motorcycle trip. This trip would take us out of Washington State and into Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. We stayed over in cities such as Butte, Montana, Bismark, North Dakota, Duluth, Minnesota, Minot, North Dakota, Havre, Montana, and Whitefish, Montana. You can find the Harley-Davidson Ride Plan HERE. 

We took a day trip along Lake Superior, which was a great ride and a lot of fun.  You can find the Harley-Davidson Ride Plan HERE. 

There will be a motorcycle documentary film released later on this entire trip and experience!

We visited many places and saw a ton of great country on our Midwest motorcycle trip. We stayed at some good and not-so-good hotels and motels. We ate at some good restaurants and some bad ones. We experienced good and bad weather and a few of the bikes experienced some mechanical problems that had to be fixed.

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We had some very funny times as a group and made memories that will last a lifetime. Everything that happened shaped the trip in some way.

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Our Patron Members support us financially, so we can continue to help as many bikes as we can worldwide. Of course, our Patron Members get benefits and exclusive access such as meetups.  Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I was unable to plan a Patron meetup this year.   There is usually an awesome day ride prepared for the members. We have plenty of time to visit and get to know each other on a more personal level. We normally end the day at a private location where the Patron Members enjoyed a catered dinner by Law Abiding Biker Media!  We look forward to doing a Patron Meetup Ride on our next summer trip.  

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LAB-314-Minnesota Motorcycle Trip With The Sworn Few Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club | Part 1 of 2

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Oscar and Joker Eating ChallengeThis is part one of a two-part series about our 2022 Midwest motorcycle trip. In June 2022, members of Law Abiding Biker™ Media along with members of the Sworn Few LEMC embarked on a 10-day, 4000-mile, 5-state cross-country motorcycle trip. This trip would take us out of Washington State and into Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. We stayed over in cities such as Butte, Montana, Bismark, North Dakota, Duluth, Minnesota, Minot, North Dakota, Havre, Montana, and Whitefish, Montana. You can find the Harley-Davidson Ride Plan HERE. 

We took a day trip along Lake Superior, which was a great ride and a lot of fun.  You can find the Harley-Davidson Ride Plan HERE. 

There will be a motorcycle documentary film released later on this entire trip and experience!

We visited many places and saw a ton of great country on our Midwest motorcycle trip. We stayed at some good and not-so-good hotels and motels. We ate at some good restaurants and some bad ones. We experienced good and bad weather and a few of the bikes experienced some mechanical problems that had to be fixed.

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We had some very funny times as a group and made memories that will last a lifetime. Everything that happened shaped the trip in some way.

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Our Patron Members support us financially, so we can continue to help as many bikes as we can worldwide. Of course, our Patron Members get benefits and exclusive access such as meetups.  Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I was unable to plan a Patron meetup this year.   There is usually an awesome day ride prepared for the members. We have plenty of time to visit and get to know each other on a more personal level. We normally end the day at a private location where the Patron Members enjoyed a catered dinner by Law Abiding Biker Media!  We look forward to doing a Patron Meetup Ride on our next summer trip.  

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4 Motorcycle Trip & Ride Planning Apps! Which is Best For Street or Adventure Riding?

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motorcycle trip planning appI get asked all the time, “Ryan, what is the best motorcycle trip planning app and which one do you use?”  So, in this video and article, I am going to go over 4 popular motorcycle trip planning applications for street and off-road adventure riding.  And, what you need to know about each because they all have strengths and weaknesses. Understand, there is no perfect motorcycle trip planning app and much of it will depend on your personal needs. (see detailed video below)

Now, I’ve used these 4 apps over the years and have many experiences with them. Except for Indian Ride Command, which I more recently started using and testing. But, I have a good handle on it. 
 
I am not affiliated in any way with any of the companies that produce these motorcycle trip planning apps and am speaking as a regular consumer and it's based on my personal experience. I hope that by me sharing my experiences it may help other riders like you make a choice on which app might work best for your motorcycle trip planning. 
Some of these apps allow you to create a trip on a smartphone, but with all of them, it's cumbersome and time-consuming to do so. The best way to plan a motorcycle trip using these apps is via a desktop computer or an iPad app if it's supported. All the apps I am going to talk about do have cloud syncing between devices for planned rides.  If using a desktop computer to plan a ride, it's very helpful to have a trackpad so you can pinch and zoom the maps as you are planning, making things quicker. 
 
Also, understand that when exporting a .gpx file from any of these apps and then uploading that file to another app or device, they don’t always talk nice and there are often route deviations that need to be corrected.
 
Two of these motorcycle trip planning apps are free and two are paid options.  Now, although we all like free stuff, the drawback is that when there are issues and bugs, it may be a lot longer before they are fixed. And, good luck getting a response to your emails from anyone about the reported issues. With a paid subscription, when an issue or bug arises, a company usually listens and issues are fixed more timely. Plus, there are more frequent app updates based on user feedback. 
 
Here are the details of the 4 motorcycle trip planning apps I have used and tested in no particular order.  
 

#1-Harley-Davidson Ride Planner

Harley Ride Planner has a free online account for anyone and you plan your rides on the website.  Now, Ride Planner has had issues on and off over years but it has come a long way and is becoming more and more polished over time. It has become a serious competitor in the motorcycle trip planning app arena. 
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Harley Ride Planner

There are 4 map styles to choose from, such as regular or satellite, and plenty of filters such as gas stations, dealerships, events, restaurants, hotels. You can also avoid tolls, unpaved roads, etc. You can enter an address for a waypoint or just make a waypoint where you like. You can easily drag points around to guide your route where you want it to go. I really like that you can change the names for each waypoint and that it shows mileage/ride time between each waypoint.  This way I can see the total ride time and mileage for each day of a long-distance multi-day ride. 

Harley Ride Planner still has bugs when adding a new waypoint after the ride is already planned.  It messes up the order of your waypoints and you then have to drag and drop waypoints to try and get the ride back in the correct order. We've been complaining about this for years now, which goes to my point about using a free option. 
There is no 3D map option right now for Ride Planner and I hope they add that feature in time.  I find this feature very important, especially to see the terrain when planning an off-road adventure ride. I also wish you could put dates/times on waypoints so you can get a better sense of your overall trip. 
 
Finally, we can now import or export a .gpx file!  This is a very recent addition to Ride Planner and something we have complained about for years.  Prior to this, you could only export. 
 
There is now both “on-road routing” and “off-road routing” with the release of Harley's first adventure motorcycle, the Pan America. Off-road routing basically allows you to put waypoints wherever you like, even where no roads are shown on tmotorcycle trip planning apphe maps. 
 
Harley Ride Planner has a mobile app for both IOS and Android but no dedicated iPad app. On mobile, you can get turn-by-turn directions, record a ride, get weather along your route, and download maps for offline use for those remote areas without cell service. You cannot reverse a ride on mobile but only on a desktop computer. Also, understand, that as of now there can be map deviations when cloud syncing between desktop and the mobile app. 
 
After planning your motorcycle trip you can easily share a link with your friends or you can simply export a .gpx file to upload into your Harley Boom Box Infotainment System or another GPS device. You can also pass the ride from your mobile device via Bluetooth to your Boom Box. There are also other shared rides you can check out within Harley Ride Planner. 
 
Harley Ride Planner is only supported on Apple Car Play at this time and not Android Auto. 
 
I've been helping bikers around the world for many years flatten the learning curve on using Harley Ride Planner. This way you can spend less time learning and more time riding! Let me teach you how to use Ride Planner to its fullest capability.
 
Also, check my very popular Harley Boom Box Tutorial Video Series! The Boom Box is a very capable system but can be a bit confusing to learn along with hidden menus and functions. We'll get you up and running in no time and make it easy to learn!
 

#2-Rever

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Rever

Rever is a paid motorcycle trip planning app at $5 a month, so $40 a year. It is one of the most expensive apps but it's a bit more than just a motorcycle trip planning app. It is also a social app with motorcycle communities within and the ability to share rides, progress, and more. Rever has one of the busiest, yet most polished user interfaces of all the apps. Honestly, it's so busy and has so much going on, that I oftentimes shy away from it.  Law Abiding Biker Media does have a Rever community/group for our beloved Patron Members! It's just one benefit of becoming a supporting member. Join the #BikerRevolution

 
Rever is web-based and you can plan your rides on a desktop computer, IOS, or Android mobile. There is no dedicated iPad app at this time and Rever is only supported on Apple Car Play and not Android Auto. You can download maps of your ride to your mobile device for use offline in areas where there is no cellular service. 
One of the best things about Rever is that it has Butler Maps incorporated within. This allows you to find roads such as best roads,motorcycle trip planning app better roads, good roads, lost highways, paved mountain trails, and featured dirt roads.  And, there are different color codes for the different types of roads, making them easy to find. If you've ever used Butler Maps you'll definitely appreciate this feature. Oftentimes, I go to Rever to see Butler Maps and then return to other mentioned apps as they are less busy. 
 
Rever has 4 map styles to choose from to include 3D maps, which should be standard on any motorcycle trip planning app these days, in my opinion.  Rever has plenty of filters such as fuel, lodging, camping, and
food. You can also avoid tolls, Ride twistys, unpaved roads, etc. You can easily enter addresses for a start/endpoint and drag your route around as you like. I do not like that you cannot name the waypoints and it does it for you by address. I really hope they add this functionality in the future as I feel it's essential to get a good overview of a multi-day motorcycle trip.  
 
Rever only gives a total trip time/distance and does not show that information between waypoints, which I also feel is essential and hope they add in the future. 
 
You can import or export .gpx files and easily share a link to your planned rides. 
 

#3-InRoute

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InRoute

InRoute is another paid motorcycle trip planning app at $30 a year, which is 1/2 the price of Rever. It is unique to all the others in that it's not necessarily web-based.  You don't go to a website to plan your ride but instead must have the desktop app. And, InRoute is for Mac and IOS only. It's not PC or Android supported. Also, InRoute is Apple Car Play compatible but not Android Auto. 

InRoute is also unique in the fact that you don't drag your routes around but instead drop pins to get the desired route. If you don't get the desired route at first, then you have to uncheck the waypoint and drag the pin to another location. You can also just delete a pin or rearrange the pins in the route box by dragging them around. This method is definitely not as fast as simply clicking on a route and dragging it around but once you get proficient, it's not that bad. 
 
InRoute has been around for a while and is very robust. It doesn't have any fluff like Rever and it solely focuses on motorcycle trip planning. It has a very clean user interface and just works well with no major glitches. It also has a beautiful and full-featured iPad app and you can plan rides similar to using the desktop app. If you like planning rides on an iPad then this is certainly the app for you. InRoute is a workhorse of motorcycle trip planning and I especially like it for off-road adventure rides but use it for street ride planning all the time. 
 
I like that you can make bookmarks/folders and then organized your planned rides inside them. I really like that you can custommotorcycle trip planning app name your waypoints and color code each pin to mean something different. Additionally, you can see your hours and mileage between waypoints and there are 3 maps to choose from, including 3D maps. 
 
InRoute does have filters to avoid tolls, ferries, ride most curvy or least curvy roads, and more. However, it does not have filter sto show things like fuel, lodging, camping, food, etc.
 
This app kills the completion when it comes to seeing your elevation, temp, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed for your entire route as you scroll through it. Each waypoint also shows your GPS coordinates. 
 
Because InRoute is not web-based and requires a desktop application, there is no link to share your planned rides. However, you can import or export .gpx files. So, you can just export the file and then send it to your friend to upload to InRoute. You can also share the .gpx file and ride details via email. 
 
Your planned routes are stored on your device so you can access them even if you lose cellular connection. You can easily reverse the route on the mobile app so you can ride out the same way you rode in. 
 
InRoute does not have the ability to record a ride like the other apps and I hope they add that in the future. 
 
I think you get more bang for your buck with InRoute rather than Rever if you're mostly interested in solid ride planning and not all the other things. 
 

#4-Indian Ride Command

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Indian Ride Command

Indian Ride Command motorcycle trip planner has a free online account for anyone and you plan your rides on the website. Now, this app would be great to use if you are just starting to trip plan as it's pretty basic and lacks many things. After you get your feet wet, you could then move up to a motorcycle trip planning app with more features.  With that said, Indian Ride Comand has a beautiful user interface and works well for the most part. It does not have “off-road routing” as Harley Ride Planner does.
 
Some of the things missing from Indian Ride Command are filters to avoid unpaved roads, ferries, toll bridges, highways, and tunnels, which could leave you on an undesired dirt road on your street bike. Additionally, there are only two maps to choose from and no 3D maps while planning a trip, yet there is a 3D flyover that will show you your trip after it's planned but I'm not sure how useful it is.  You cannot plan a ride on mobile but only on desktop and they do have a dedicated iPad app where you can at least see your planned rides. There is also no turn-by-turn navigation on IOS or Android mobile devices, so you have to upload the planned ride to your Indian Ride Command unit on your bike to get that.  
 
When trip planning on Ride Command I did not like that there is a large search box on the left of themotorcycle trip planning app screen and a large route box on the right. You can neither close nor minimize either, leaving only a square box in the center to see the map and plan your ride. I really wish they'd allow the user to minimize those boxes as to have more screen real-estate to see the map and plan your ride. 
 
I do like the responsiveness when making a route and you can easily drag the route to where you want it. Just as easily, you can delete a waypoint if you make a mistake. You can custom name your waypoints and see the time and mileage between them. Recording a ride on mobile is possible and you can also pass a planned ride from your mobile device via Bluetooth to the Indian Ride Command unit.  Like Ride Planner and Rever, you can generate a link to easily share your planned rides with others. 
 
Theoretically, you can import or export .gpx files. However, during my testing, it was not working. In fact, I exported a .gpx file created in Indian Ride Command and then tried to import it back to itself and it just gives an error stating, “please select a .gpx file”.  I was able to export the Ride Command .gpx file and upload it successfully to Harly Ride Planner and the route was correct. 
 
Ride Command is not supported on either Apple Car Play or Android Auto at this time. 
 

Final Thoughts

At the end of the day, each motorcycle trip planning app has its strengths and weaknesses and it will really depend on your particular needs. I certainly hope this video and article will help you find the app that will work best for you. 
 

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LAB-196-New Harley Ride Planner GPS & Mapping for Harley Boom Box | Better or Worse?

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Harley Ride PlannerThis is what you need to know about the new Harley Ride Planner free online software that was released in mid-2018 and replaces the older long-standing online version. Yes, as usual, Harley did this quietly and mostly unannounced.

We have had the #1 selling Harley Ride Planner tutorial video for many years.   When this new version was released we made a completely new and revised Harley Ride Planner tutorial video! The new free online Harley Ride Planner software is very different from the older version.  Using the desktop version of Ride Planner is the most useful and best experience. However, in our tutorial video, we show you in great detail how to use both the desktop and the smartphone app version of Harley Ride Planner and the entire Harley-Davidson smartphone app!

Harley Ride PlannerIf you're not using the free online Harley Ride Planner software to map out your motorcycle trips then you are missing out. Although it's not perfect, we can show you how to utilize it and get the most out of it in our tutorial video. For a free tool, Harley Ride Planner is pretty great. You can plan and map out your entire motorcycle trip and then download it, and upload the turn by turn GPS directions into your Harley Boom!™ Box Infotainment system or other Harley supported external GPS device.

There are many helpful tools built into Ride Planner such as easily inserting Harley dealership locations, gas stations, restaurants, hotels, events, scenic locations, and more. You can easily filter what you want to see on the map and what you don't. You can add waypoints and places you want to stop. There are different versions of the map you can view such as normal, classic, terrain, or satellite. You can easily zoom in, zoom out, and drag the interactive map around much like what you'd expect using Google Maps. You can add and drag waypoints around and adjust the route to different roads if you.

Once you add an address or location to your route you can see the mileage and time between one stop to the next. You can even view a list of turn-by-turn directions. Once you save your trip you can always come back and make changes if necessary. You can share your saved Harley Ride Planner via a link with friends and they can import it into their Ride Planner and upload it into Harley Ride Plannertheir GPS device. We plan our rides here at Law Abiding Biker™ Media using Harley Ride Planner and then send it out to the entire group, so everyone has the same plans.

While releasing the new Harley Ride Planner desktop online software, they also released a completely overhauled smartphone application for IOS and Android. If you were using the old app called “Ride Planner” you can delete it because it's not supported anymore.

You'll want to download the new official Harley-Davidson smartphone application in your respective app store. Built into the app is Harley Ride Planner along with many different things. The app will sync with your free online Harley account and once you sign in you'll see any saved Ride Planner maps that you created and saved via desktop.

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Yes, finally on the app you can now select one of your planned and saved rides and get visual and audible turn by turn directions on your smartphone! This was not possible on the old Ride Planner app, so I am super excited about this new functionality.

I will say that creating a ride/map on the smartphone app is a bit cumbersome unless you are taking the fastest route between selected locations etc. You can't drag roads to take different routes like using the desktop version. However, there are some tricks I teach you in our Harley Ride Planner tutorial video that will make it possible to create an alternate route and take the roads you want. The app is just not very fast or user-friendly to create detailed motorcycle rides.  By far, the best experience for creating detailed rides is on the desktop online Ride Planner version.

Weather is a new feature on both the desktop and smartphone app versions. It appears Harley partnered with Dark Sky Weather and it is now integrated into Harley Ride Planner. What this means is that you can scrub through a planned ride and see where you'll be at a particular mileage on the map and you'll be able to see what the current weather and forecasted weather is. I find this very useful, but I will say that the desktop version lacks and you can get much more detailed weather info on the smartphone app version. I really hope they fix this on the desktop version and make it more useful.

Additionally, with the Ride Planner portion of the smartphone app you can record your ride and it will track you via GPS. You can then name and save the ride for future reference and share it.

There are different icons on the bottom of the smartphone app and you can go into different portions of the app. On the left is an HD logo and this is the home screen, which recommends rides near you. Next over is a helmet which is a list of your planned and saved rides. The third is a road and flag icon and this is Harley Ride Planner.

Fourth from the left is a trophy cup icon where there are listed “challenges” and it's currently in Beta. I believe they are trying to build some sort of community where you can ride the challenges to earn points and get your name on a ranked list. One challenge I looked at is to ride 600 miles one month and hit 100 dealer check-in points. I guess these check-in points are dealerships and Harley sponsored events. Clearly, Harley is trying to get you into their dealerships to buy things.

Finally, all the way to the right are three dots that open up a menu with everything else. This includes the motorcycles you've listed, scheduling a test ride, finding a dealership, learning to ride, events, renting a bike, the museum, online store, and app feedback.

Overall, I am very pleased with the new Harley-Davidson smartphone app. It is well built, clean, and the user interface is easy to understand. I think it will only get better in time with minor bug fixes and updates.

The desktop version of Harley Ride Planner is so much better than the old version, but it still has a steep learning curve to use it most effectively. In our Harley Ride Planner and Harley-Davidson Smartphone App Tutorial Video, we'll make it easy for you, so you can get the most out of both the desktop and smartphone app versions.

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How to use Harley-Davidson Online Ride Planner & Smartphone App-Boom Box Infotainment Integration

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Congratulations! You have landed on the #1 most popular and best-selling Harley-Davidson Ride Planner & Trip Planning Tutorial Video available! The positive feedback from our customers over the years has been overwhelming and I thank all of you!

This is the most thorough step-by-step tutorial video on how to use the most current version of the Harley-Davidson online Ride Planner software & powerful smartphone application. Harley-Davidson Ride Planner is an awesome free online tool and app to plan all your motorcycle trips. Anyone can sign up on the Harley-Davidson website and create a free Ride Planner account with a simple username and password.

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If you haven’t used the free Harley-Davidson Ride Planner online software to route and map your next motorcycle ride, we strongly suggest you start and this is the best place to do so online.

We here at Law Abiding Biker Media, Inc. use the Harley Ride Planner to its fullest capabilities to map all our short and long motorcycle trips. Within Ride Planner is a community of riders and it allows me to look at other trips that users have created and the ability for me to share my rides with others. I can even incorporate other riders shared rides right into my own ride.

You can also plan and route a ride and then email it to a friend or easily share it on social media platforms. Those that want to can then store the shared ride plan in their own Harley-Davidson Ride Planner account or even upload it to their own supported GPS unit. So, it is more than just a tool to map and route your next motorcycle ride.

In this Ride Planner tutorial video, I teach you everything you need to know based on my many years of experience using it. You’ll learn to be a master user of the online Ride Planner Software and of the Ride Planner smartphone application. They are both powerful and full of rich features.

There is much to know within the online Ride Planner software and smartphone app and I have taken much time to figure it all out for you. Once you watch this video, you will certainly feel comfortable using Harley Ride Planner to map out your next motorcycle trip.

I start with the basics, so if you don’t consider yourself really “tech savvy” then have no worries. I teach you how to plan a complete motorcycle ride from scratch and then how to upload it to your Harley-Davidson supported external GPS device or directly into the integrated Harley-Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System. I utilize quality HD screen recordings of my desktop computer & smartphone, so it is like you are right with me.

It doesn’t matter if you are using MAC or PC, IOS or Android, as Harley Ride Planner supports them all! I’ve got you covered in this tutorial.

Further, I will show you even the most advanced features if you are so inclined to use them. I also teach you how to work around a few minor Ride Planner bugs and glitches to make your ride planning even easier.

Included with the purchase of this video: I send out updated tutorials as major things change or are updated with the Boom!™ Box system. You will get these free updates as part of my commitment to you.

You will learn how to route a trip, create waypoints, name waypoints, make notes, check distance, check ride time, check weather, preview a ride, manipulate routes and roads, manipulate waypoints, delete waypoints, find other users routed rides, incorporate them into your ride plan, share rides, save rides, bookmark rides, record rides, find dealerships, find restaurants, find gas stations, find events, download rides, upload rides into supported GPS devices or Boom Box, learn my pro tips and tricks, and everything else in between. Harley Ride Planner has a solid user interface and I am here to show you how to use it to its fullest capabilities in this easy to understand video.

Once we create a ride plan, I then teach you how to easily get it from your desktop or laptop computer onto your Harley supported external GPS device or onto your integrated Harley-Davidson Boom Box Infotainment System. Once the planned trip is on your device, you are ready to go. You can store multiple rides on your device, so you are ready to ride for the year.

We go from a desktop computer & smartphone application screen recordings and then straight to a recording while sitting on my Harley Davidson motorcycle. I show you how to upload your ride plans directly into the Harley Davidson Boom Box Infotainment System. I show you additional tips, tricks, and secrets on how to best manage your ride directly from you Boom Box Infotainment System.

So, stop worrying about using this awesome free online tool & start using it. Every motorcycle rider should be using this to plan and route all their motorcycle trips. Let’s all share our awesome rides we create by getting involved with the Harley Ride Planner community!

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Video-Harley Boom!™ Box Map & GPS Spur Problem/Issue-Random Spurs-Recalculating?

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VIDEO (below)-In this video I am on location in Missoula, MT on my trip toBoom Box Unknown Map spurs or hairs Video Sturgis, SD. You may be experiencing several issues with the Harley Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System GPS & maps and I am here to shed some light on the problems.

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As stated in past articles, I really do back Harley Davidson on many things and love their products. However, I call these Boom Box issues “The Harley Davidson/Harman Kardon debacle.” In a hurry to release and finish their Harley Rushmore Project bikes, my opinion is that they hurried on getting the Boom!™ Box system installed in these new models when it was not fully developed and tested.

Unfortunately, Harley Davidson has been silent about the large scale issues that are causing many very loyal customers to loose faith and cause anger towards company. In silence, developers for HD are working feverishly to release unannounced Boom Box software updates to try and fix all the bugs and issues. Further, several of the updates have fixed some things and broken others! That is why many around the world are coming to Law Abiding Biker™ Media to get the real scoop, for help, and to stay up to date. Harley Dealerships have actually purchased our Boom!™ Box Tutorial Video Series and have personally reached out to us for help. They too have been left in the dark on many of the issues by the mother ship.

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The Issue: Odd Map Spurs-Constant Recalculating by the Boom Box GPS:

In this particular free tutorial video, we created our complete Sturgis trip in Harley Ride Planner and then I uploaded it to my Boom Box before leaving.

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As I am riding along there are sudden unknown spurs or hairs off the main route of my ride. They often run for a few blocks and stop. These hairs can happen when [Read more…]

LAB-51-Stuck at a Red Light on a Motorcycle | Laws & Issues | Harley Ride Planner App

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Law Abiding Biker Safe on Red Laws PodcastPODCAST-Ever been stuck at a traffic light that takes an excruciating amount of time — what feels like hours — to turn green? Imagine that as a daily occurrence. That is what it’s like for some motorcyclists/bikers due to sensors at some intersections that don’t recognize when lightweight vehicles arrive. During the last legislative session, a new section was added to Chapter 46.61 RCW in Washington State that allows the operator of a street legal motorcycle to make a left turn, after stopping at an intersection that is controlled by a triggered traffic control signal, if the device fails to operate after one cycle of the traffic signal. Other states have had laws for some time and they are often referred to as “Safe on Red Laws”.

Safe-on-red laws vary by state on how they address the issue, but they all include basic instructions on how one can legally run a red light. In general, the guidelines say motorcyclists must wait at the light for a predetermined amount of time and then only proceeding through the intersection if it’s free of cross traffic or pedestrians.

States with “Safe on Red Laws” are listed here:

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